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Always With Love: A Musical Benefit for Jeff Bernstein

Always With Love 

A Musical Benefit for Jeff Bernstein 
A diverse collection of Atlanta musicians, artists, and activists will come together on Sunday 
many creative Americans is uninsured, has Stage Three pancreatic cancer. 
Festivities in honor of Jeff, and to raise funds for his care, will be at the Red Light Café in 
Midtown, starting at 1:30 p.m. and continuing until Midnight. The RLC is a well-known 
Atlanta creative hot spot and a fully-licensed restaurant and bar. It is located at 553 
Amsterdam Ave., Atlanta, GA 30306 (http://redlightcafe.com/; 404-874-7828). 
Jeff was born in Chicago and adopted by Robert and Frances Bernstein of Omaha, where he 
grew up. After studying art in San Francisco and Seattle, he worked for a time as a craftsman 
of children’s toys in Washington. He returned to Omaha, then moved to Atlanta in 1984, 
 to honor one of their own, Jeff Bernstein of Peachtree City. Jeff, who like 
He has been a fixture of the local music and arts scene ever since. 
Jeff is a multi-instrumentalist musician, painter, sculptor, and craftsman. Musically, he is 
influenced by Americana, Roots, Folk, Blues, Cajun Zydeco, and World Music. His most 
recent CD is available for free download at www.reverbnation.com/jeffbernstein.
His visual art and sculpture has been shown in a number of galleries throughout the country, 
including Forum Gallery at the Defoor Center and at Thomas Deans Gallery in Atlanta. 
Although he doesn’t like to brag about it, Jeff has the storied history of a real troubadour. He 
has met and played with musicians as diverse as John Prine, Bonnie Raitt, Chuck Berry, 
Michael Bloomfield and Bugsy Maugh (Paul Butterfield Blues Band), Sam Andrews (guitar 
for Janis Joplin), John Hammond Jr., Peter, Paul and Mary, and Johnny Cash's guitarist 
Join Jeff and his friends for this exciting event, the line-up is as follows: 
2:00 Chaos Soul http://www.reverbnation.com/chaossoul4 
3:30 True Grits www.jezgraham.com 
5:00 Frankie’s Blues Mission http://www.frankiesbluesmission.com/ 
6:30 Grim Rooster http://www.reverbnation.com/grimrooster 
8:00 Breeze Kings and Mudcat http://www.breezekings.com/ http://www.mudcatblues.com/ 
10:00 Swamp Funk Quartet http://www.reverbnation.com/swampfunkquartet 
Special Guest Appearances by Jeff Bernstein, Rev. Jeff Mosier, Tom Watts & more surprise 
Tickets are available for $12 online at www.redlightcafe.com or at the door on the day of the 
For more information contact Katie Elliscu @ kelliscu84@gmail.com or 404.232.0210
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