George McCorkle To Be Honored by Memorial Concert November 3rd

Posted: Oct 17, 2007

Spartanburg, SC - George McCorkle, an original member of The Marshall Tucker Band, will be memorialized in an all day concert in his home town of Spartanburg, South Carolina, on Saturday, November 3, 2007. The Jam for George: A Concert Honoring the Memory of George McCorkle, will begin at 1 pm at beautiful Barnett Park in downtown Spartanburg..

Artists scheduled to appear include: Past and present members of The Marshall Tucker Band; Chris Hicks (Marshall Tucker/The Outlaws); Paul Hornsby (MTB Producer and keyboardist) ; Johnny Neel (formerly of The Allman Brothers Band); The Winters Brothers Band; Tommy Crain & The Crosstown Allstars (Tommy is formerly of The Charlie Daniels Band); Candy Coburn; Artimus Pyle, JoJo Billingsley and Lesley Hawkins (formerly of Lynyrd Skynyrd); Monica Perry; The Southern Boys Band featuring Justin McCorkle and Bruce Wall; Michael Buffalo Smith; The Silver Travis Band; The Winters/Heatherly Project (featuring Tony Heatherly formerly of The Toy Caldwell Band and MTB, and Donnie Winters formerly of The Winters Brothers Band); Steve Grisham (The Outlaws/Ghost Riders) Mark Emerick (Commander Cody); Jackson Crossing; Ragged Jack; Whiskey Brown; Cadillac High; Brad “The Animal” Lesley; and other surprise guests.

The event is sponsored by: Rock 101, The Spartanburg Journal, Pauline General
Store, Gritz.net, Swampland.com, Palmetto Music, MusiFest, Hooters, Southern Fried Magazine, US Legends Guitars, Copley Guitars, 43theHawk.com, and DownSouthSouthJukin.com

Vending and concessions will be available.

All proceeds go to benefit the George McCorkle Foundation. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 day of show, and available in Spartanburg at: BJ Music, The NuWay Lounge, Big Daddy’s, Weeine Heads, Pauline General Store, and in Greenville at Palmetto Music, and in Gaffney at Cherokee Outfitters. Tickets are available online at
www.georgemccorkle.com.

For more information visit: http://www.georgemccorkle.com/jam4george/