I'll be sitting in with Bruce Milner to perform one of Tom's compositions at this fundraiser to help one of Woodstock's treasures!

Concert organizer Ed Sanders will give a tribute to Tom, and then do a couple of Fugs tunes with Scott Petito, who will also play with Amy Fradon, Leslie Ritter, and Neil Eisenberg; Jay Ungar and Molly Mason will perform, as will Cindy Cashdollar; The Bluegrass Clubhouse Band (Brian and Francine Hollander, Tim Kapeluck, and Geoff Harden) has a couple of Pacheco songs to contribute, and Bruce Milner has one.

Happy Traum will lend a hand, as will John Sebastian, Jerry Marotta, Kat Mill, Simi Stone, Marc Black, Michael Veitch, and Julie Last, all will take the stage to give Pacheco a boost.

Tom Pacheco is a Titan of Song, a melody shaper, and creator of melodies and lyrics that rank with the best. During his illustrious career, beginning in 1965 when he was 19, he has written and produced over 19 albums of top-rank songs.

Tom’s fiercely intelligent and finely wrought tunes have been recorded by The Band, Richie Havens, Jefferson Starship, Rick Danko, John Hall, Scott Petito and Leslie Ritter, and dozens of European recording artists.

Tom made The Colony his home base in recent years, performing two sold-out shows a year to great applause.

Tom is a long-time resident of Woodstock who now faces a severe but treatable health crisis. He has been recently stricken with a severe clostridium infection, and has in addition suffered several falls at his Woodstock house which injured him enough to require hospitalization. He is currently in a Kingston nursing facility, but the expectation is that he will fully recover. In the meantime, the living expenses for Tom and his wife Annie continue to mount. Hence, this “Concert for Tom Pacheco,” which a number of noted performers, songwriters, and musicians have joined to raise money to help this American treasure.

A GoFundMe campaign has been set up to help fund Tom's medical expenses, and can be donated to directly here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-tom-pacheco-survive-his-ordeal