Daily News (Bowling Green, KY)

Jambodian bash
Annual holiday concert features notable acts alongside lesser known local musicians
Alicia Carmichael, acarmichael@bgdailynews.com -- 270-783-3234
 Published: December 26, 2002
The Jambodian Holiday Bash - which has become a tradition for the musicians who play in the event year after year in Bowling Green - will this year include music by Kentucky Headhunter Greg Martin. But there will also be the lesser knowns acts, including Skip Bond and The Fugitives, fronted by Warren County Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Wilson; Duck Butter, featuring Sam Bush; Tommy Womack, a former Government Cheese member; and Wish.

The bash will be Friday at Ellis Place/State Street Pub at 700 State St. at 6 p.m. Admittance costs a minimum $15 before the Friday performance, or $20 at the door. Tickets are available at Tony Lindsey and Company Salon, Airport Liquors and Ellis Place/State Street Pub.

Proceeds benefit The Son Rhea Foundation, which JambodianBash founder Tony Lindsey formed a few years ago to benefit local children in the arts. "We love doing it," said Lindsey, who will perform at some point during the bash. "It's an extension of what we used to do in the basement. It's fun, but it's for a good cause."

Lindsey grew up playing in a now-defunct band called TyBarc, which in the 1970s had a single that was played on local radio stations. On Friday, TyBarc members Mitchell Plumlee and David Dorris will join other musicians, who have been dubbed Jambodians for the evening.

Lindsey has said that playing music with TyBarc as a young man kept him out of trouble. That's one reason the husband and father formed The Son Rhea Foundation, which has donated instruments to high school bands here and in surrounding counties. Proceeds from this year's bash will benefit Briarwood Elementary School. "Everybody's really into what we're doing for music and the arts in schools," Lindsey said of the musicians who play for The Son Rhea cause.