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Tom Morello, Billy Bragg to rock jail guitar doors in Del Valle
Prisoners at the Travis County Correctional Facility in Del Valle will get a taste of SXSW goodness next week, when politically active rockers Tom Morello and Billy Bragg pay a visit on Mar. 19.
The concert, which is obviously closed to the public, is connected to the launch of the U.S. branch of Jail Guitar Doors a charity that provides guitars to prisons as tools to help rehabilitate inmates. Launched in 2007 by Bragg and named after a song by The Clash, Jail Guitar Doors uses benefit concerts to raise most of its operating costs and can provide guitars to a prison for around $800 per facility.
The charity’s U.S. offshoot is being led by former MC5 member Wayne Kramer, who will also be in Del Valle for the concert along with Ozomatli guitarist Raul Pacheco, Chris Shiflett of Foo Fighters, and Morello cohort Boots Riley.
Roger Wade, spokesman for the Travis County Sheriff’s Department, confirmed the show will happen and stressed that the concert is for prisoners only.
Not to worry, though. Fans of Morello, ex of Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave and currently of Street Sweeper Social Club, and Bragg will have plenty of chances to see the two perform together and solo when the simply gargantuan music fest kicks off Mar. 17. To find out where and when, we suggest a little Ctrl+F action on the SXSW site or at our exponentially growing side parties list.
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