2/21/09 Chicago; Benefit for Pet Rescue

[Cindy]

Marty Casey is doing a solo acoustic benefit show on Feb 21 for the Love Your Pet Rescue. This is a very worthwhile charity and could use everyone's support.

You can learn more about this on the Tour Dates page at www.martycasey.com/tourdates.htm and the News page at www.martycasey.com/news/

Here is the info from their site:

loveyourpetservice.com/pages/event.htm



Benefit Party for Homeless Pets

Saturday, February 21, 8 PM to 12 AM

Held at our newly acquired building to house homeless pets!

2414 W. 14th St. (Corner of Western Ave. & 14th St. in Chicago)

$25 advance/ $30 door ** Includes food & open bar, and live performances
from Marty Casey of The Lovehammers: www.martycasey.com,
The West Side Winders: www.westsidewinders.com and
DJ Boogymon: www.myspace.com/djboogymon

Advance tickets may be purchased on line via PayPal or mailed in.

Mail payments to:

Love Your Pet Rescue
P.O. Box. 471133
Chicago, IL 60647-1133

Or send PayPal payment to [e-mail]

(Please visit www.paypal.com for payment information)

** For admission to this event, you can purchase in advance for $25 on line via PayPal or mail in payments to the address below, or pay at the door for $30.

Advance payments must be received no later than Feb. 20, 2009.

There will be no tickets issued for this event. The name of all pre-paid guests will be on a list at the door, so please provide your full name and those of your guests and bring your IDs with you. If you want payment confirmation, please also include an email address with your payment.


Non-metered street parking is available, as well as limited space in our lot for $5

Music, food, beverages, raffles, photos with Cupid and handcrafted jewelry by Artemisa.

DON'T MISS our Pet Parade showcasing our adoptable pets at 10 PM!

[rockfan]

What a great event. Wish I could go but then again maybe not, I'd wind up wanting to take all the dogs home . This is for a great cause. I hope lots of you can make it.

[kbgirlref]

I'm hoping I don't end up with a dog, too. Thank goodness I'm not the one driving. That might help deter me.

[bostongirl]

I would love to go to this but unfortunately the timing is not good. I am in the same boat as RF and KB, I would be walking out with a family of pooches

Hope everyone has a great time!!!

[BBE]

Heads up to everyone thinking of going to Chicago for this show! There's a winter storm warning, with as much as 8 inches of snow expected. Here's the National Weather Service bulletin:


Winter Storm Warning for Cook County, IL
from 11 pm CST, Fri., Feb. 20, 2009 until 6 pm CST, Sat., Feb. 21, 2009

Issued by The National Weather Service
Chicago, IL
3:11 pm CST, Fri., Feb. 20, 2009

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY.

STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FALLING ACROSS NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES... WITH SNOWFALL RATES AS HIGH AS 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE.

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW IS ISSUED WHEN 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST TO OCCUR. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

More Information
... ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...

.A STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. A STORM TOTAL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. BETTER CHANCES FOR HEAVIER SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS TOWARD THE WISCONSIN BORDER.
FURTHER SOUTH, SNOW TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY COUNTIES WITH SOME SLEET OR RAIN MIXING IN EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REACH NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS MID EVENING FRIDAY AND SPREAD EAST THROUGH THE NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH SNOWFALL RATES AS HIGH AS 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.

Everybody stay safe out there! Snowfall rates like that cause whiteout conditions on the roads.

[Sharon (sdbrins)]

I am so excited, I got a cellcert a little while ago. It was so wonderful, it was Marty singing WYWH.

Thank you so much, my dear dear friend. It was a wonderful wonderful surprize, I didn't even know you were going to be there! YOU ROCK!

[HY]

I went to the Love Your Pet show on Saturday, and a few others did too (there were about 7 "fans" there). It was a bit surreal. The place was one of those long quonset hut type buildings. At one end they built in a few rooms, with a stage next to it. It looked like it might be a permanent stage - but was very high. There was a good crowd for the fund-raiser, but you could tell that there were a lot not listening to the music - lots of talking going on in the background.

A rockabilly band played first. Then Marty played after a Bolivian dance troup, and before the dog parade/show. He talked to us a bit before the dance troup came out. He said he was sick, must have caught Dino's cold. And he headed out right after he played - had a birthday party to go to.

Set List: Honest I'll Wait, Be the One/Black Angel/title in progress LOL, Hit Me Baby, Mr. Brightside, WYWH and Creep. He was basically singing to us. He asked whether he should play Trees or Creep and someone called out Creep.

The dogs were adorable, but I didn't get the greatest shots of them. If I find any I'll post them. I hope they raised a lot of money for the shelter.

[HY]

[HY]

Stage end of the place.




Other side (before a lot of people showed up).

[rockfan]

Thanks HY for your review and pics . Very unique looking place. Looks like the walls/ceiling are made of hardened foam.

[HY]

I think an insulation was sprayed on just a week or so before the event, then the paint was sprayed on. The venue is actually where the dogs will be let out during the day, to just play around together.

[LMC]

great pics hy!

:]

[cfbj01]

Thanks HY for the review and pics

I hope they raised lots of money too

[starcrossed]

Thank you for sharing the pictures and review HY... too bad there wasn't a larger turnout of fans that night, but I guess that the weather was largely the reason for that. However, it is great that so many turned out of the event as a whole. That was a great cause.

Hope that Marty feels better soon, and also Dino (as mentioned previously being ill). This has been a horrid winter season filled with so many viruses and colds. Not much that can be done, but lot's of fluids, and rest.

[dustyblue25]

HY thanks for your great review and pics!!

I hope the shelter raised a lot of money!

[Cindy]

The photographer who was covering the event for the benefit, Jen Avril-Rae Shannon sent in photos of Marty from the event that have now been added to the photo gallery on Marty's site

www.martycasey.com/photos_solo08.htm

Really nice work. Thank you to Jen for sharing them with us!

[Kelly]

I can't believe I almost missed these photos. They're really beautiful shots....she is a photographer to watch for sure.

[rockfan]

I missed this too . Great photos!! The third one really rocks . Thanks Cindy & Jen

[BBE]

Excellent photos, Lyn and Jen!!!
Thanks for posting them so those of us who weren't there can experience it a bit.

[cfbj01]

Thanks Jen - great pics.