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Bert Jansch touring w/ Neil & then Pegi Young (dates)

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Neil Young is going on a tour of the Gulf Coast (aka Florida & MS) in September:

Music legend Neil Young will perform several shows in the Gulf Coast in September to aid residents affected by the oil spill. Young has teamed up with his friend John Tyson, chairman of Tyson Foods, Inc., which will donate 100,000 pounds of chicken products to be distributed to the Bay Area Food Bank. Tyson will deliver four truckloads of chicken, the equivalent of almost 400,000 meals, to the Bay Area Food Bank, which serves Central Gulf Coast communities in Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi.
Young is also asking concert-goers to bring non-perishable food items, which will be given to the food bank. All proceeds from the sale of unique, limited-edition Neil Young t-shirts, available only at the concerts, will also be donated to the food bank.

The hunger relief effort is the result of the long-standing friendship between Young and Tyson. “Millions of people who live along the Gulf Coast struggle with hunger and the economic impact of the oil spill has only made matters worse,” Young says. “I appreciate the willingness of John Tyson and his company to get involved by helping the regional food bank help feed those in need. We both encourage concert-goers to spend money locally and support local business.”

Bert Jansch will support Neil on all of those dates which are listed below.

After supporting Neil, Bert will then play a series of more intimate shows with Pegi Young. That run kicks off October 6th at the Bell House in Brooklyn. Tickets for the NYC show go on sale Friday at noon. All dates below…

As far as new records…

“Bert’s latest studio album was 2006’s highly acclaimed The Black Swan which was greeted with accolades worldwide. Last year (2009) Drag City brought out the long-awaited first time CD releases of the three albums Bert recorded in the 1970s for The Famous Charisma Label: The seminal LA Turnaround, Santa Barbara Honeymoon and A Rare Conundrum. These most sought after albums in Bert’s catalog had been out of print for decades and had never been available on CD before. We also reissued them in handsome new vinyl packages. Bert is currently working on new material so stay tuned!” – Drag City

Some videos and all dates below…

Neil Young & Bert Jansch – 2010 Tour Dates
9/20/10 Marina Civic Center – Panama City, FL
9/22/10 Ruth Eckerd Hall – Clearwater, FL
9/23/10 Seminole Hard Rock Hotel – Hollywood, FL
9/25/10 IP Theatre – Biloxi, MS
9/26/10 Saenger Theatre – Mobile, AL
9/28/10 Saenger Theatre – Pensacola FL

Bert Jansch with the Pegi Young Band – 2010 Tour Dates
10/6/10 The Bell House – Brooklyn, NY
10/7/10 Norton Center for the Arts – Fall River, MA
10/9/10 Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA
10/10/10 Jammin’ Java – Vienna, VA
10/12/10 State Theatre – College, PA
10/13/10 Andy Warhol Museum – Pittsburgh, PA