The New Woodstock - Ron Paul benefit concert, San Antonio TX, July

Jpass said:
I'll drive to San Antonia from Pennsylvania.

I like this slogan I heard on that myspace page...

"Liberty has two first names....Ron Paul.
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Pick me up on the way. I am in Birmingham, AL, directly on your route:) :) :) :)


I also got to say that is one heck of a drive from what I can remember (I-81), aesthetics wise.
 
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Great 28th of July is confirmed. We're having our first Ron Paul
Music Festival in San Antonio, Ron Paul will be there too, and the word is out for bands to respond to The Call for Peace and Liberty, and pushing forward to take this country back!

Bands interested please let me know soon! We need enough for an all day event. Roughly 8 hrs.

Contact http://www.myspace.com/bands4ronpaul for more info.
This first event will be mostly Rock/Folk oriented
 
Andrew76 said:
Some thoughts... please don't misconstrue this as pointless pessimism, I sincerely mean to be constructive, but two things: First, and I say this as an active musician, from a family of musicians, who's also worked in record stores for over ten years, and booked shows too... the only well known name on that list of "bands that support Ron Paul," is Jimmy Vaughn. I know, I know... there's more than likely a slew of great bands on that list that people haven't heard of yet. I'm not making a claim as to whether the bands are good or bad, I'm just stating what I believe to be this fact: none of the bands on that list, other than J. Vaughn, will draw well, if at all, the out of town bands in particular. The cruel truth is, it doesn't matter if they're good, if no one's heard of them, who will care? I would of course, love to be proved wrong. A million people?? You'll need some seriously major players to pull that off. I'd advise to aim ridiculously high, and then work your way down.
Second, you want to pull this off by July 14th?:eek: No. Way. At. All. Again, I'm only trying to help here. For that level of an event, the organization needed, from top to bottom would put it somewhere in the timeframe of Spring 2008, maybe. You'll need a legit promoter or promotion company, a first class sound reinforcement company, or in-house p.a.. If you're going to go "festival style," you might need festival permits, alcohol licenses, security, sound engineers, production mangagers, stage hands, clean up crew, outhouses, etc. etc. This is a maaaaaasssive undertaking that would also greatly benefit from a ton of sponsoring. If this is supposed to be a benefit show, you will be lucky to even make back the money you spent on setting all of this up unless you charge a crazy entrance fee, at which point, no one will want to go and the whole "benefit," will be lost. Intimidating stuff indeed.

Otherwise, as just a suggestion, what I see as a more practical alternative would be to simply have an "all day" musical event in your city. Find a decent sized venue, anything from 150 to 1000 capacity venue would be fine, and book whatever good, solid local bands you can get to fill the bill. Any national bands/performers, put on the end as headliners. Do it on a saturday, start it around noon, give local bands no more than 45 minute sets (trust me), make it a bbq or something, have it end around midnight. Involve some other aspects like, t-shirt giveaways, Ron Paul sign making contest, pay-per-entry pie eating contest, etc.,.. I dunno, whatever you can think of. If it's at a bar/venue, try and get beer/booze vendors involved to get crazy beer deals, PBR is good for this. Again, July 14th? You'd have to start working on this yesterday, and not rest until the day of the event. It always always seems easier until you get bogged down with the details. Attention to detail is absolutely KEY. I would think something in September or October would be much much easier to manage, though it will still be a bear of a job. Plus, the further you push it back, the more time you have to promote it. Plus, most venues of this size will in all likelihood, already be booked. If the above style event still seems like a hassle, then go even smaller.

Now, if this first "smaller," event goes well. Then plan another, perhaps even bigger one sometime down the road, with bigger bands. Decent, national touring bands that are likely to draw well are most likely booked 3 to 5 months in advance, so keep that time frame in mind.

Whew! Ok, again I can't stress enough that this is all simply my take on the situation, and is in no way an attempt to discourage you. Do with it what you will. :)
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Very good points Andrew 76...:cool:

And..it seems to me...that YOU and Bands4RonPaul..should get together and work this out...AND...it's Not THAT Bad to get local and /or Unknown bands to participate in such an event...starting local and then move on to bigger and bigger events...As I'm from Sweden we have a perfect example of this named "The Hultsfred Rock Festival"...it's quite Big now ..lot's of International Bands...

