Concert for Iranian Democracy
About a month or so ago our ever energized manager, Jim DelBalzo, invited Simon and I to lunch at Dallas BBQ. Jim had a revelation to share, an idea of gargantuan proportions.
“Here is what I’m thinking we should do with Iranian Democracy. We put together a concert or maybe a whole bunch of concerts for Iranian Democracy. I was at Colombia records when Geldof decided he was going to do Live Aid. You know what he did? He just called people. He sat there and he just called everyone he knew. So that is what you are going to do. I mean, I could call people, but you are the one who has to sell the idea. It is your passion for the cause that is going to convert them. So, what I want you to do is go home and start calling everyone you know and see if you can make this happen.”
That is how the idea was born. Over the next couple of days I compiled a list of everyone I knew in the music industry and have now started to contact them individually. Pulling this off still seems a little out of my reach and ability, but as they say where there is a will there is a way!