Blues concert fundraiser planned for Oct. 30

“Big Daddy & Red Hot Java” triumphantly returns from its’ 49th European tour bringing their sizzling musical ministry to the first Boo, Jazz, and Blues event Friday, Oct. 30 at the Armory in Apalachicola.

The show benefits the Franklin County Food Pantry and the Franklin County Community Development & Land Trust Corporation (both 501c3 non-profits and tax-exempt).  These organizations work diligently within the community to feed the hungry and house underprivileged families, and your support is very much needed. 

Costumes, finger food, spirits by donation, and “shaking your tale feather” rule the night before Halloween.  Tickets are $20 per person and $35 per couple and are available at all Gulf State Community Bank and Apalachicola State Bank locations, Franklin's Promise office at 653-3930, and online via PayPal at http://www.boojazzblues.org/ - where you can also get directions and more information.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m., show time is 7 p.m. starting with the Blues/Rock of Candi & Hammerheads, followed by the magical booty quakin’ soul shakin’ Blues of “Big Daddy & Red Hot Java” at 8 p.m., and then deejay Van Johnson spins the best dance tunes into the wee hours.

“Big Daddy & Red Hot Java” has toured overseas 48 times (Ireland, England, France, Germany and more), and has three critically acclaimed CD releases out ( The 24th Hour, Firebrewed, and Earthfire Blues Concert) with a fourth CD due this month.

They deliver a raucous boogie Blues roux peppered with Soul and Jazz.  “Big Daddy & Red Hot Java” has opened for B.B. King, The Doobie Brothers, Huey Lewis & The News, Kool & The Gang, Robert Cray, Keb Mo, Coco Montoya, and many others.  Visit http://www.myspace.com/bigdaddyredhotjava to listen and to learn more. 

The Food Pantry is presently housed at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, 27 6th Street in Apalachicola. The pantry is open on the first and third Tuesdays of each month from 9 a.m. to noon and assists approximately 400 families distributing around 800 or more bags each month.

The Franklin County Food Pantry provides a good representation of people working together to do something good within the community from the Food Pantry Committee to the many volunteers who donate their time to unload trucks and make bags to distribute. Without these volunteers the Food Pantry would not be able to operate.

The Franklin County Community Development & Land Trust Corporation (CDC) has, to date,  five pieces of property in Carrabelle ready for development of affordable housing. The properties (two donated by the City of Carrabelle and three donated by a private individual) will be developed in collaboration with Habitat for Humanity. The CDC is seeking property donations in the Apalachicola/Eastpoint area.