Fulton 55 Presents
Sat
Sep
22
West African Vocational Schools Benefit Show
Patrick Contreras, Lance Canales and the Flood
Fulton 55
875 Divisadero Street
Fresno, CA, 93721
Doors 7:30PM / Show 8:30PM
This event is 21 and over
West African Vocational Schools Benefit Show
$7 CONCERT FOR A DRUG CARTEL-FREE AFRICA
IT’S A STORY YOU RARELY HEAR ABOUT. International drug cartels have taken over a tiny West African country called Guinea-Bissau and turned into their personal cocaine warehouse. They pay off politicians and generals to keep their lucrative trade going. They operate with such impunity that one local nightclub threw a two-day party for the cartels and called it the “Weekend for Drug Traffickers.”
The root problems are clear: Corruption and a lack of education for the people of Guinea-Bissau. Give them a chance at a better life, and they’ll change their country.
You can help make that happen by coming to our own party – a weekend for anti-drug traffickers. It’s a concert featuring electric violinist Patrick Contreras to benefit West African Vocational Schools, a Fresno non-profit that runs a job-training center in Guinea-Bissau where students learn important skills like computer basics and auto repair. Help us give these students an alternative to the drug-trade in West Africa and a chance to pull their families out of poverty.
FIND OUT MORE AT WWW.WAVSCHOOLS.ORG
Born and raised in Fresno, California Patrick Contreras has branded his unique style of violin playing with influences of Blues, Rock, Jazz, Soul and Classical Music to become Fresno's most popular musician and regularly sells out clubs and theaters. Patrick thrills audiences wherever he goes with his original music and explosive interpretations of Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and Carlos Santana.
“Lance Canales and The Flood”, features a new sound that was born out of a bluesy, rootsy, folk rock with a Native Americana twist. With the Earth shacking bottom end of the Upright bass and the natural rhythm of the Cajon (Box Drum) add an acoustic guitar and a Native American Flute and you have LC & The Flood. “Lance Canales and the Flood” are currently working on new music for there album "RootStomp". They will be scattering their sound across the country on a tour in fall of 2011.
Lance Canales
Lance Canales was born and raised in the southern foothills of California’s Central Valley where he literally lived the life so many folk and blues artists have written songs about since the birth of roots music, hard labor, one room shacks and taunting ghosts whispering of a better life, owning nothing but the music in your head. It would take years for Canales to connect his history to his own sound -branded “Native Americana” by fans- tuning down his smooth yet gravelly vocals, compared to the likes of music legends Tom Waits and Greg Brown, as he tuned up his acoustic guitar to slip and slide in delta swamp water while executing a clean picking style. (read less)
“Lance Canales and The Flood”, features a new sound that was born out of a bluesy, rootsy, folk rock with a Native Americana twist. With the Earth shacking bottom end of the Upright bass and the natural rhythm of the Cajon (Box Drum) add an acoustic guitar and a Native American Flute and you have LC & The Flood. “Lance Canales and the Flood” are currently working on new music for there album "RootStomp". They will be scattering their sound across the country on a tour in fall of 2011.
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