FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - June 6 event!

Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame to present
free drum jam featuring Gov't. Mules
Matt Abts on June 6

Event will benefit Tune In & Tune Up musicians health program

On Thursday, June 6, the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame will present a free Drum Jam performance featuring Matt Abts of Gov't. Mule and Rhode Island's own Don "D.C." Culp to raise awareness and money for its Tune In & Tune Up Musicians Health Awareness Program. The performance will take place at 5:30 p.m. at the Newport Yachting Center, 4 Commercial Wharf, Newport, Rhode Island, immediately preceding Gov't. Mule's Sunset Music Series concert at 6:30. (Gates open 4:30 p.m.) Admission is free to concert ticket holders; a donation to the TI&TU program is suggested.

Matt Abts is a world-renowned percussionist who, along with Allman Brothers Band guitarist Warren Haynes, founded Gov't. Mule in 1994. He also leads his own band, POA, during the periods Haynes is busy with the Allmans.

Don "D.C." Culp is well-known throughout the Northeast as a percussionist performing regularly with Gary Guitar & The Grinders, John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band, the Steve Broderick Band and his own group, Longshot Voodoo. He is also a music educator providing private studies on drums and hand percussion and heads up the music programs at private special education centers in Rhode Island and Connecticut. He is the Committee Chair for the Tune In & Tune Up health initiative.

The Tune In & Tune Up Musicians Health Awareness Program is an initiative of the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame which directs Rhode Island musicians seeking basic and preventative care to affordable health care programs. TI&TU members are also eligible for discounts at area health and wellness retail locations and will get free admission to a planned series of health-related forums geared to musicians.

The drum jam is sponsored by Empire Guitars, Vater Percussion and Everyone's Drumming Company.

For more information, contact:
Don Culp
401-419-6748
dcexp29@verizon.net

Don "D.C." Culp, Chair of the Tune In & Tune Up program, presents Matt Abts of Gov't. Mule with a certificate of appreciation from the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame for his participation in the percussion workshop.

Jeff Keithline, RIMHOF Treasurer, Matt and D.C. at the Tune In & Tune Up booth.

DC and Matt jamming together

DC and Matt on stage during the workshop