BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2508951:Event:169738 DTSTAMP:20260411T111255Z SUMMARY:POWELL RANDOLPH BENEFIT FEATURING CARBON JAM, BUTTER, LEWIS MC GEHEE AND MORE DESCRIPTION:\n\nCOURTESY OF THE VIRGINIAN PILOT:\n\nBENEFIT FOR POWELL RANDOLPH\nPay-back time for a music man\nBy Cindy Butler Focke\nCorre spondent\nLYNNHAVEN\nJay Windsor will never forget the night Powell Ra ndolph surrendered his spot on drums to him during a performance at 50 1 City Grill.\n\nJay was only about 11 at the time. The song was The R olling Stones’ “Honky Tonk Women.”\n\n“It was a really cool ex perience,” said the 17-year-old Great Neck resident. “He had enoug h faith in me to let me sit in with his band.”\n\nJay’s band, Carb on Jam, will return the favor by performing at a Sept. 18 benefit at T he Jewish Mother in honor of his 44-year-old mentor, who was diagnosed earlier this year with salivary gland cancer.\n\nJay was about 6 when he began taking drum lessons from Randolph. “I owe a lot to Powell. He was patient, easy to understand and taught me how to read music. \n\nCarbon Jam – five teens who perform mostly classic rock from th e 1960s and ’70s plus some original songs – opened for Jefferson S tarship in Charlottesville last month and recently released their firs t CD.\n\nThey’ll be joined by Lewis McGehee, Jesse Chong and the ban ds Tailgate Down and Butter. Other local musicians and Randolph’s fe llow Alpha Music instructors will stop by and jam during the afternoon of an eclectic mix of music, said Mark Dunn, a musician and longtime friend.\n“Everybody knows Powell,” he said.\n\nDunn and Dan Clemen s are spearheading the event, which also will include a silent auction . Clemens, a bass guitarist who has played music with Randolph since t hey were teenagers, said his friend is one-of-a-kind.\n\n“I can hone stly say he is the type of person who would do anything for you,” Cl emens said.\n\nThe pair are part of the local band Spin City and Wind- borne Music, a classic-rock orchestra show that performs around the co untry. Randolph is “a phenomenal drummer,” Clemens said.\n\n“He had a drum solo in the middle of our Led Zeppelin concert and got a st anding ovation.”\n\n\nThe Randolph family – which includes wife Ro bin and sons Logan, 16, and Hunter, 9 – lives in Red Mill. About a y ear ago, Robin Randolph said, her husband began experiencing slight sw allowing problems. In June he was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer and a month later underwent surgery to remove lymph nodes and part of his t ongue.\n\nThankfully, her husband’s vocal chords were spared, she sa id. “It happened so fast.”\n\nNow it’s chemotherapy and radiatio n treatments through September. “At this point, he is cancer-free, Robin Randolph said.\n\nAnd although the family has insurance, expen ses are mounting as her husband is unable to work while undergoing tre atment.\n\nThey were surprised to learn about the benefit concert, she said.\n\n“We are floored with the number of people who have come ou t of nowhere to help,” she said, pausing to take a breath. “It’s overwhelming.”\nCindy Butler Focke, butler496@aol.com\n\n\n\nCarbon Jam will perform at the Sept. 18 concert to raise money for fellow mu sician Powell Randolph.\nCOURTESY OF THE BAND\ngoing?\n\nWhat Benefit concert for Powell Randolph, featuring local bands and musicians\nWhen 3 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18; doors open 2 p.m.\nWhere The Jewish Mot her, 600 Nevan Road, Hilltop\nCost $10 donation for adults at the door \nInfo Email mark@ markdunnguitar.com or visit www.powellrandolph.com\ n\nFor more information visit https://vbnightlife.com/events/powell-ra ndolph-benefit-featuring-carbon-jam-butter-lewis-mcgehee DTSTART:20110918T190000Z DTEND:20110919T010000Z CATEGORIES:benefit LOCATION:Jewish Mother Hilltop WEBSITE: URL: CONTACT: ORGANIZER:VBnightlife.com / VBdaylife.com ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/ file/get/1664150853?profile=original ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Fran Har ding":https://vbnightlife.com/profile/FranHarding ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="VBnightl ife.com":https://vbnightlife.com/profile/admin ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Katie M ulligan":https://vbnightlife.com/profile/KatieMulligan END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR