Michael Martin Murphey and Friends Team Up for Wildfire Relief

Michael Martin Murphey and Friends Team Up for Wildfire Relief

AMARILLO, Texas, March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The man who sang his way into the hearts of Americans with a song about a pony named "Wildfire" soon will be singing about wildfire in another way. Cowboy singer and country performer Michael Martin Murphey has announced a benefit concert to help heal the hearts of people affected by this month's devastating wildfires that flashed across the Texas Panhandle.

The benefit concert is set for 2 p.m., Saturday, April 15 at the Globe- News Center for the Performing Arts in Amarillo, Texas. Murphey and the Texas Farm Bureau will be teaming up with NPR Commentator and Cowboy Poet Baxter Black, Texas Poet Laureate Red Steagall, Cowboy singer Don Edwards, Walker, Texas Ranger Co-Star and singer R.J. Vandygriff, renowned pianist John Bayless, and others. Additional details are available at http://www.michaelmartinmurphey.com/.

"Hearing about the devastation and how these fires swept through to change the lives of numerous families in the Panhandle area, really touched my heart," Murphey said. "When agriculture people are hurting, other rural people are always quick to step forward. This concert also will provide a venue and a relief vehicle for all Americans to help make a difference."

Tickets for the concert go on sale at 10 a.m. (CST) Saturday, March 25, through http://www.panhandletickets.com/ and all regular ticket outlets in Texas. Tickets are $30 plus service charges. A limited number of seats are available for this meaningful Easter weekend concert, according to Murphey, a member of the Texas Farm Bureau and a devoted advocate for agriculture. Murphey also performs the theme song for the new PBS agriculture series, America's Heartland.

In addition, if you cannot attend the concert you can also make donations in several other ways.

If you'd like to help provide hay, fencing materials, personal items and even financial contributions, phone or e-mail your pledge to Texas Farm Bureau's Gene Hall, (254) 751-2246, ghall@txfb.org, or mail checks to Gene Hall at: Texas Farm Bureau, P.O. Box 2689, Waco, TX. 76702-2689. Make checks payable to Texas Farm Bureau Research and Education Foundation. All monetary donations are tax deductible. Additional information can also be found at the Texas Farm Bureau Web site (http://www.txfb.org/).

Source: American Farm Bureau Federation

CONTACT: Tracy Taylor Grondine, +1-202-406-3642, tracyg@fb.org, or Mace
Thornton, +1-202-406-3641, macet@fb.org, both of American Farm Bureau
Federation

Web site: http://www.txfb.org/
http://www.michaelmartinmurphey.com/
http://www.panhandletickets.com/

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