Jonathan Long - Songwriter's Lament

                                   Working for his money!

                                    Jonathan Long Benefit
Multiple artist’s perform from 3:00P.M. To 3:00 A.M.
                                       Bobby’s Idle Hour
          1028 16th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37212
                                     
The last bar on Music Row - The first one smoke free!

Jonathan Long was hit with some serious health issues and hospitalized recently.

Many of you know him as one of the greatest songwriters on the planet and many know him as a long-time bartender for Bobby's Idle Hour,

 We want to help him so we're having a benefit and the only request is you fill the tip jars for him...

                            NO COVER CHARGE

Catering will be provided by The Gold Rush (on Elliston Place) courtesy of Frank Hall and his right-hand man, Buster Depue!

Brother Ray Tarantino will be the official photographer. He'll post photos online and all proceeds from his photos will go to the cause.

The video crew will be run by Joe Rohaley who was brought on board by the great Bobby Pizazz.

We're looking to go 3 PM to 3 AM, closing time.

There may be some additional surprises announced. 

Also not required, but feel free to bring some potluck dish to share. While below is the confirmed lineup, we're open to rounds after the last scheduled one--sometimes the magic just starts after midnight. Check back here for more updates.
 
                                    Artists Performing

3 pm-- Jayce Hein (COUNTRY BOY'S WORLD by Jason Aldean, RIGHT ON TIME by Gretchen Wilson, star on "Extreme Weight Loss" network TV show), Don McNatt (WHEN YOU'RE FIVE, I WANNA SPEAK SPANISH, DESPERATE TRAIN), Karen McNatt (RED UMBRELLA, BLUE BIRD, GUILTY FLOWERS)

3:45-- Chris Gantry (DREAMS OF THE EVERYDAY HOUSE WIFE by Glen Campbell, ALLEGHENY by Johnny Cash, cuts by Roy Clark,Sonny Curtis, Robert Goulet, Wayne Newton, Johnny Lee, Reba McEntire, Billy Walker, Garry Pucket, Rhett Akins, etc...)

4:15-Pam Belford (IF I KNOW ME #1 by George Strait, cuts by Doug Stone, Saffire--The Uppity Blues Women, etc...), Jon Robbin (cuts by Chris Cagle, Lorrie Morgan, Alan Jackson, Confederate Railroad, Sammy Kershaw, The Roys), Lizard Thom Case (BIG BURNSVILLE JAIL by Marty Raybon, HEADING BACK HOME movie theme, numerous bluegrass cuts, BAG OF BONES, owner of Bobby's Idle Hour)

5 pm-- Jeff Batson (Grammy-nominated THE ROCK by Tracy Lawrence)

5:15-Marceia Bonin (HELPLESS, DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO)

5:30--Boomer Castleman & Lois Hess (JUDY MAE #1 as the recording artist, BOY FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY by John Denver, inventer of the Palm Pedal)

6 pm-- Doug Gill (STRONGER BACK by Don Williams, cuts by Patty Loveless, Pam Tillis, Chris LeDoux, Tammy Wynette, Wynonna, the Marshall Tucker Band, etc...), Lynn Langham (OLD YELLOW MOON by Rodney Crowell & Emmylou Harris--title of their Grammy winning album, cuts by Wynonna, Trisha Yearwood, Elizabeth Cook, etc...)

6:30-- Billy Lee (THE ONE by Gary Allan), Kerry Ford & Sheron Wilee-Ford (WHEN SANTA CAME TO SEARS)

7:15Keeli (ONE MORE BUTTON, BIG TIPS, HAPPYVILLE), Sam Cooper (ORANGEMAN, THE WATERING HOLE, HALF WAY THERE)

8 pm-Thom Bresh (Grammy and Oscar nominated member of the Thumbpickers Hall of Fame and son of Merle Travis), Ed Beaver (WHO NEEDS HER), Bobby Keel (cuts by Mark Chesnutt, Hank Williams Jr., Confederate Railroad)

9 pm--John Scott Sherrill (award winning and nominated cuts with Johnny Lee, Jon Anderson, Steve Wariner, Restless Heart, Highway 101, Shenandoah, Patty Loveless, John Michael Montgomery, Brooks & Dunn, Josh Turner, Jo Dee Messina, Alison Kraus, Billy Currington, etc....)

9:30-Sam Tate (Grammy-nominated with hit songs by Gretchen Wilson, Rodney Atkins, Collin Raye, Tracy Byrd, Sammy Kershaw, Emerson Drive, etc...), Bernie Nelson (cuts by Trace Adkins, Kris Kristofferson, Randy Travis, Confederate Railroad, Kenny Chesney, Montgomery Gentry, Crystal Gayle, Jon Anderson, Pam Tillis, Wynonna, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, etc...), Mark Stephen Jones (cuts by Hank Williams Jr., Brandy Clark, Lynrd Skynrd, etc...)

10:15CowboySlim (ELECTRIC CAR, STUFF, WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE, WALTER AND ROSALIE), James Buckmaster (YO YO WORLD, PATCHES, ALL THE ALCOHOL, WHEN PLUTO WAS A PLANET), Stephen Trombley (TEA FOR THREE, WALKING ON THE YANGTZE, I'M A MAN OF THE WORLD, Emmy award winning tv/film producer and author)

11 pm-- Jim Sales (THE BLUES IS COLOR BLIND, SHE'S GOT A RED NECK, SHE THINKS I STEAL CARS, hits with Vern Gosdin, Randy Travis, etc.)

11:30 Terry R. Bell (JOHN WAYNE AND JESUS by Michael Grimm, America’s Got Talent winner for 2010, song was nominated Song of the Year by the Christian Country Music Industry in 1996, four Top 10 singles and a #1 to his credit)

12 midnight--We'll toast to Jonathan with a set by Bobby's Idle Hour favorite, host Doug Toalston

12:30 am-- Paul Pez Zukowski, Mike Phyles, Perry Timothy (Timm Perry)
Probably some mean guitar pullin' after that! The magic often gets more intense after midnight.