On October 18, Gen Z rockstar and award-winning singer, songwriter and guitarist Grace Bowers hosted her third annual benefit concert, “We All Gotta Live Together” at Nashville’s Brooklyn Bowl, which marked her biggest event yet raising more than $30,000 in support of Everytown for Gun Safety and MusiCares.
The beautiful night of music featured performances by artists of all genres including Flavor Flav, Blu DeTiger, Mason Ramsey, Ingrid Andress, Breland, Jeff Coffin of Dave Matthews Band, Luke Spiller of The Struts, John Osborne of Brothers Osborne, Lucie Silvas, Spencer Sutherland, Devon Gilfillan, Michigander, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Matthew Paige and Phnx. Donations for sweepstakes and auction were made by Billy Strings, Flavor Flav, Sheryl Crow, as well as a Gibson guitar signed by all participating artists.
Reflecting on the event, Grace said: “I cannot express enough gratitude for everyone who came together and made my third annual benefit concert the most beautiful night and our biggest one yet. It’s truly an honor to use my music to uplift such important work and I’m stoked to share that TOGETHER, we were able to raise over $30,000 in support of Everytown for Gun Safety and MusiCares.
ABOUT GRACE BOWERS
Grace Bowers is a 19-year-old, award-winning guitarist, singer/songwriter and bandleader who is undisputedly on a meteoric rise. Her debut album, Wine On Venus, was produced by John Osborne (Brothers Osborne), released independently and garnered widespread acclaim, Forbes praised it as, “an infectious, joyous party” and Rolling Stone calling Bowers “Nashville’s new guitar hero.” Bowers cut her teeth playing in dive bars, inspired by the blues of B.B. King as well as the soulful funk of Sly And The Family Stone. Her breakout moment came when videos of her playing guitar on social media went viral during the pandemic. She has since become one of the most in-demand and celebrated young guitarists, and an inspiration to a whole new generation of women around the world. Grace recently performed at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards with Chris Martin (Coldplay) and at Love Rocks NYC with Peter Frampton and Trey Anastasio at the Beacon Theater. She was awarded the Variety Next Gen award at their annual Hitmakers event in Los Angeles. She also made her late-night television debut on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” was featured on “CBS Mornings”, “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and NPR’s “All Things Considered,” and toured this past year with The Red Clay Strays, Gary Clark Jr., Slash and The Roots. She has further headlined sold out shows in Japan, New York City, Los Angeles and beyond. She has also appeared at prominent festivals such as Bourbon & Beyond, Telluride Blues and Brews, Bottlerock, Sea.Hear.Now., Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival and “Let Freedom Sing” Nashville’s 4th of July concert. If that was not enough, Grace recently won Instrumentalist of the Year at the 2024 Americana Music Association Honors & Awards, made her Grand Ole Opry debut on her eighteenth birthday, and was named a U.S. Global Music Ambassador by the U.S. Department of State and YouTube’s Global Music Diplomacy Initiative. She also performed alongside Dolly Parton on CBS, joined Lainey Wilson as part of CBS’ New Year’s Eve Live celebration, and been sought after by everyone from Tyler Childers and Susan Tedeschi to Remi Wolf, Mt. Joy and All-American Rejects.
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