A number of the top musicians from Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana will band together this weekend in Beaumont, Texas, to help Jerry LaCroix, the legendary R&B/rock singer.
Jerry LaCroix
LaCroix, former lead singer for the Fabulous Boogie Kings, Edgar Winters White Trash, Rare Earth and Blood, Sweat and Tears, experienced congestive heart failure earlier this year. The event will raise money for medical bills and expenses LaCroix has accrued from his lengthy hospital stay.
A few years ago, LaCroix moved to the Hemphill area to help care for his ailing mother and began experiencing health problems of his own. I havent been in the best of health since last year. I was getting weaker and weaker and in a matter of days, I couldnt stand up, LaCroix said in an interview with the Beaumont Enterprise. I fell down twice trying to walk with a walker and the second time, I hit my head pretty hard.
The benefit is Sunday, at the Beaumont Crockett Street entertainment district and it will feature appearances by Wayne Toups, Jivin Gene Bourgeois, G.G. Shinn, Scott McGill, Charles Mann, T.K. Hulin, Ken Marvel, Gerry Mouton, Willie T. and others.
If you cant make it to Beaumont but still want to help out, contact Don Ball at (409) 548-4444.
MP3: Try A Little Tenderness (live at the Bamboo Club) by the Fabulous Boogie Kings w/Jerry LaCroix
MP3: I Cant Turn You Loose (live) by Edgar Winters White Trash
