(Marquette, Michigan) - About 100 people listened to folk songs and rousing harmonica music and drank hot apple cider at a free benefit concert in Marquette Monday night (Feb. 23, 2009) to help raise money for the nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute and its many environment and other projects.
National harmonica champion "Hurricane" David McChesney of Joshua Tree, California and folk singer Michael Waite of Marquette County performed in candlelight for two hours at the "Songs of the Earth" at Messiah Lutheran Church in Marquette, Michigan.
Twice named one of the 15 hardest working non-profits in America by World Magazine, the Cedar Tree Institute (CTI) was founded in 2004.
"To show respect and honor the environment we lit 100 votive candles during the concert," said Rev. Jon Magnuson, the co-founder of the Earth Keeper Initiative and CTI director.
Best-known for its interfaith and youth-related environmental projects, the CTI founded the Great Lakes Earth Healing Initiative, the Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project involving teens and Native American youth protecting pollinators and the Manoomin Project that is restoring wild rice across the central U.P.
A songwriter from Joshua Tree, California, McChesney has played the harmonica for nearly four decades and performs under the name "Hurricane" David. An avid wildlife photographer, McChesney recently published the book "Muir Roots: At One with the Wild," a collection of 176 color images and various tales about his adventures in the wilderness including the Galapagos Islands.
Waite, who plays guitar, and two friends recorded the 2007 album "Let it Go."
Waite played some ballads and original songs about a "stark winter" that were inspired by his home in the forest near Halfway Location between Marquette and Big Bay.
We honor the late Royden W. "Chuch" Magee - the longtime (nearly 30 years) crew chief/road manager for the legendary Rolling Stones - including comments about his life, youth and volunteer activities in his beloved Upper Peninsula of Michigan and his funeral on July 31, 2002 at Messiah Lutheran Church in Marquette, Michigan.
Known as "Chuch" by those who loved him, Magee died of a heart attack at age 54 on July 18, 2003 during rehearsals in Toronto.
Chuch was married for eighteen loving years to his wife Clare, an artist and seamstress.
The Rolling Stones paid tribute to "Chuch" Magee on the Forty Licks album that includes a booklet for the two-CD with a "special dedication" to Magee.
The dedication states: "Blessings and love. Gold rings on you, buddy!"
Magee was saluted in a $20 program for the Forty Licks tour that has a photo of Chuch sitting with Stones' guitars and the words: "This man was indeed the 'salt of the earth.'"
Magee joined the Stones' crew in 1972 after working with guitarist Ron Wood in a band called Faces. Wood joined the Stones in 1975.
At the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, an exhibition of rhythm guitarist Ron Woods artworks includes artefacts that belonged to Chuch.
Like many yoopers, Chuch loved his dogs, the woods, fishing, snowmobiling, four-wheeling and making maple syrup. Born in Utica, Michigan, Chuch was the son of Jack Magee and Harriett Mayo. Chuch spent his youth in Oxford, Michigan.
Chuch Magee was one of the founding members and volunteers of the nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute.
Chuch was an active member of Messiah Lutheran Church, serving in a variety of leadership roles and was especially fond of the youth ministry programs.
Chuch:
http://www.the-faces.com/odds/etc/thechuch.htm
http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12056763
http://www.dayoopers.com/fame1.html
CTI:
http://www.cedartreeinstitute.org
Michael Waite
http://www.michaelwaitemusic.com
906-360-7664
michaelwwaite@gmail.com
"Hurricane" David Jesse McChesney
http://www.outmywindows.com
david@outmywindows.com
Carolynn Jean
906-249-9273
eaglewomancj@hotmail.com
Rev. Jon Magnuson, CTI founder
906-228-5494
magnusonx2@charter.net
Greg Peterson:
906-401-0109
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Love to Thee Chuch. You were always so nice to me. God Bless.
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