Benefit for friend turns into Bash for the Bayou fund-raiser.(News)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September, 2005 | by Foster, Mark

Byline: Mark Foster Daily Herald Correspondent Singer Ryan Machnica and his bandmates from Crosstown Traffic belted out a Jimi Hendrix tune Saturday from under a tent in Mill Creek. The rock band and 10 other groups kicked off the concert, donating their services for the hurricane relief fund-raiser that had started with a single family in mind but had grown into a major benefit for the American Red Cross.

"Not only do I get to perform, I get to donate," Machnica said. "They still need a lot of help down there." Brothers Paul and Mike Ruby initially wanted to help their college friend Matt Capo, who lost his Mississippi home and business to Hurricane Katrina. They contacted Steven Warrenfeltz, owner of Kiss the Sky records in Batavia, who has plenty...