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Bid Online: Help Support MusiCares/GRAMMY Auction With Special TJ Merch
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006We are pleased to tell you that we have donated Tom Jones memorabilia to be auctioned on eBay to benefit MusicCares and the GRAMMY Foundation. We believe this is the first time Tom is represented in this event.
Because we had the responsibility to donate the four fan tribute books Tom autographed for charity, we asked his management to suggest a cause and MusiCares was the one they named. So we put this package together for the online auction.
This MusiCares-GRAMMY package includes an autographed copy of the limited edition tribute book from fans. Only 100 of these hard-covered books were printed. It was presented to Tom to mark the 40th anniversary of his recording of It’s Not Unusual in 2004. There’s also a photo autographed specifically for this event, a copy of Music Week printed for his 65th birthday Ponty concert in 2005, a rare promo card from a New York concert and a t-shirt.
The auction runs from Monday, November 27 through Thursday, December 7. You can find it on eBay.
Other items in the auction include memorabilia and “experiences” donated by many artists, including lunches with Josh Groban and Eric Benet; guitars donated by Les Paul, Tom Petty, Slash, Sting, Dave Navarro and others; memorabilia from Trace Adkins, KISS, Dolly Parton, Randy Travis and lots more.
Earlier this year, we donated a book that was auctioned in Canada to benefit Parkinson’s disease research and one will be auctioned in January for another good cause through our site.
In advance, we thank you for supporting MusiCares and the GRAMMY Foundation. Remember, it’s a great cause and this will make a great holiday treat for yourself or for that special Tom Jones fan you know.
MusiCares provides a safety net of critical assistance for music people in times of need. MusiCares’ services and resources cover a wide range of financial, medical and personal emergencies, and each case is treated with integrity and confidentiality. MusiCares also focuses the resources and attention of the music industry on human service issues that directly impact the health and welfare of the music community.The GRAMMY Foundation was established in 1989 to cultivate an awareness, appreciation and advancement of the contribution of recorded music American culture – from the artistic and technical legends of the past to the still unimagined musical breakthroughs of the future generations of the music professionals.
