Benefit for Billy Constable on Sun, Dec 11th at the Grey Eagle:
Big Daddy Bluegrass Band, The AVL Bluegrass Collective, Jason Burleson, David Via & Nikki Talley
Benefit for Billy Constable
Sunday, December 11, 2011
The Grey Eagle
185 Clingman Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801
(828) 232-5800
www.thegreyeagle.com
$10 Suggested donation
Bands: Big Daddy Bluegrass Band, Asheville Blue Grass Collective (featuring: members of SCR, Larry Keel-Natural Bridge and Town Mtn), Jason Burleson and the Blue Grass Buddies, and Nikki Talley.
The doors open at 6pm silent auction will close at 9pm.
All proceeds will go directly to helping offset Billy’s medical expenses.
Asheville, NC — A large group of friends has come together in the bluegrass and acoustic music scene in the area to help our good buddy and banjoist, Billy Constable, raise funds to offset his medical expenses for a brain tumor that he was recently diagnosed with. Travers Chandler writes in Bluegrass Today, “Anyone familiar with the acoustic music scene of Western NC, or with the music of the legendary Charlie Moore, is no stranger to Billy Constable. In fact, I am not certain Billy encountered many strangers. He is a friend to many people, and to those of us fortunate to know him well, even a great mentor.”
Billy has been diagnosed with a lump on the lower portion of his brain which has been causing increasingly frequent seizures. He is currently seeing medical specialists and gathering evaluations. The expense is certain to be high, and Billy is without medical insurance. We are coming together here, as friends and fellow musicians, to help offset those costs.
Billy Constable grew up in a very musical family in Avery County, and he has been playing music for most of his life. Billy is part of Avery County’s Wiseman family, which includes a number of professional musicians including Scotty Wiseman, Lawrence Wiseman, David Wiseman, Fiddling Jimmy Wiseman, banjo picker Kent Wiseman, and Billy’s mother, Lois.