Further..to All of You who have Ideas about this or that "Famous Person " who would make a difference...well...Contact him/Her/them...find a way...get together and Brainstorm...enough people asking any artist to stand up for "Freedom From Big Brother".... "Freedom From Dishonest and Greedy Politicians"....and..."Performing for Peace"...will probably sooner or later RESPOND.... :) :)

It's Only My OWN Thoughts...;)

:cool: :) Largo:) :cool:
 
We are using local bands here in louisiana. our first ron paul concert happens this saturday in Monroe, Louisiana. we will be using the funds from this show to have a bigger show with Ron Paul invited to the next show. We are going to try and have them throughout the state.
check it out: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Rock_for_Liberty_Concert_for_Ron_Paul_in_Louisiana

The more support we get from local meetups, the more of these shows we will have... we hope that through quantity of shows we can gain media attention.
 
Erazmus said:
Well, I'm pretty sure Green Day is anti-bush, and therefore anti Neocon. I would imagine that Rage Against the Machine would also be in favor of Ron Paul. Just a thought. Could you imagine the type of exposure Rage would bring now that they are reunited?
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Uhm Rage Against the Machine are admitted, proud hardcore Marxists dude.

I understand the relevance of many of their lyrics and themes, but they are the polar opposite of Ron Paul ideologically.
 
I feel poor that I can't attend as I want so much to be a part of the Ron Paul Revolution. SA native currently working overseas. See my SA friends in August.
 
torchbearer said:
We are using local bands here in louisiana. our first ron paul concert happens this saturday in Monroe, Louisiana. we will be using the funds from this show to have a bigger show with Ron Paul invited to the next show. We are going to try and have them throughout the state.
check it out: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Rock_for_Liberty_Concert_for_Ron_Paul_in_Louisiana

The more support we get from local meetups, the more of these shows we will have... we hope that through quantity of shows we can gain media attention.
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See if you can get 12 Stones from Mandeville/Covington. They have their third album coming out in August and would probably love to promote it. They typically pack the venues at the Jazz Fest in New Orleans and Seafood Fest in Mandeville.

http://www.12stones.com

You could use their new single "Lie to Me" as one of Ron Paul's campaign songs...

------
Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide
You're scared of the truth, I'm tired of the lies
'Cause who I am, is where you wanna be

Lie to me once again and tell me everything will be alright
Lie to me once again and ask yourself before we say goodbye - was it worth it in the end...
 
 
Michael Franti

Man from La Mancha said:
Click this below and wait for download, needs to be on a much faster server than My Space

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=192671941

If this comes about it could bigger and better than woodstock. Can you imagine a million or more people showing up fpr RON PAUL plus good tunes.

They want to hold a concert for Dr. NO in San Antonio TX on Juky 4.

I want to go YEA!!!!!!! Good Guy and good tunes. Give all proceeds to DR. NO
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How about Michael Franti?
I'm definitely for Willie...

so who's in charge of this so we can get involved?
 
good idea

I started this post not realizing the complexities but it doesn't mean it can't happen some where soon. I thank all who have contributed suggestions. But sooner or later more than a million will show up where ever it will be because we want to be Free. Let freedom ring.
 
Please focus on getting Willie Nelson. He lives right there, hates the IRS and has done benefits for lesser causes. He would be a huge draw.
 
Wow

Suzu said:
Please focus on getting Willie Nelson. He lives right there, hates the IRS and has done benefits for lesser causes. He would be a huge draw.
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Getting Willie would be sweet... he's also in favor of ending the War on Drugs.
 
If possible Willie Nelson should be one of the headliners. As some of you have already said I think he'd be more than willing, plus he just bring out the kind of folk that Ron Paul needs to win the primary.
 
rich34 said:
If possible Willie Nelson should be one of the headliners. As some of you have already said I think he'd be more than willing, plus he just bring out the kind of folk that Ron Paul needs to win the primary.
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Anybody know how to get in touch with mr. nelson?
 
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