In This Time

"…even though in times this hard, one of these days you'll draw your lucky card." - Peter Case in The Plimsouls

If you don't know Peter Case, you probably should. Case teamed up with Jack Lee and Paul Collins in to form the early new wave band The Nerves in San Francisco. The group's 1976 single, "Hanging on the Telephone", was later recorded by Blondie. When the Nerves disbanded, Case moved to Los Angeles and formed the pop-rock band The Plimsouls in 1980. The Plimsouls found a measure of success when their song "A Million Miles Away" was featured in the movie Valley Girl. On tour in 2003, the Seattle Weekly interviewed Case before his show at the Tractor Tavern.

In this time, a time where a musical career that spans four decades and counting; Case spent the winter successfully recovering at home from double bypass surgery. His doctors have declared him strong and stress that he will be back at work as soon as recovery is complete. However, until then, the question of the cost of his care remains unresolved. Case, a three-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and producer is among the 47 million+ Americans, many of them musicians, who are uninsured. Hidden Love comes to aid of musician Peter Case following his emergency open-heart surgery.

Those of you in the arts know the drill. For those of you who don't know: the overwhelming majority of artists, musicians, craftspeople, etc…often go without luxuries like health insurance. If you have ever enjoyed music, art, crafts, etc…and can help, please consider doing so. It would be a shame if great music never was, because a choice was made by your favorite musician to make widgets instead of music. We would lose not only great music, but have poorly made widgets! Save the widgets, and help a musician. Thanks.

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