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Please Help! Bands of Brothers & Sisters of Detroit

Sponsors for 11/27/2010 Benefit

Bands of Brothers and Sisters of Detroit

We are Musicians and/or affiliates of the Detroit Entertainment Community.

We are soliciting our fans and friends to help in fights against local issues,

Need created by...
 illnesses such as Cancer!
Poverty & Homelessness!
Life's accidents & the unexpected!

We as a group, the Bands and fans of Detroit, can come together,

in an effort to lend a helping hand in our Communities.

Thru Benefit drives such as Dinners or Concerts,

We can help those in need directly!

Rome wasn't built in a day, issues like this won't be solved in a day.

It has taken many years and different reasons to get to this level,

we can only hope that if we unite in this cause, we can HELP!

It could be a friend, a neighbor or even a family member.

There are no bounds. It hits when, where and who it wants!

When you find yourself going out with friends to enjoy

the great entertainment we have all across the city of Detroit,

Talk to the bands you are seeing, ask them to get involved.

Tell your friends the same. We can bond together to help!

The gift of Charity can be rewarding beyond measure.

If the bands or bars you frequent aren't involved,

ask them why not. Maybe they haven't heard yet.

Michigan Bands and Fans helping Michigan People!

For more Information on how to get involved,

e-mail your favorite Band, Bar or BBSD@BBSofDetroit.info

Thank you for your VALUED Support!

Benefits – the local music scene gives back to its community!

Benefits can mean something different to many people. To the worker, they are the 
“extras” an employer provides like,  Vacation or Sick time, Health Care, 401k, etc. 
To the person out of work, it may be the unemployment benefits that keep some 
money coming in while searching for a job or waiting to be called back to work... 

Then there are the “Benefits” to assist someone in their time of need. Usually put together 
by friends, family or in our case, a group of local bands that want to give back to their 
Families, Friends, Fans or Communities. A chance to take what they do for love and fun, 
entertaining people for a few hours and raising money and/or drawing awareness, by playing 
music! Collecting donations at the door, thru Raffles of prizes donated by local businesses 
and people, band merchandise or maybe 50/50 raffles. 

Most bands don’t make enough money playing out to support their habit. The cost of musical 
gear or time involved in practicing to lock that set in, the promo items being created like 
Flyers, Business Cards and Table Tents, roadies, even a van or trailer for transportation. 
These are all expenses that come out of the musicians’ pocket and off of their families table, 
all for the love of the music and entertaining. Still most bands will give freely of their time and craft, 
to partake in the local Benefit, again, to help their Friends, Families and Communities. 
Be it multiple bands playing a shortened 45 minute set or a few bands playing a couple sets, 
they come together in a common bond of helping others. Providing entertainment for a few hours 
to bring in donations for someone in need and to take us away from this thing called life.

To some, it may not seem like much… but to the people in need, the thoughts and acts are priceless. 
Because they too are given a few moments away from all they have to worry about to enjoy a moment.. 
They are entertained by the shear fun of Rock n Roll that these local bands bring to their stage. 
From covers out of the 60’s to the songs of today, toss in the occasional original, people get to forget 
about life for awhile and just live for the moment. The moment when a Ray Street Park, Pistol Day Parade, 
Jane Doe, Sykofish, Mob Opera or GRAK take the stage in the name of someone else, entertaining with 
music for the masses; giving freely of their craft, time and talent; all in the name of the “Benefit”, for 
Friends, Family and Community.

Though it can be a thankless “job”, local bands do this not because they have to, but because it is a God 
given right to do what you love for others and assist where and when it is needed. Their return is the look 
on the faces of those being entertained for a brief time and the look of thanks on the faces of those it helps. 
In this day and age when so many are hurting and in need of assistance, all we can do is give freely of what we can. 
All we can ask of you is to support that which you can. You may not make it to every Benefit, 
but support the ones you can, be it financially, spreading the word, showing up for that hour or 2, 
donating your time or whatever you feel you are able to do to assist those in need. 

Remember, it could be you, a family member or a friend, that is in need at the next local Benefit show.

Thanx to all the Fans and Bands that help make the Downriver & Detroit music scenes’ heart beat a bit louder. 

Peace, God Bless & Long live LOCAL Rock n Roll! 

Pudge * BBSD – Bands of Brothers and Sisters of Detroit/Downriver


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