Lorrie Morgan Hosts Benefit Concert for Chris Kent

Posted by Laura Travis on 01/16/2009
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Lorrie-MorganLorrie Morgan, Country idol, will host a benefit concert for her longtime bassist and friend, Chris Kent. Kent has been struggling with Multiple Myeloma, a plasma cell cancer, since 1998.Kent has had many accomplishments in his career such as performing with artists such as Lorrie Morgan, Kirk Whalum, Steve Lukather, Larry Carlton and Stevie Wonder. He has also apperared on several television shows including the Tonight Show. And probably his most notable accomplishment is the Grammy he won for Best Pop Instrumental Album in 2002.Other Country artists set to perform at Kent’s benefit concert along with Lorrie Morgan are Joe Diffie, Vince Gill and Tracy Lawrence. The event has been titled, the “Life Through Music Concert: for the benefit of fellow artists, musician and friend Chris Kent.”The concert will be on Thursday, Feb. 5, at the Mercy Lounge in Nashville, Tenn. There will also be a silent auction at the event and proceeds will be donated to Kent and his family.