-The Rolling Elvi with REM's Mike Mills (center) and founder of NOMRF Jeff Beninato (right)...


Last Friday the 24th the Rolling Elvi were invited to participate at a show at Carrollton Station to raise money and awareness for the New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund (NOMRF)... also in attendance was Special Guest Mike Mills from REM who have been very active in supprting the NOMRF cause...

here as excerpt from there site to give you an idea of there cause...

The New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund, Inc., a grass roots certified 501c(3) founded by and for displaced musicians, has sent grants to hundreds of displaced New Orleans musicians, thanks to caring individuals around the world.

Friends of New Orleans music REM just collaborated with Entertainment Weekly, NOMRF and Mercy Corps on the video below featuring a photo of our founder's family piano (Order Prints on our Donations Page), and Mike Mills came to the NOMRF Download Celebration at Carrolton Station, along with Rolling Elvi who rode in to support the music. Susan Cowsill, Johnny Sansone, Jimmy Robinson, Spencer Bohren, Rickie Castrillo, Alfred "Uganda" Roberts, Beatin Path, We Are the Pretenders, Joe Topping, Craig Klein, The Rev. Goat Carson and John Rankin, rocked the house with many of their download tunes.

History of the New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund

Our funds come straight from music lovers, and they go to individual musicians. NOmrf was founded by Jeff and Karen Beninato - Jeff grew up in the 9th Ward and played bass on Bourbon Street. He went on to perform with alternative band the dB's before becoming a producer, working recently with Twangorama. Four months after the levees failed, the NOmrf founders settled in the midwest.

Message From the Founder

If you think this tragedy is over think again. There are still families out there in corners of this country trying to figure out what they are going to do to get their lives back to some normalcy. There are so many musicians who were well known in New Orleans that are totally unknown where they are now. Imagine building your fanbase or your work base in your workplace and suddenly it all disappears.

So if whomever clicks can help in just a small way, every .99 Download is more help we can give to a musician and his or her family. And that would be a beautiful thing.

Thanks,

Jeff Beninato

Thanks for all you do Jeff its a very worthy cause!!!

click here if you want to see the photos from NOLA.com



Here are all the photos from my perspective....