Duff McKagan Playing Benefit Show At The Roxy Sept. 26th

[FunkyMonkey]

Scott Ford Benefit Show

My friends are getting together to help me try and pay for these medical operations, I cannot thank them enough.

So on September 26th at The Roxy in Los Angeles they are putting on a benefit for me. All money goes towards paying medical bills, and here's some of the artists:

Duff McKagan (Guns N' Roses)
Dave Navarro (Janes Addiction)
Scott Shriner (Weezer)
Dave Kushner (Velvet Revolver)
Donovan Leitch
Chris Chaney (Janes Addiction)
Greg Dulli (Twilight Singers)
Billy Morrison (The Cult)
Kenny Aronoff (John Mellencamp)
Wayne Kramer (MC5)
Steve O (Jackass)

The opening band is Jason Heath and the Greedy Souls. There will be more performers but you'll have to come to see who they are. Tickets are available now online at the Ticketmaster site, and remember it's a benefit, so no guest list LA peeps.

A huge thanks to all the folks involved, I am very humbled.

And from Franky Perez:

# I'll be playing a benefit with Duff, Kush, Linda Perry, Dave Navarro, Billy Morrison, Scott Shriner, and Chris Chaney, @ the Roxy Sept. 26

about 15 hours ago from web

Tickets: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/090043299D4D6159?artistid=1363578&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60

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Hollywood Rock Royalty Band Together For Ailing Bassist

September 23, 2009

When Billy Morrison heard his friend, bassist Scott Ford (Twilight Singers, the Gutter Twins, Camp Freddy), was suffering from an advanced bone loss medical condition resulting in severe blood infections, the guitarist and former member of The Cult sprung into action. The result is the Scott Ford Benefit show, which features a who's who list of Los Angeles musicians getting together Sept. 26 at The Roxy. All money raised will go towards Ford's mounting medical bills.
 
"It came together really quickly," Morrison tells Billboard.com. "I haven't spoken with Scott in a little while, and I was having a conversation with Duff (McKagan). He asked if I heard what happened to Scott Ford. From there, we just launched into what we do, which is get a bunch of friends together, put a set list together and try and raise some money for them. I called my tour manager who got us the Roxy as a venue. And once we had a date and a venue, I started reaching out for people I played with in various forms. It came together really quickly."

Greg Dulli (Twilight Singers, Gutter Twins) adds, "Scott is one of my best friends and has been the bass player in my band for the last six years, so there's really a whole lot I wouldn't do for him. He's really a great guy who is stuck in an unenviable situation. So I think it's a great thing that his friends have rallied around him to do this."

The list of guests include McKagan (Velvet Revolver, Duff McKagan's Loaded), Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction), Scott Shriner (Weezer), Dave Kushner (Velvet Revolver), Chris Chaney (ex-Jane's Addiction), Dulli, Morrison, Kenny Aronoff (John Mellencamp) and Wayne Kramer (MC5). Also appearing are emcee Donovan Leitch (actor) and Steve O ("Jackass").
 
The common denominator among the guest list appears to be Camp Freddy, a high-profile Los Angeles-based cover band that formerly had a weekly radio show - mostly hosted by Morrison or Navarro - featuring a revolving door of high-profile guests. Despite the fact Morrison stressed the benefit concert is not a Camp Freddy event, there will be similarities to the show.
 
"The way I worked Camp Freddy is that it's not as thrown together as people might think," Morrison says. "I try to imagine who would be best on what song. I try to make all of the songs crowd favorites. There's no point in playing things for our sake. The idea is when you play covers is that everyone has fun. So I think about songs I'd like to play, and I ask other guests what do you want to play and we work it out. I try to place the right guests in the right songs. So it'll be a fun night of jamming and this time it's to help a fellow musician out."

Morrison said a tentative list of covers includes material from Nazareth, David Bowie, Guns N' Roses, AC/DC, The Stooges and Bad Company.

