PRESS RELEASE
NEW YORK, NY --
(MARKET WIRE)
-- September 12, 2006 -- Legendary guitarists Joe Satriani and Steve
Vai announce plans for a benefit concert for music industry veteran and
friend, Cliff Cultreri. "The Cliff Show" will take place on Saturday,
September 30th at the House Of Blues, Hollywood, and will feature
performances by both Satriani and Vai, as well as special guests to be
announced.
Cliff Cultreri is the A&R executive who "discovered" both Satriani and Vai
as well as many other popular recording artists, while working at
Relativity Records. Cultreri is currently suffering from a host of
Auto-Immune and Connective-Tissue disorders that are attacking his immune
system, a one in 100 million occurrence that causes severe pain and
physical problems. Satriani and Vai hope to raise funds to help Cultreri
and his family's financial needs.
Cultreri is currently VP of A&R at KOCH Records where he has worked with
such artists as RZA, B.G., Turk, Ying Yang Twins, Kurupt, Death Row, Big
Gipp & Goodie Mob, Master P, and many others. During his years in the
industry, Cultreri has served as A&R for a number of top names, Joe
Satriani, Steve Vai, Allan Holdsworth, Billy Sheehan & Talas, Peter
Frampton, Megadeth, Corrosion Of Conformity, Exodus, Anthrax, Death, Venom,
Slash's Snakepit, Cradle Of Filth, Godflesh, Our Lady Peace, My Bloody
Valentine, The Cure, Modern English, Gene Loves Jezebel, Fat Joe, Common,
Bone Thugs 'N Harmony, 3-6 Mafia, KRS 1, Beatnuts, C Murder, Soulja Slim,
and many others in all genres of music. In addition, he has received 18
Grammy nominations, 13 Gold and 14 Platinum and Multi-Platinum awards for
albums on which he was the executive producer, co-producer or A&R. He won
Grammys for "Song of the Year" and "Album of the Year" with Bone Thugs 'N
Harmony for which he served as A&R.
"Cliff has been a musical force and guiding light in my career and my life
for 2 decades. He introduced and championed my music to the music business.
He is a dear friend and musical ally and quite the guitar player himself,"
said Satriani. "Steve and I wanted to help Cliff and the idea of a show in
LA with other members of the guitar community seemed to be the obvious way
to celebrate and help him."
Buy Tickets @ Ticketmaster.com
AUG 9 PRESALE PASSWORDS: "cliff" (Artist) & "satch" (HOB)
Tickets prices will be set at $100 and are set to go on sale August 12th.
Limited number of $75 tickets will be available August 9th through
www.satriani.com and www.vai.com
A special note from Cliff (9/6/06):
If you are unable to attend the show but would still like to help Cliff and
his family, donations may be made by check (NO CHECK IS TOO SMALL OR TOO
LARGE) and can be sent to the following address:
KOCH Entertainment
22 Harbor Park Drive
Port Washington, New York 11050
Attn: Nancy Young
Please make all checks payable to: Patricia Cultreri
All of us at KOCH Entertainment express our gratitude to all of you who can
find it in your heart to support this worthy cause.
About KOCH Records
KOCH Records is a division of KOCH Entertainment, the fastest-growing music
company and the market leader among independents in North America. The KOCH
Entertainment corporate umbrella encompasses the KOCH Records label, KOCH
Vision home video, KOCH Music Publishing and KOCH Entertainment
Distribution with operations in both the U.S. and Canada. KOCH Records
proudly claims the largest number of Billboard charting albums among
independents for each of the last five years (2001-2005). For additional
info on the KOCH Records label and its roster of artists, please visit
www.kochrecords.com
9/14/06 UPDATE: According to Blabbermouth.net - Paul Gilbert, Scott Henderson, and Steve Lukather will be among the special guests!
