Rusted Root enjoys giving back in annual fete
-->Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Max Baer wasn't sure if Allegheny County Music Festival was going to survive.
The event was plagued by poor attendance for a few years. The agents and managers of acts solicited to play the charity concert weren't interested in reducing their fees.
Baer, who founded the festival in 2000 to finance special requests from children and youths receiving services through the Allegheny Country Department of Human Services and Allegheny County Juvenile Probation, wanted to continue the annual event at Hartwood Acres.
But how?
It turns out the solution was close at hand.
"Rusted Root called and said to us 'We're from Pittsburgh, we care about Pittsburgh and we'll do it,' " Baer says. "And we love having them."
Rusted Root's appearance on Sunday will mark the band's fourth consecutive appearance at the festival, which has raised almost $313,000 since the event's inception in 2000. The money raised has provided items and experiences the recipients will "remember when they are adults," Baer says, from eyeglasses to sports equipment to prom gowns.
Timothy Hardy III, 17, of Homestead, received a bus pass so he could take music lessons. Hardy plays drums, tuba, baritone sax and trumpet in the concert and jazz bands at Steel Valley High School, where he is a senior and a member of the French Club and the Langston Hughes Poetry Society.
"It means a lot to him," says Cynthia Davis, Timothy's mother. "(The bus passes) give him a chance to be in so many things. ... And, this year, he's going to be taking college courses at CCAC and his other courses at the high school. He's going to be the first one from our family to get a chance to go to college."
Skylar Edwards, 20, of Wilkinsburg, received funds to take nursing courses.
"It helped me get to where I need to be," says Edwards, who is a certified nursing assistant, and is taking nursing courses at Community College of Allegheny County on the North Side.
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Guitarist and vocalist Michael Klinge, also known as TV Mike of TV Mike and the Scarecrowes, expects Rusted Root will bring more of a party atmosphere to the concert. Despite the bales of hay set out, he predicted more dancing this year.
"Rusted Root called and said to us 'We're from Pittsburgh, we care about Pittsburgh and we'll do it,' " Baer says. "And we love having them." Rusted Root's appearance on Sunday will mark the band's fourth consecutive appearance at the festival,
The concert goers came for local acts and international act Rusted Root. “Matilda,” after which her father bought and played the group's record for her. She said she was taken in by the message of the band's music and the sound of the drums.
What this means, I'm not exactly sure, but you can expect songs like “Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynard Skynard, “Hey Ya” by Outkast, “Can't Always Get What You Want” by Rolling Stones and “Send Me On My Way” by Rusted Root. If that isn'ta mixture of
Rusted Root, 7:30 pm Sept. 4, Hartwood Acres, Hampton Township. $20 per car donation to benefit Allegheny County's Department of Human Services. Dropkick Murphys' Shamrock-N-Roll festival, Sept. 12, Station Square amphitheater. $29.50.
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