The second annual “A Nashville Night For Those We Lost” concert takes place on Oct. 17 at 3rd & Lindsley will raise much needed donations to the Nashville Musicians Funeral Benefit Fund. Tickets are available at TicketWeb.
The concert honors Jimmy Buffett, Loretta Lynn, Jesse McReynolds, and other AFM 257 members who have passed since the first For Those We Lost show in August 2022. Performers confirmed include Mac McAnally and several members of Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band (Peter Mayer, Roger Guth, Eric Darken, and Doyle Grisham), Loretta Lynn’s daughters Patsy and Peggy, The McCrary Sisters, Sam Bush honoring Jesse McReynolds, with more to come. Doors open @ 5:30, showtime kicks off at 6pm with sets from the Songwriters Guild of America and The New York Songwriters Collective, with “For Those We Lost” starting at 8 pm.
The event will be Livestreamed on Volume.com and there will be auction items and an online fundraising component via the Livestream.
I know it’s well intended, but it’s hard to take. The loss is so vast that these events make me sadder.