I'm home in Houston today, but my heart is somewhere else.

 

There's a benefit for Buck Jones' family in his adopted home town of Nashville tonight (Wed. May 23, 2007), at the Exit/In at 6pm starring Grammy winner Jim Lauderdale, Nashville Star's Chris Young, Jason Meadows & Lance Miller, Buck’s co-producers Walt Wilkins, Billy Block & Tim Lorsch, the Big Happy, Davis Raines, Jubal Lee Young and Buck’s band members Jon Byrd, Michael Jeffers, Mike Daly, Milan Miller and a lot more. I can't be there. If you are in Nashville, you still can!

 

Up and coming country star Buck Jones was a talented, warm hearted, generous soul who was tragically killed by a drunk driver on March 17, 2007 on a Texas highway.

 

Buck left behind a beautiful wife, Amy-Beth Jones and a 7 month old son, Walker Dylan as well as a stunned Country music community in Nashville and Texas.

 

Roger, & I were fortunate to have known Buck in Nashville for a half dozen years, and (along with Leesa or Billy) played several dates with him at Billy Block's Western Beat there and in Houston and on the road in Texas.

 

I started editing the SOUTH BY DUE EAST 2007 HipHop/Poetry show for Hippies.TV today, but found myself sidetracked and thinking about not going to Nashville, so I thought about Buck while I put together some Buck Jones road footage we shot while touring Texas last fall. Next, I synched it to his single, 'You Only Call Me When You're Drunk' (featuring Lauderdale on harmony vocals), added information about the Buck Jones Memorial Fund, and posted it on YouTube.com

 

You can <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCIoF4VeRj0">find the video here</a>, or just copy and paste the URL into your browser.

 

A Memorial Fund has been set up to benefit Buck's wife Amy Beth and their son Walker Dylan.

 

The Buck Jones Memorial Fund
c/o 5/3rd Bank of Maryland Farms
5000 Maryland Way
Brentwood, TN 37027

 

Donate something for his son's future, or just send a link and help spread his music and his voice.

 

Buck deserves that.

 

I just did, and it feels good.