NASHVILLE, TN, SEPTEMBER 5, 2011: Several local musicians and bands in Nashville, Tennessee have committed their time and talents to perform at the upcoming KID Benefit Concert (Kids In Danger) sponsored by the Musicians In Action Guild Showcase of Nashville. The concert is schedueld for Friday, September 30, 2011 at 8:00pm in the Celebrity Centre located at 1130 8th Avenue, S., Nashville, across from the W. O. Smith Music School.

Proceeds will benefit the Citizens Commission for Human Rights -- Nashville, an international organization that polices the psychiatric community’s actions.

Tickets are currently being sold in advance at www.cchrnashville.org. There is limited seating, so early purchase of tickets is encouraged. VIP seating also includes special parking for the event.

The concert is being held to promote awareness of the intensifying misdiagnosis of millions of healthy children of having mental disabilities such as ADHA, and the rampant dispensing of controlled drugs, such as Ritalin, to subdue normal childhood energy. With governments around the world -- including the FDA in the United States -- warning against the use of depressants in children under the age of 18, the psychiatric world is failing to heed the warnings and police themselves. These drugs can casue physical and psychological problems in normal, healthy children…even death. Reports compiled showed a marked increase in mental depression, suicide rates, and deaths among school-aged children who have no voice in their prescribed therapy.

Video presentations concerning the dangers of this epidemic will be shown before, during and after the concert, with selected testimony from Nashville parents and adults who have themselves been prescribed Class 2 drugs for ADHA and other bogus mental ills.

We have just added an additional two acts to the concert lineup and to-date, performances include Ross Key Country, Andy Mabe, Karla Davis, Deborah Bishop, Don Hilaker, Garry Jackson, Arti Portilla, Woody Sunshine, CJ Greco, Ronnie Dean Messenger, Jonathan New, Carol Strickland, Tyler Warren, Jamie Wayz & Amy K, Ric Bowers Band, and the Sal Rinella Band.

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The phrase “starving artists” is well known.  Musicians attending the RW Colorado Music Expo & Fan Fair in Colorado Springs have given birth to a new phrase; “thirsty musicians,” as they made off with two pallets (nearly $1,000 worth) of donated redleaf, North America’s only Ultra-Premium bottled water, following the event.

Instead of pressing charges, the company is hoping to put these and all other enterprising musicians up to the task by issuing a challenge to write lyrics including “redleaf Water”.  The company is pledging a year’s supply of water for the best song.

“Country musicians are some of the best lyricists on the planet,” said Dave Hillis, redleaf Chief Operating Officer.  “So we are hoping these enterprising musicians can write and perform a great song that includes our product and share it with us on our facebook page. In exchange, we are happy to donate a year’s supply of water to the winner.”

redleaf was an official sponsor for the event, which drew fans and participants to Colorado Springs. Following the event, redleaf sent a local trucking company to pick up four remaining pallets of the water from the Expo Center.  When the trucks arrived, they were only able to find two.  Event organizers confirmed that several of the musicians had taken the water following the event on Sunday.
“I love country music and I know country musicians can create magic out of nearly any subject, so why not water,” said Hillis.  “It will be a small price to pay if one of these talented individuals can capture redleaf in a great song.”

redleaf starts as great water from an artesian aquifer in Chilliwack, British Columbia, and is made even better through a proprietary purification and bottling process. The water’s high oxygen content and high pH of 8.3 have been known to have several health benefits for the drinker, including increasing alertness, hydration and stamina – all of which are crucial to musicians.
The RW Colorado Country Music Expo & Fan Fair was just one of many local event sponsorships in the Mountain-West region of the United States that redleaf has planned in 2010. For a complete list of events scheduled, please visit www.redleafwater.com or www.facebook.com/redleaf.ultrapremium.

About redleaf water
redleaf is North America’s only ultra-premium bottled water. It starts with great water from a naturally renewable source in the Canadian Rockies, and is made better through a state-of-the-art purification and bottling process, that is the industry’s most advanced and the best way to improve on the Earth’s own natural process for making great tasting, healthy water. It is available in locations throughout the Mountain West region of the United States, including 108 Albertsons LLC stores.
For more information, please visit redleafwater.com.

Other superstars lined up to air on the program are Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith, Rascal Flatts, and MORE!

Superstars Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith, Miranda Lambert and Rascal Flatts are headed to the INVITATION ONLY stage when all new episodes begin airing Monday, August 23; Miranda premieres Monday, August 23 at 9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m., ET/PT.
Lambert continues her banner year by performing her most popular hits and recent number one singles including “White Liar” and the four week #1 single, “The House That Built Me’,” as well as rousing fan favorites including “Gunpowder & Lead”, “Kerosene” and more.  Taped before a small studio audience in Nashville, the INVITATION ONLY series features artists performing their biggest hits and new favorites, as well as answering questions from fans during an informal question and answer session.

Kenny Chesney – Monday, September 27

Toby Keith – Friday, October 8

Rascal Flatts – Monday, November 15

Previous episodes of INVITATION ONLY have featured Brooks & Dunn, Alan Jackson, Reba McEntire, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker, Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban.

Big Machine Label Group President/CEO Scott Borchetta says, “Rascal Flatts are the biggest band in Country Music and we’re honored and thrilled to have them join the Big Machine Records family.  While they are celebrating their first ten years together I selfishly can’t wait to start on their next ten years.  They have made a fantastic new album and they are completely energized and ready to take on not only the US but also the rest of the world. Why wait?”

Along with the move, the trio revealed they will be releasing a new record Nothing Like This, on November 16.  Big Machine label head Scott Borchetta and the guys also unveiled the album cover and announced their first single, “Why Wait” (written by Neil Thrasher, Tom Shapiro and Jimmy Yeary, and is going out to Country radio immediately.) The album is produced by Dann Huff and is the follow up to Unstoppable released in 2009.

Check out the cover below!

Do you love this new partnership? What do you think of the single?