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Recording Arts & Technology @ Tri-C Presents: “Words & Music”
The Songs of Don Dixon, Doug Gillard, Carlos Jones and Tommy Wiggins
A Benefit and CD Release Concert

It’s Finals Week again for Tri-C’s Recording Arts & Technology (RAT).
On Friday, May 2 at the Metro Campus Main Stage Theater, students from
concert promotion, technical production, record label and live sound
reinforcement classes will join forces to present four N.E. Ohio
master songwriters doing what they do best, sing and play their own
songs. Showtime is 7:30pm.

Featured artists are acclaimed songwriter/producer Don Dixon (R.E.M,
Joe Cocker, Hootie & the Blowfish), indie rock stalwart Doug Gillard
(Guided by Voices, Cobra Verde, Death of Samantha, Gem), Cleveland
reggae man Carlos Jones (P.L.U.S. Band, First Light,  ITAL) and RAT’s
own Tommy Wiggins. Each artist will perform an intimate set of music
in the acoustically superb Metro Campus Main Stage theater. Tickets
are $10.00. A VIP Artist “Meet & Greet” will immediately follow the
concert.

This “Words & Music” Concert also celebrates the release “Live From
Cleveland, The Crooked River Groove/WiFi Café Sampler, Volume One”.
The Sampler is the fifteenth CD release from Tri-C’s own CRG Records.
Joining Don Dixon and Carlos Jones cuts are tracks by a “who’s who” of
regional artists, including Armstrong Bearcat Band, Alex Bevan, Mr.
Downchild, Steve Jochum, Xela, E&J’s Ghetto Wisdom, Zach, Phatty Banks
Crew, Roberto Ocascio’s Latin Jazz Project, Bob Frank from Blue Lunch,
Cami & Cora and the incomparable Prayer Warriors.  The CD will be
available at the concert and at http://www.crookedrivergroove.com.

General admission tickets are $10 and available at Tri-C Metro Student
Activities and at the door or for further information, including the
special VIP Artist Meet & Greet” call the RAT Hotline (216) 987-3277.

Opened in 1963, Cuyahoga Community College is Ohio's first community
college and now the state's largest, serving 55,000 students each
year. More than 700,000 county residents have come through Tri-C's
doors. The college offers two-year associate degrees, certificate
programs, and the first two years of a baccalaureate degree. The
curriculum includes over 1,600 credit courses in more than 130 career,
certificate and university transfer programs.

This concert is brought to you in part by our friends at the Free
Times.  http://www.freetimes.com

Media Contact: Janet Canatta (216) 987-6155

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