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Many thanks to all for your thoughts and prayers for NC's best slide guitarist, Rusty Barkley. Yesterday was a wonderful day of love being shown for this outstanding musician.
A young man that was too young to be inside the venue for the benefit won the autographed guitar that Michael McBride raffled. It had our Warren's autograph on it. among others. The young man had received $300 from a relative for Christmas. He spent the $300 on raffle tickets for the guitar. That young man has learned the true meaning of Christmas.
The $1000 winner of the block drawing also donated the money back to Rusty.
I was on the tour bus most of the day with Rusty. He is so humble that it was difficult for him to mingle with the crowd so he let the ones that love him come to him. Rusty has always been the first to give when a fellow musician or anyone needs help. Yesterday, we could give back to him. A truly wonderful day of love.
Chris Charles, if you were not there when Rick Willis and Rusty played "Down By The River" for me, you missed the BEST version of the song that they have played yet. Neil Young needs to take lessons from them!!!
Again, my deepest thanks and appreciation to all here that are keeping Rusty in your prayers and on Jan 3, please say a special one for him and his surgeons.