Leading Musicians Donate Talents to 'Forgotten but Not Gone,' New CD Benefiting Gulf Coast Residents Still Displaced by Hurricane Katrina

Leading Musicians Donate Talents to 'Forgotten but Not Gone,' New CD
Benefiting Gulf Coast Residents Still Displaced by Hurricane Katrina
All Proceeds Earmarked for Two Volunteer Service Organizations in New Orleans
and Coastal Mississippi

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Top artists from the worlds of
country, folk, blues, gospel and Cajun music have put their talents where
their hearts are in "Forgotten but Not Gone"
(http://www.forgotten-but-not-gone.org), a new album created to help restore
the homes, communities and dignity of tens of thousands of Gulf Coast
residents still displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

Produced and promoted entirely by volunteers, the CD is the brainchild of
three friends active in the Nashville music industry -- singer/songwriter Ric
Kipp, producer/multi-instrumentalist Phillip Wolfe, and executive producer
Rebecca Wolfe.

"Thousands are still living in temporary shelter, and the hardest hit have
been the poor, the disabled and the elderly," said Ms. Wolfe. "The more we
learned about the barriers to rebuilding, the more we wanted to help." Without
record-label backing or other outside funding, the trio formed a nonprofit
organization -- Gulf Coast Relief, Inc. -- and worked with dozens of
volunteers to create "Forgotten but Not Gone."

The 19-track, limited-edition album showcases performances by leading
Americana roots artists, including Grammy winners Steve Earle, Delbert
McClinton, and Marty Stuart (with the Fabulous Superlatives), and Americana
Music Award winners Buddy and Julie Miller and Mike Farris (with the McCrary
Sisters).

Several songs, including the title track by Lee Roy Parnell and bookend
anthems by Bonnie Bramlett and Bekka Bramlett, are original compositions
written and produced for the album by Kipp and Phillip Wolfe (Wolfe also
performs on many of the tracks). Wood Newton, Moses Crow, Tony Joe White,
Bruce "Buscayo" Bellott and Carlton Collins perform other original songs.

Additional tracks were donated to the CD by Jon Justice, Chris Knight, Jack
Ingram, Radney Foster, Steve Azar, and Kieran Kane and Kevin Welch with Fats
Kaplin.

"This album is a totally pro-bono, grassroots project and a testament to the
good in human nature," Ms. Wolfe said. "Every penny of sales will go to the
two organizations we've selected as our partners."

Those two groups are Episcopal Community Services (ECS) of Louisiana and "LESM
on the Bay," a project of Lutheran-Episcopal Services of Mississippi. Both are
volunteer organizations that, while faith-based, serve their communities
without regard to religious affiliation. Each is actively rebuilding homes in
areas ravaged by Katrina.

For more information on "Forgotten but Not Gone" and to sample its songs,
visit http://www.forgotten-but-not-gone.org. The album may be purchased
through the Web site or from CD Baby (http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/various394) for
$14.99 plus shipping, handling, and taxes. The album is also available by
sending a check or money order for $18 per CD to Gulf Coast Relief, Inc., P.O.
Box 597, Hermitage, TN 37076. All proceeds will be equally divided between
Episcopal Community Services of New Orleans and LESM on the Bay in
Mississippi.

Contact:

Cynthia Amorese
(908) 665-8072
camorese@comcast.net
http://www.forgotten-but-not-gone.org

This release was issued through eReleases(TM). For more information, visit
http://www.ereleases.com.

SOURCE Gulf Coast Relief, Inc.

Cynthia Amorese for Gulf Coast Relief, Inc., +1-908-665-8072,
camorese@comcast.net