While Keller Williams hails from Virginia, he has a lot of fans in the Southeast and holds the area in great esteem. So when he saw the devastation through Tennessee and Alabama caused by the recent tornadoes, he was moved to action. Says Williams, "As I watched the dreamy royal wedding, I couldn’t help thinking of the nightmare that was happening in the southeast. The devastation from the tornados left me wanting to help in any way possible."
The way Keller Williams has chosen to help his Southern neighbors is through the Mimi Fishman Foundation. Keller Williams has three items up for auction at the site. The first is a Keller Williams "Season Pass", granting the winning bidder and a guest access to every Keller Williams headlining show for one year. The second is two VIP Upgrades to the Summercamp Music Festival which also includes a 30 minute golf cart ride with Williams the weekend of the festival.
But the third item is the really big one. Keller Williams is donating one of his favorite guitars, a Godin Multitac Fretless, which Keller has nicknamed "li'l sexy". Williams describes the guitar on the auction site as such:
"I'm auctioning off my Godin Multiac fretless guitar with synthe access. Her name is "lil' sexy". Please check out “Lil' Sexy Blues" from the Dream record ft. Sanjay Mishra on guitar, Samir Chatterjee on tablas, and me playing this guitar.
It has nylon strings and sounds like a warm classical that's being played with a slide except your fingers are doing the sliding as there are no frets. The fret lines are in place so it plays easily. With a fretless, you simply press the string on the fretline for the proper note to be in tune. It’s a guitar player’s guitar. It’s not a cowboy chord guitar you sit back and strum tunes around the campfire. It’s a thin body guitar, but slightly thicker than an electric. It’s super sexy. The pick up system is very elaborate with many options. Each string sits in its own cradle. The signal is split two ways and has two separate out puts. One is a regular quarter inch guitar cable that controls the acoustic sounds with volume, treble, mid, and bass control faders. The other is a 13 pin gk cable that goes to the Roland guitar synthesizer. This unit is not included. But it’s bad ass."
To bid on any of the Keller Williams merchandise benefitting the Southeastern Tornado Victims, you can go to the Mimi Fishman Foundation website.
You can catch Keller Williams on tour at a number of venues and festivals throughout the Summer and Fall. Here is the list of dates:
Friday, May 13 Revolution Music Room Little Rock AR
Saturday, May 14 Love Fest in the Midwest Papillion NE
Friday, May 20 Churchill Downs - Paddock Concert Series Louisville KY
Sunday, May 22 The Hangout Music Festival Gulf Shores AL
Friday, May 27 Bella Madre Music Festival Geneva MN
Saturday, May 28 Summer Camp Chillicothe IL
Thursday, June 2 The Bear Tooth Theatre Pub-Indoors Anchorage AK
Friday, June 3 49th State Brewing Company Healy AK
Saturday, June 4 The Blue Loon Fairbanks AK
Monday, June 6 The Chilkat Center for the Arts Haines AK
Thursday, June 23 Bottle & Cork Dewey Beach DE
Friday, June 24 The Stephen Talkhouse Amagansett NY
Friday, July 1 Nectar's Edgartown MA
Sunday, July 3 Gratefulfest - Nelson Ledges Garrettsville OH
Sunday, July 10 Crested Butte Music Festival "Bluegrass in Paradise" Crested Butte CO
Friday, July 15 All Good Music Festival Masontown WV
Saturday, July 16 Summer Music Festival @ Roseberry McCall ID
Friday, July 22 Northwest String Summit North Plains OR
Sunday, July 24 Gathering of the Vibes Bridgeport CT
Thursday, July 28 Simon Estes Amphitheater Des Moines IA
Saturday, July 30 Collegiate Peaks Music Festival Buena Vista CO
Sunday, August 7 Kidzapalooza Stage at Lollapalooza Chicago IL
Friday, August 26 – Saturday, August 27 Mishawaka Amphitheatre Bellvue CO
Friday, September 2 Head Jamz Festival Adams TN
Saturday, September 3 Steeljam Festival Bethlehem PA
Monday, January 9 – Friday, January 14 2012 Jam Cruise 10 Fort Lauderdale FL
Wednesday, March 14 - Saturday, March 17 2012 Jam in the 'Dam, The Melkweg Amsterdam NL
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