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| | ABC News: Shaffer Will Host Benefit for Mike Smith |
 | | A 10-day eBay auction to benefit Smith begins July 31 and will include items such as an autographed drumhead signed by Ringo Starr, Monty Python memorabilia and VIP tickets to a Brian Wilson concert. | | | NEW YORK Jul 19, 2005 (AP)— Paul Shaffer, musical director for "The Late Show With David Letterman," will host two benefit-tribute concerts for Mike Smith, lead singer and keyboard player for the Dave Clark Five, who suffers from spinal cord injuries after an accident at his home in Spain in 2003. | | | Musician Paul Shaffer arrives at the National Black Sports and Entertainment Hall of Fame induction ceremony in New York in this Aug. 28, 2002 file photo. |
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http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=955364&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
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| | Layne Staley - Levi Spencer |
| | Drummer Sean Kinney and bassist Mike Starr (replaced in 92 by Mike Inez) soon followed and the band landed a deal with columbia records in 1989. | | | Layne Staley was a drug addict, yes, but he was also an artist and a musician and contributed immensely to the creative world around us. | | | The Layne Staley fund is a non profit organization founded by partners Nancy NcCallum(Laynes mother) and Jamie Richards (a drug rehabilitation counselor.) The organization was started to aid musicians in heroin recovery. |
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http://www.sasquatchstudios.com/levi/Layne_Staley.html
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