[Smoothjazzusa] EWF Chicago/collaboration

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SJ radio people read this:                
Chicago & EWF Create Unique Music Promotion To Benefit Food Banks Nationwide - May 18, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASELEGENDARY GROUPS CHICAGO AND EARTH, WIND & FIRECREATE UNIQUE MUSIC PROMOTION TO BENEFIT FOOD BANKS NATIONWIDE CONCERT GOERS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DOWNLOAD THREE NEWLY RECORDED SONGS BY THE GROUPSBANDS REUNITE FOR NATIONAL CO-HEADLINING U.S. SUMMER TOUR, 30-CITY MAJOR VENUE RUNS JUNE 5 - AUGUST 1, 2009Los Angeles, CA - May 18, 2009 - Music legends Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire have announced that they will raise money for local food banks nationwide on their 30-city national co-headlining summer concert tour beginning June 5 in Orange Beach, AL (dates below). In exchange for cans of food or a donation, fans will be able to download three new songs recorded earlier this year.Although the fans will recognize two of the songs, the recordings will catch them by surprise, as Chicago recorded Earth, Wind & Fire's "I Can't Let You Go," and Earth, Wind & Fire recorded Chicago's "Wishing You Were Here." Together the bands created a new original song written by Earth, Wind & Fire entitled, "You." These newly recorded songs will be available during the summer tour with a donation by the concert goers.The donation promotion of "Three songs for Three cans or Three dollars" will benefit specific food banks in each city. Coordinating the effort will be World Hunger Year, Inc. (WHY). WHY is dedicated to fighting the root causes of hunger and poverty by supporting grassroots organizations that create self-reliance, economic justice and equal access to nutritious and affordable food. The organization will collect the cans and/or donations, and in exchange, the fans will be given a download card to access the three songs. For those fans interested in participating, but unable to make it to the shows, they can go to www.EWFandChicago.com to make a donation and download the songs.Earth, Wind & Fire's founding member and singer Philip Bailey originally conceived the program; “This is a dream come true. We are honored to align with the WHY organization and help the local communities with their important work.”Chicago took it and ran with it, contacting World Hunger Year, Inc. (WHY founded by Harry Chapin). Chicago's Lee Loughnane, "We want to invite everyone to help us do our small part to help feed America. We worked with WHY on last year's tour. They are a great organization and we are proud to work with them again."The 2009 Summer Tour will be presented by AEG Live. Each band will perform a full set, and the two bands will come together at the beginning and the finale featuring both bands onstage together. In 2004 and 2005, the two bands teamed up for what is still talked about as one of the great musical spectaculars in recent touring history. A DVD filmed in 2005 at the Los Angeles shows was certified double platinum almost immediately upon release - a tribute to the extraordinary and unique quality of this collaboration.

Now is there any excuse for this format to continually be anti-Chicago? Yet your staions have always been pro-EWF so it would be pathetic if the format would refuse to air this joint recording collaboration? Helene from L.A.
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