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Copper Mountain Band to play two benefit concerts in Pateros, May 1-2


Apr 16, 2015

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 CJ Krager, Jacque Jolene, Israel David, Johnny Betts, and Nate Norman

 

 

Copper Mountain Band, a high-energy country music group from Troy, Montana, will play two benefit concerts at Memorial Park on Lakeshore Drive in Pateros, Friday and Saturday, May 1 and 2, 2015, from 8:00 p.m. to midnight. Nashville recording artist and local resident Brittany Jean, composer of the song “Wildfire” inspired by the Carlton Complex fires, will open on both nights at 7:15. The concerts are free, and all donations will benefit the Carlton Complex rebuild effort.

With a fiery passion for their craft and an appeal to all audiences, Copper Mountain Band incorporates music from many genres into their performances. Made up of members Jacque Jolene on lead vocals and guitar; Israel David on vocals, guitar, sax, mandolin, and harmonica; Nate Norman on bass; Johnny Betts on drums; and CJ Krager on guitar, the band plays more than 150 shows a year and has shared the stage with music greats that include the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Eric Church, Bellamy Brothers, Emerson Drive, and many more. The band is known for leaving its favorable mark on covers such as “Just Like Jesse James,” as well as writing and performing their own high-voltage songs.

 The benefit concerts were organized by SuZan and Randy Knowlton, ranchers who live outside of Brewster, Washington. Although the Carlton Complex wildfires burned portions of their property, the Knowltons lost “nothing major,” SuZan says. “But we knew so many people who lost everything…I didn’t know how I was going to be able to help them all.

“Then I thought of our friends, the Copper Mountain Band. I called them before the fire was even out and they agreed to come. They only had two weekends available—one in May and one in November. We agreed that spring is the time for renewal, so here we are.”

The concerts are appropriately named, “Fighting back the ash,” and will take place in Memorial Park on the Pateros riverfront. (Bring your own chairs.) All ages are welcome and a beer garden will be available.

The Carlton Complex Fire was the worst wildfire in Washington history, burning 357 homes and destroying hundreds of barns and outbuildings, thousands of miles of fencing, and charring a 400-square-mile area. The Carlton Complex Long Term Recovery effort is committed to restoring the region to its pre-fire state—including replacing some 40 homes lost to the region’s most vulnerable. To learn more or to donate, please visit: Carlton Complex Recovery.com


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