Steve Wariner
Feb 14, 2011
The great artist, guitarist, songwriter Steve Wariner will lend a different skill set to nonprofit ReTune Nashville when he opens his art box to turn a flood damaged Brad Paisley guitar into artwork for auction at the ReTune Nashville Anniversary Celebration on Tuesday, May 3rd.
"We've been holding on to Brad Paisley's flood damaged guitar for several months, waiting to partner with the right artist. I couldn't think of a better visual artist to work on Brad's guitar than Steve Wariner. This piece will capture the essence of two extraordinary guitarists and the spirit of Nashville, and it will be a piece of art to be celebrated," said ReTune Nashville Founder Sheri O'Neal.
"I salute ReTune Nashville for leading this initiative to help my fellow musicians, and I'm honored that they asked me to create a piece of visual art from my good friend Brad's guitar," said Wariner.
The item will up for auction at ReTune Nashville's Anniversary Celebration on May 3, 2011 at Soundcheck. All proceeds raised from the sale of the guitar will be distributed directly to qualifying musicians through MusiCares Nashville Flood Relief and the Nashville Musicians Association Flood Relief Fund to help uninsured musicians affected by Nashville's May 2010 floods.
An online auction of artwork created from flood damaged instruments is online now at www.retunenashville.org.
In other Steve Wariner news, the 4-time Grammy winner had his new album, the instrumental project, "Guitar Laboratory," released on February 8th. The title comes from a friend's remark that he seemed like a "mad scientist" holed up in his studio while he was making it.
For more info on Steve Wariner visit http://www.stevewariner.com/welcome.html.