Pete Huttlinger Benefit: Vince Gill, John Oates

A NIGHT OF GREAT MUSIC, ELECTRIFYING JAMS,
AND COOL COLLABORATIONS TUESDAY JULY 26 AT MERCY LOUNGE

Pete Huttlinger

A host of extraordinary musicians are coming together to lend their extraordinary talents to For Pete’s Sake: You’ve Gotta Have Heart – A Benefit for Pete Huttlinger on Tuesday, July 26 at Mercy Lounge (1 Cannery Row) at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased via TicketWeb and at the door.

All proceeds raised as a result of this amazing night of music – sure to include once-in-a-lifetime collaborations and jams – will help diffuse costs associated with Huttlinger’s surgeries and treatment. The widely respected guitarist and Nashville studio artist is recovering from surgery and awaiting a heart transplant.

Huttlinger has a congenitally defective heart. His heart has slowly deteriorated over his lifetime, and in March, he went into extreme heart failure. Too sick to wait for a heart transplant, Huttlinger was life-flighted on April 29 to St. Luke’s Texas Heart Institute in Houston and underwent surgery (May 4) to have a heart pump installed. This cutting edge device is a mechanical pump that is implanted in his heart and is powered by a battery pack which Huttlinger carries with him. This undertaking is referred to as a “bridge to transplant.”

When Huttlinger recovers from this surgery, he will return to Nashville and await a heart transplant which will take place at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Huttlinger suffered a massive stroke in November, but had recovered completely.

To make an online donation go to www.petehuttlinger.com.

LINEUP
Vince Gill
John Oates
The Long Players
John Jorgenson
Mark Selby
Joe Robinson
Baillie & the Boys
Cynthia Martinez
Sean Della Croce