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Great White Prepares Somber Reunion
www.whdh.com ^ | April 29, 2003 | Associated Press

Posted on 04/29/2003 4:55:37 AM PDT by Living Free in NH

LOS ANGELES -- The rock band Great White will perform up to three songs at a benefit concert tomorrow, nearly nine weeks after a deadly blaze erupted while they were playing in a Rhode Island nightclub. The fire killed 99 people.

Great White's guitarist Ty Longley was among those who died.

Survivors of the group agreed to perform one song at West Hollywood's Key Club to raise money for a memorial fund in honor of Longley. It's unclear what songs the group will play.

Proceeds will be donated to a charity overseen by Longley's parents and earmarked for his pregnant girlfriend, Heidi Peralta.

Longley listened to Great White in the late 1980's and idolized guitarist Mark Kendall. He joined the band about four years ago.

A Rhode Island grand jury is probing the circumstances surrounding the blaze. Of the 99 who died, more than 30 were from Massachusetts. (AP)


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KEYWORDS: arson; concert; greatwhite; nightclub; nightclubfire

1 posted on 04/29/2003 4:55:37 AM PDT by Living Free in NH
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To: Living Free in NH; mommadooo3
Have we heard anything about this recently?
2 posted on 04/29/2003 5:24:42 AM PDT by TaxRelief
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To: Living Free in NH
I always liked the "somber" if cheesy sound of synthetic echo or whatever it was that made songs like "Save all your love..." etc sound so 80's bluesy.

It's the classic boy-lost-girl pop rock. I haven't listened to them since the fire, and I wondered how it would sound, or if they were strong enough to ever pull it off again, now that there is such REAL tragedy and horror lurking behind the music.

3 posted on 04/29/2003 5:28:57 AM PDT by sam_paine
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To: sam_paine
Maybe they will play "Baby's On Fire" or "House of Broken Love".
4 posted on 04/29/2003 6:17:07 AM PDT by Notforprophet (All rights reversed)
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To: Living Free in NH
I heard that they put on a great show and that the pyrotechnics is something you don't want to miss. (sarcasm off)
5 posted on 04/29/2003 6:37:14 AM PDT by Deguello
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To: Deguello
Yeah, I think they should stay out of the music business after this. There's lot's of finger pointing, but the band members themselves were the captain of that ship.
6 posted on 04/29/2003 8:10:34 AM PDT by scan59 (CNN Lies)
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