An Austin Musical Treasure Performs
At the Live Oak Coffeehouse


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For more information, contact:
Jeff Dorsch, Concert Publicity: 925-7874
Concert Line: 219-9008
Coffeehouse Web Site: www.liveoakuu.org/coffee/

MAY 2002 (Austin, Texas) - Sarah Elizabeth Campbell, the beloved Austin
singer-songwriter renowned for her "bummer night" shows of sad songs, will
play this month at the Live Oak Coffeehouse along with her band, the Banned,
in a benefit for the SIMS Foundation. Danny Britt, of Austin's Red Dawg band,
opens. The performance is on Friday, May 10, at 7:30 p.m. at the Live Oak
Unitarian Universalist Church in Northwest Austin.

Admission is $10 at the door. Gourmet coffee and pastries will be served, and
are included in the price of admission.

As always, the concert will be smoke-free and alcohol-free, putting the
emphasis on the music and the musicians. Three-quarters of the gate goes to
the performers, and one-quarter to the selected charity. Since the
coffeehouse is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization, all of the money
from admissions paid at the door and season passes goes to the performers and
the charity.

The SIMS Foundation is a nonprofit organization founded and based in Austin
offering low-cost mental health services to the Austin music community. It is
named for Sims Ellison, an Austin musician who took his life in 1995. For
more information, see their Web site at www.simsfoundation.org. For recent
news coverage about organizational changes at the SIMS Foundation, see
www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2002-05-03/music_dancing.html.

Sarah Elizabeth Campbell's "bummer night" shows became an Austin institution
at La Zona Rosa, and now she and the Banned are Monday night regulars at Artz
Rib House in South Austin. At "bummer night," Sarah and her friends sing "sad
songs only." Known for her hauntingly beautiful voice, Sarah performs songs
of sadness and despair along with songs of hope and beauty in a deceptively
simple way that makes it easy to think she's singing just to you. Mixing her
own material with that of her favorite writers, Sarah makes music to soothe
heartaches and ease dark nights of melancholy and longing. There's no denying
that she is particularly drawn to sad songs. "I think my voice is built for
it," she says. "That torchy stuff is easy for me to sing."

Danny Britt grew up in south central Kentucky playing everything from
bluegrass to country to classical to rock and roll. After playing in assorted
bands in Kentucky, he made his way to Texas in 1980. Danny did a couple years
touring with Jerry Jeff Walker as his road manager. He began writing and
playing his own music as a part of the Austin music scene and by the early
1990s was performing as a duo with Austinite Penn Harris, a long-time friend,
also from Kentucky. In 2000, Danny and business partner René formed their own
record company, Red Dawg Music. Their publishing company is Austin Red Dawg
Publishing.

Doors open at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 10, at the Live Oak Unitarian
Universalist Church, located at 12310 Ranch Road 620 North. For driving
directions, visit the church's Web site at www.liveoakuu.org or call 219-9008.

Performers and dates for the Fall 2002 season are confirmed. They are as
follows:
AUGUST 16: Austin Songwriters in the Round, with Karen Mal, Bill Passalacqua
and Jeff Talmadge
SEPTEMBER 13: Tanya Savory of Nashville; Byrd & Street of Austin to open
OCTOBER 11: Darryl Purpose with Beth Galiger; Doug Clark Steiger of Austin to
open
NOVEMBER 8: Tom Kimmel of Nashville; John Walker of Dallas to open
DECEMBER 13: Sarah Pierce Band of Austin; Jealousy Motel of Tyler to open

THE LIVE OAK COFFEEHOUSE - GREAT MUSIC FOR GOOD CAUSES.
NOW IN OUR FIFTH YEAR.