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Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet Movie & Music To End ALS Benefit Announced By Larry Petro, News Monkey Saturday, August 31, 2013 @ 10:20 AM
In 1990, 20-year old guitarist extraordinaire Jason Becker, after already recording two full-length albums of his own, was selected to play guitar for David Lee Roth - a position previously held by two of the greatest guitarists ever; Steve Vai and Edward Van Halen. Jason went on to record DLR’s third solo album, A Little Ain’t
Enough, released in April 1991, was voted Best New Talent by Guitar Magazine by April of the very same year, and was about to begin a world tour that would make him an international guitar superstar when Becker began to feel what he called a "lazy limp" in his left leg. Doctors who soon diagnosed him with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS; Lou Gehrig's Disease) said, not only would never make music again, he wouldn’t live to see his 25th birthday. Over two decades later, now confined to a wheelchair and without the ability to move or speak, Jason – considered by many to be the 'Stephen Hawking of music' - is very much alive and making music via the computer he controls only with his eyes.
Join Jason Becker and musical friends in a very special celebration of his life and music, with musical performances during intermission and after the screening by Pearl Aday and her band, PEARL, featuring guitarist (and husband) Scott Ian of ANTHRAX, guitarist Jim Wilson of MOTHER SUPERIOR and Henry Rollins' ROLLINS BAND, bassist Joey Vera of ARMORED SAINT and FATES WARNING, the San Francisco Bay Area’s FORREST DAY, and special guests.
$50 General Admission tickets include a light dinner buffet (while supplies last) and $75 VIP tickets include the dinner buffet, as well as reserved seating, a signed event poster and a meet and greet with Jason Becker and all the participating musicians.
For special discounted ticket offers to, and other announcements about, Not Dead Yet: Movie and Music to End ALS, please follow on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/JasonBeckerMovie
Visit http://www.jasonbecker.com to hear and purchase Jason Becker’s music.
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