Rowe, Breau, Schooner Fare,
Don Campbell and Ti Acadie
in a celebration of song
AUBURN — The Jack McPhillips Memorial Fund, in cooperation with Concerts for a Cause, announces that the 14th Annual Remembering Tom Rowe: A Celebration in Song concert will be held starting at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 12, at the First Universalist Church of Auburn.
This annual gathering of musical pals of the late Schooner Fare member and Auburn native is organized by the late musician’s son, Dave Rowe, who is also a well-known professional musician. The older Rowe passed away in 2004 due to complications in the treatment of throat cancer.
In 1975, Rowe formed Schooner Fare with two brothers, Steve and Chuck Romanoff. Schooner Fare brought him to the pinnacle of his career, playing the Kennedy Center, the Filene Center at Wolf Trap, the Birchmere in Washington, D.C., and many other notable concert venues around the U.S. and Canada.
Every year at this concert, Rowe’s bandmates gather with other musical friends to pay tribute to a wonderful musician-friend-father to raise money for the Jack McPhillips Memorial Fund.
The bill for this year’s concert will include sets by Schooner Fare, Dave Rowe and Denny Breau, all of whom perform every year, as well as special guests Don Campbell and Ti Acadie.
The Jack McPhillips Memorial Fund, a charity started by friends of Schooner Fare and Devonsquare, is dedicated to helping people with immediate, fundamental financial needs who would otherwise fall through the cracks. The fund raises money exclusively through the Remembering Tom Rowe concert and the Schooner Fare/Devonsquare and Friends Reunion Concert which happens yearly in the late winter.
Tickets for the concert are $22 in advance or $25 at the door. To buy tickets or for more information, visit the Jack McPhillips Memorial Fund website at www.jmmf.org or call BrownPaperTickets at 1-800-838-3006.
Tom Rowe with his son Dave from a 2002 band photo shoot
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