NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member Roger Cook is helping empower adults with developmental disabilities by spearheading the third benefit concert for Our Place Nashville Wednesday, March 19 at 3rd & Lindsley (818 3rd Ave S, Nashville, TN 37210). Doors open at 6:00 p.m. for drinks and dinner; the show starts at 7:30 p.m.
Our Place Nashville partners with nonprofit organizations to provide Friendship Houses—inclusive, affordable brick-and-mortar housing in neighborhoods throughout the city—for adults with developmental disabilities, while also promoting meaningful work opportunities to give residents the means to live independently.
Cook’s daughter Katie, a longtime CMT host, will serve as emcee for the evening. The Cooks’ interest in Our Place Nashville has a personal element—Cook’s older daughter and Katie’s big sister, Joanne, had an IDD (intellectual and developmental disability). Though Joanne passed away in 2018 and unfortunately never had the opportunity to live in a Friendship House, one of the Nashville houses is named after her, and she was able to attend one of the benefits before she passed away.
Come hear some of the best songwriters in the business while helping raise money for one of the most critical nonprofits in Music City.
Performing in an intimate songwriters' "in the round" at 3rd & Lindsley, the talent includes Cook (You’ve Got Your Troubles, Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again, Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress, I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing), Pat Alger (Unanswered Prayers, The Thunder Rolls), Gary Burr and Georgia Middleman (What Mattered Most, This is the Night), Dickey Lee (She Thinks I Still Care), Earl Bud Lee (Friends in Low Places), Richard Leigh (Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue, Life’s Highway), Billy Prine (A Place I Used to Know), and Leslie Satcher (Troubador, When God-Fearin' Women Get The Blues, When The Wrong One Loves You Right).
General Admission tickets are $20 and the VIP package is $200. You can buy tickets on the 3rd & Lindsley website here.
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