Saturday Event to Benefit Hurd Bros. Scholarship

Reported by Brian DeNeal in the Harrisburg Daily Register Online:

"HARRISBURG - At Jimbo's on Saturday, the crowd will hear some talented Southern Illinois guitar players and have a chance to buy a CD benefiting The Hurd Brothers Memorial Scholarship Fund.

David More of Carbondale decided there were so many great guitar players around, he wanted to include several of them on a CD compilation. Several guitarists signed onto the project and recorded a song or two for it.

'I wanted a worthy place to donate the royalties to,' More said.

He learned of The Hurd Brothers Memorial Scholarship Fund that benefits students studying music at Southeastern Illinois College.

'We weren't buddies, but I attended a wedding and shot video of them playing at the wedding in 2002,' More said.

Forrest and Doug Hurd were killed in July of that year in a car crash in Harrisburg on their way home from a performance in Fairfield.

The limited release of 'Guitars Between the Rivers Vol. 1' sold 144 copies with proceeds going toward the scholarship fund and More had enough music given to him for a Vol. 2, completed in Dec. 2005. But More regretted the project and release party was mainly a Carbondale event and people in Harrisburg may not have even known about it.

He got in touch with the brothers' sister, Marcia Hurd, about a Harrisburg CD release party.

'I asked Marcia if she knew a good place and she suggested Jimbo's. I called Mark (Molinarolo) and he was into it,' More said.

The CD includes songs by the Hurd Brothers, Grant Morgan, two songs by Bruce Camden with one featuring 'Tawl Paul' Frederick and the other with 'Big Larry' Williams, Robert Russell, Joseph Breznikar, Doug Rees, Nathan George, Zacc Harris, Zach Catlin, Ivas John and Wayne Weiseman with Din Dayemi.

Some of the performers will be performing beginning at 6 p.m. Saturday. The Ivas John Band is headlining along with Grant Morgan, Rich Fabec Band and Cherry Street Band.."