An upcoming concert and tribute album, both with the title of "Let Us In", will pay tribute to the memory of Linda McCartney this November.
Tickets are now available for the "Let Us In" concert at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7 at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. The performers will include the Blue Sky Riders (Kenny Loggins, Gary Burr and Georgia Middleman), Steel Magnolia, SHeDaisy, Sarah Darling, Jordyn Shellhart, Phil Vasser and Chuck Wicks with more artists to be announced. The house band will include Chad Cromwell, Russ Pahl, Kenny Greenberg, Eli Beaird, Mike Rojas and Jeff Smith. Actor Jeff Daniels will emcee the show.
Each artist will be performing their original version of a Paul McCartney or Beatles song and additional songs from their respective catalogs. The concert will be recorded and filmed for a live DVD.
Proceeds will benefit The Women and Cancer Fund, which was established by Dr. Alicia Alvarez in the memory of Linda McCartney. The project has the support of Paul McCartney.
The benefit CD, titled "Let Us In Nashville -- A Tribute to Linda McCartney," will be released Nov. 8, the day after the concert, on the BDG label. The list of contributers includes former Wings guitarist Laurence Juber, former Wings drummer Denny Seiwell, former Ringo Starr producer Mark Hudson and former Ringo All-Starr Timothy B. Schmit.
The song list (with more additions possible):
- Juliana Cole – “Bluebird”
- Blue Sky Riders – “Junk”
- Jeff Daniels – “Heart Of The Country”
- Steel Magnolia – “Maybe I’m Amazed”
- Sarah Darling – “Blackbird”
- Kiki Dee – “My Love”
- SHeDAISY - “With A Little Luck”
- Tommy Emmanuel – “She’s A Woman”
- Timothy B. Schmit, Mark Hudson, Laurence Juber, Denny Seiwell – “Every Night”
- Nikki Shannon Fernandez – “I Saw Her Standing There”
- Jordyn Shellhart – “I Will”
- Nancy Siranni – “Calico Skies”
- Cheyenne Kimball – “Mull Of Kintyre”
- Samantha Landrum – “Pipes Of Peace”
- Phil Vassar – “Lady Madonna”
- Chuck Wicks – “No More Lonely Nights”
“Let Us In” says its purpose is that "women with cancer are not going to become spectators in regards to their lives." The group promotes prevention, lifestyle awareness and advocates advanced cancer research.
(Thanks to Charles Rosenay for the alert.)
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