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 Bruce R. Cohn B.R. Cohn Winery and Olive Oil Company Artist Manager Doobie Brothers |
Sept 24 & 25,
2011..... tickets on sale soon.......
www.brcohn.com/concert
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Blessed with success as both an artist manager (of rock icons the Doobie Brothers) and entrepreneur (as founder-proprietor of the award-winning B.R. Cohn Winery and Olive Oil Company, as well as Olive Hill Estate vineyards), Bruce Cohn has long understood the importance of giving back. His philanthropic efforts – benefiting children, veterans and the California communities near his home – have largely been intertwined with his other great passions: music, wine and golf. When the Doobies rocketed to fame in the ’70s, Bruce helped cultivate a relationship between the band and the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). In tandem with the rock superstars and Harley Davidson, he organized and participated in The Love Ride, as well as the first of many golf tournaments, to raise funds for the organization . Though the band broke up for a time in the early ’80s, they and Bruce convened each holiday season at Stanford’s Lucille Salter Packard Children's Hospital for a benefit concert. This yearly show for a group extraordinary kids helped pave the way for a 1987 reunion tour, which raised more than $1 million for an array of causes and culminated in a July 4 “peace concert” in Moscow. 1985 saw Bruce initiate the B.R. Cohn Winery Celebrity Golf Classic, which raised money for the Sonoma Community Center and other worthy causes with the participation of the Doobies, Night Ranger, various San Francisco 49ers and other celebrities. Several years of heavily attended tournaments – which generated ever-increasing donations for assorted charities – eventually prompted Bruce and his network of artists to begin staging regular benefit concerts. Beginning in 1992 on a field at Sonoma High School, the annual music festival featured such artists as Graham Nash, Little Feat and the late Nicolette Larson. By the turn of the millennium, it was generating nearly $100,000 for local charities. Bruce then decided to build a deluxe venue on the grounds of his winery. After a year-long hiatus to allow the construction of a 3,000-seat amphitheater, the gathering resumed in combination with the tournament. The B.R. Cohn Charity Events Fall Music Festival and Celebrity Golf Classic was born. Established as a 501c3 charity organization, the September confab has brought not only the Doobies but acts such as Willie Nelson, Journey, Cheap Trick, Greg Allman, Jackson Browne, Graham Nash and David Crosby and many other music luminaries to the amphitheatre stage. Along with these concerts, a charity celebrity chef auction dinner and the golf tourney, this yearly extravaganza has raised nearly $6 million for veterans groups and local charities including $400,000 for Hurricane Katrina relief in 2005. With 2011 marking the 25th anniversary of the Classic, Bruce and his team planned an especially lavish celebration of this philanthropic milestone. The Doobie Brothers lent their joyous musical mix to Songs of Hope VI in 2010, benefiting the City of Hope. Bruce and the Doobies have also raised funds for those who’ve served our country with a special line of B.R. Cohn wines, the Doobie Red Series; proceeds benefit various veteran’s organizations and musician support groups. The “Doobie 15-pack,” meanwhile (with a different album cover reproduced on each of 15 bottle labels), also supports assorted charities. It’s just another way for Bruce Cohn to uncork his passion for giving. |
