Theo Epstein returns home to join legendary baseball journalist Peter Gammons and an all-star music line-up. Performers include Grammy award-nominated Boston native Susan Tedeschi, legendary Boston rockers The Remains, Grammy award-winning guitarist Derek Trucks, indie folk band Deer Tick, indie rockers Mean Creek, garage punk band The Sprained Ankles and the Hot Stove All-Stars featuring Gammons, Buffalo Tom’s Bill Janovitz, indie rocker Kay Hanley, J. Geils Band’s Seth Justman, folk rocker Robin Lane, Grammy nominated singer/songwriter Tanya Donelly and more. Glee actor Mike O’Malley will take the reins as emcee.
Music and baseball will collide to hit a grand slam for at-risk youth in Boston when Epstein and Gammons present the annual Hot Stove Cool Music concert benefiting the Foundation To Be Named Later. The evening features musical performances by a host of sports, music and entertainment all-stars along with a live and silent auction featuring signed sports memorabilia and priceless entertainment experiences.
Since its inception in 2000, Hot Stove Cool Music events have raised more than $4 million for Theo and Paul Epstein’s Foundation To Be Named Later and the Jimmy Fund. Proceeds benefit the Foundation’s Peter Gammons College Scholarship fund and non-profit beneficiaries including BELL (Building Educated Leaders for Life), Citizen Schools, City Year Boston, The Home for Little Wanderers, Horizons for Homeless Children, Roxbury Youthworks, Steps to Success and West End House Boys & Girls Club.
