Blues For A Friend Bebenfit for the Family of Andrew Baxter, Sr.

Tragedy struck the Dallas/Fort Worth and Texas Blues Community with the passing of Andrew Baxter in December. Andrew left a long legacy of supporting the blues and will be missed. His son, 11 year old Andrew Baxter, Jr. is part of that legacy and at his young age is already a fully accomplished blues guitarist. People have a hard time accepting this, but it's true. Andrew Baxter Jr. can play; really play.

Shortly after Andrew Sr.'s passing, Hash Brown began organizing a benefit to support the surviving Baxter family. The Sons of Hermann donated the use of their main concert ballroom and many, many musicians donated their time and energy to this project. All told, everyone had a fine time and the event raised thousands of dollars that went directly to the Baxter family to help them in this time of loss.

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Andrew Baxter, Jr. sitting next to a picture of his father.
11 year old Andrew Baxter Jr. playing a solo to a packed house (see next picture).
The Sons of Hermann main ballroom is pretty large and it was packed with the friends of Andrew Sr. and his surviving family...
Andrew and Cricket Taylor performing...
Andrew Jr. and Hash Brown together. Hash Brown did an admireable job of conceiving, organizing, promoting and performing in this benefit.

Another shot of Andrew playing.
And another...The kid is amazing.
Cricket Taylor did a good set with Hash and Andrew.
Local guitarist Jerry Jines performing with his black Gibson ES-335 Studio...
Josh Davis and his band playe an hour of swing. Look for his new CD in the next month or so on the TopCat Label.

Lovely Marcie along wth Mike Huggins. Marcey volunteered at the door and Mike served as Stage Manager for Hash. They both did good; real good.
Texas Slim with his band's new lead singer, Lisa Matthews, were strong.
Local blues recording artist and Broadcast.com staffer Joey Love played a strong set as well.
Shawn Pittman is another local recording blues player who the crowd loved.
The "Silver Fox of the Blues", Mitch Palmer doing a set with Hash Brown.

Cold Blue Steel also lit the place up...
Cold Blue Steel's guitarist Breet Reed with drummer Philip Law in the background. © 1999 James B. Wells. All photos are the property of James B. Wells, and cannot be used or manipulated for reuse without the express permission of the photographer.

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Andrew Baxter, Jr. sitting next to a picture of his father.	11 year old Andrew Baxter Jr. playing a solo to a packed house (see next picture).	The Sons of Hermann main ballroom is pretty large and it was packed with the friends of Andrew Sr. and his surviving family...	Andrew and Cricket Taylor performing...	Andrew Jr. and Hash Brown together. Hash Brown did an admireable job of conceiving, organizing, promoting and performing in this benefit.
Another shot of Andrew playing.	And another...The kid is amazing.	Cricket Taylor did a good set with Hash and Andrew.	Local guitarist Jerry Jines performing with his black Gibson ES-335 Studio...	Josh Davis and his band playe an hour of swing. Look for his new CD in the next month or so on the TopCat Label.
Lovely Marcie along wth Mike Huggins. Marcey volunteered at the door and Mike served as Stage Manager for Hash. They both did good; real good.	Texas Slim with his band's new lead singer, Lisa Matthews, were strong.	Local blues recording artist and Broadcast.com staffer Joey Love played a strong set as well.	Shawn Pittman is another local recording blues player who the crowd loved.	The "Silver Fox of the Blues", Mitch Palmer doing a set with Hash Brown.
Cold Blue Steel also lit the place up...	Cold Blue Steel's guitarist Breet Reed with drummer Philip Law in the background.	© 1999 James B. Wells. All photos are the property of James B. Wells, and cannot be used or manipulated for reuse without the express permission of the photographer.