Can Can’s Saturday show to benefit John Henderson Memorial Fund
January 12th, 2009 by Rodney Carmichael in Music newsLocal art-punk band Can Can plans to donate proceeds from its next show (this Saturday at Drunken Unicorn) to the John Henderson Memorial Fund. The band members were friends with Henderson, a bartender who was killed during a robbery at the Standard last week.
Can Can drummer Josh Lemar elaborates below:
A good friend of ours was killed Wednesday in a robbery at Standard Food and Spirits. Our guitarist, Mary Collins, worked there as well. We all go up there and hang out before band practice. John was a good guy. We’re trying to make people more aware of how violent East Atlanta’s starting to get. Its ridiculous.
We’re wanting to have something so people could show up and make donations that would go directly to the John Henderson Memorial Fund, going towards a reward to help catch the people and to offset the cost of his funeral.
I don’t want it be a big to-do benefit concert. I don’t want it to be like ‘Can Can gets publicity cause their buddy died.’ We just want to let people know that they can come and donate. Every penny we make that night selling CDs, t-shirts , our merchandise, we’ll put it toward that as well. There are lots of people who want to donate but don’t know where or how.
Be sure to read the current CL news feature, Intowners claim crime has grown more brazen, by staff writer Thomas Wheatley. Can Can is also featured in the upcoming issue of CL.
Can Can plays with Baby Dinosaurs vs. Extinction, and Pegasi 51. $5. 9 p.m. Sat., Jan 17. Drunken Unicorn, 736 Ponce de Leon Place. www.thedrunkenunicorn.net.
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