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Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Sabrina Benefit


With all of the craziness the last couple of weeks leading up to the Super Bowl, I have not had a chance to blog about the Sabrina benefit coming up on the 16th of February.

On December 30th Sabrina (my wonderful wife) had a seizure and has been hospitalized 3 times already this year. The running theory is that a combination of problems caused the seizure. She has a history of cancer in the brain, her head was exposed to radiation to treat that cancer, she is currently on a low dose of chemotherapy, plus if you factor in the low blood pressure and anemia, perhaps her brain just shorted out.

The good news is that the last couple of weeks she has been getting back to her usual self. She is in a decent amount of pain, but her brain seems to be functioning very well, and the doctors have successfully treated the seizure (knock on wood).

The Sabrina Black Benefit will be on the 16th at the Emerald Theatre with live music from The Flask, featuring former Kid Rock guitarist Kenny Olson. Plus Ray Street Park, The Look, Dirty Americans, Paper Street Saints and the Brian Schram Band…who have agreed to let me and 2 of Detroit’s top guitarists Paul Kramer and Sean Baker come on stage for a 1 song jam!

There will also be both live and silent auctions featuring autographed items from the Rolling Stones, Rush, Ted Nugent, Audioslave, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Judas Priest, Disturbed and more. Also several other items like one of a kind artwork and jewelry and even a sky diving adventure will be auction off.

Sabrina and I owe a huge THANK YOU to Doug Podell, Mark Pennington, Carly Johnston and the entire staff at WRIF. They have work very hard to make this a first class, fun and exciting evening!

We would also like to thank John Bebow at the Free Press, Alex Abate at the Oakland Press and of course Neal Rubin who has followed our story for the last 6 years. Stony & Wojo at WDFN, and Doug & Art at WXYT.

Thanks also to John Rios at Grafix Jam, Maui Rick at Atlas Jewelers, Pegasus Parachuting, The Goalie’s Den, The Emerald Ballroom, and all the bands who have donated items or their talents. I know there is a lot more to this list but you’ll understand if I’ve not had a chance to review everything just yet.

Finally Sabrina wanted to make sure that we thank all the listeners. You have become our extended family. Some of you have been listening and emailing Sabrina sine her days at WDFN and The Bear. You can’t imagine the impact you and your prayers have made on our lives, and we can’t wait to see you all on the 16th at the Emerald in Mt. Clemons, to have a lot of fun and thank you in person...
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