"It's one of those things that when you get a bunch of good players like that together, it's always good," says McKagan, who plans to tour Duff McKagan's Loaded overseas later this year. "And you don't want to rehearse too much because you'll lose the brashness and the special-ness of coming together that evening and sorting it out on stage. It's a great group of musicians and Scott Ford is a great guy. It's a positive thing."

http://www.billboard.com/news/hollywood-rock-royalty-band-together-for-1004015137.story#/news/hollywood-rock-royalty-band-together-for-1004015137.story

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GLENN HUGHES Added To Tonight's 'Scott Ford Benefit' Concert - Sep. 26, 2009

Legendary vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH) has been added to the list of musicians who will take part in the Scott Ford Benefit show, set to take place tonight (Saturday, September 26) at The Roxy in West Hollywood, California. Also appearing are Duff McKagan (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES, DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED), Dave Navarro (JANE'S ADDICTION), Scott Shriner (WEEZER), Dave Kushner (VELVET REVOLVER), Chris Chaney (ex-JANE'S ADDICTION), Wayne Kramer (MC5), emcee Donovan Leitch (actor) and Steve O ("Jackass"). All money raised will go towards helping bassist Scott Ford (TWILIGHT SINGERS, THE GUTTER TWINS, CAMP FREDDY), who is suffering from an advanced bone loss medical condition resulting in severe blood infections.

For more information about this event, go to this location.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=127680

[FunkyMonkey]

# The gig was a blast last night! @BillyMorrison is a hero. Playing with Kushner again was hella fun. @ScottFordRadio played Bodies with Cook!

about 6 hours ago from TwitterBerry

[FunkyMonkey]

Here is some video of Duff and Dave Kushner performing Saturday at the benefit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goxT8SwzLBM

[Falcon]

More from Rolling Stone on the Scott Ford benefit gig:

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/09/28/guns-n-roses-janes-addiction-weezer-members-perform-benefit-concert-for-twilight-singers-bassist/

Guns N? Roses, Jane?s Addiction, Weezer Members Perform Benefit Concert for Twilight Singers Bassist
9/28/09, 10:54 am EST

Members of Guns n? Roses, Weezer, Jane?s Addiction and MC5 performed at a benefit concert this weekend at Los Angeles? Roxy to help raise money for Scott Ford, the Twilight Singers bassist and a founding member of the all-star band Camp Freddy. Ford recently underwent surgery to have his teeth pulled out due to a periodontal condition that was poisoning his system and could have resulted in a heart attack. The procedure cost $50,000, and left Ford bankrupt and barely able to talk.

To help their friend pay his medical bills, Duff McKagan, Dave Navarro, Greg Dulli, Weezer?s Scott Shriner, MC5?s Wayne Kramer, Velvet Revolver?s Dave Kushner, Donovan Leitch, the Cult?s Billy Morrison and many more staged a concert in Ford?s honor to help raise the funds. So far, Ford has raised $8,000 through his Scott Ford Radio site, which features a link for further donations. ?Thank you to all you generous folks who have the heart to help out a musician with no health insurance, I really appreciate it,? Ford writes

[Jim Bob]

news to Rolling Stone: Duff McKagan left Guns N' Roses in 1998! 

hope they managed to raise enough money to pay for dude's surgery.

[jacdaniel]

news to Rolling Stone: Duff McKagan left Guns N' Roses in 1998!

Because of all they achieved in GNR, slash, duff, steven, izzy, matt and gilby will always get that link from the media.
Its kinda funny though sometimes.

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DUFF MCKAGAN, DAVE NAVARRO, TOM MORELLO Perform At 'Scott Ford Benefit' Concert - Sep. 30, 2009

Duff McKagan (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES, DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED), Dave Navarro (JANE'S ADDICTION), Tom Morello (RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE), Dave Kushner (VELVET REVOLVER), Chris Chaney (ex-JANE'S ADDICTION) and Wayne Kramer (MC5) are among the musicians who took part in the Scott Ford Benefit show this past Saturday (September 26) at The Roxy in West Hollywood, California. All money raised will go towards helping bassist Scott Ford (TWILIGHT SINGERS, THE GUTTER TWINS, CAMP FREDDY), who is suffering from an advanced bone loss medical condition resulting in severe blood infections.

Watch video footage of the performances below (courtesy of Christy Borgman).

Videos: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=127919