From the Hamilton Spectator (Ontario, Canada)newspaper ...

Shawn Brush needs a lift

What do Gordon Lightfoot, Def Leppard, The Tea Party, Willie P. Bennett, Jeff Healey, Rik Emmett, Daniel Lanois, Tom Wilson, Fred Eaglesmith and Gordie Tapp have in common?

Their autographs are all on a guitar being raffled to help raise funds to buy Burlington guitarist Shawn Brush (a.k.a. the Crooked Cowboy) a wheelchair accessible vehicle. Brush, one of the top bluegrass guitarists in the area, was born with a rare degenerative condition called Morquio syndrome, which affects the body's ability to develop and maintain bones and tissue. The acoustic Epiphone guitar will be raffled ($5 a ticket) at Brush's show Oct. 15 at Jersey's Bar & Grill (1450 Headon Forest Rd., Burlington, Ontario, Canada).

For more information visit www.shawnbrush.com (where you can see the guitar) or call 905-319-0525.

The show will also be a birthday party. Brush turns 36 Oct. 11.

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http://ca.geocities.com/jeremiah@rog...tarRaffle.html

You can win an autographed guitar!
(an Epiphone DR-100)

Included in the fundraising efforts is this Epiphone DR100 Acoustic Guitar
*very kindly donated by Lakeshore Music (Long & McQuade) in Burlington*

It has been signed by a number of Shawn's friends, including

Def Leppard (all of them)
Willie P Bennett
"Stompin' Tom" Connors
Fred J Eaglesmith
Rik Emmet
Tim Gibbons
Kelly Grrrl
Jeff Healey
Chris Houston
Bob Lanois
Daniel Lanois
Gordon Lightfoot
Dave Rave
Gordie Tapp
The Tea Party (all of them)
Brent Titcombe
Russell Wilson
Tom Wilson
& Shawn (of course)

Tickets on the guitar are $5 each. They may be obtained from Shawn: 905-319-1532,
or from Jeremiah (who is one of Shawn's "Rockin' Trolls"): 519-753-2820,
wherever you may run across them.
Tickets may also be ordered through Shawn's website, www.shawnbrush.com

The winner will be drawn on Saturday, October 15, 2005
at Shawn's Birthday Bash.
at Jersey's in Burlington, Ontario
1450 Headon Road
(off Upper Middle just west of Walker's Line)

Y'all come!