The Dave Matthews Band and Warren Haynes are teaming up for a big hurricane relief benefit.
Soulshine is Sunday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City and besides DMB and The Warren Haynes Band, it will feature Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats and Goose plus special guests Trey Anastasio, Mavis Staples, Robert Randolph, Joe Russo, Trombone Shorty, Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks.
The show is sold out but will be streamed at SoulShineMSG.com starting at 7:00 pm ET.
Proceeds from the event will go to SOULSHINE Concert Fund at the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation, which direct money to Habitat for Humanity’s 2024 Hurricane Recovery fund and a variety of non-profits on the ground in North Carolina and Florida.
It's a cause that's close to the heart of Warren Haynes, whose hometown of Asheville, North Carolina was devastated by Hurricane Helene. Haynes had to cancel his annual Christmas Jam in Asheville because of the damage done to the city.
Haynes tells us that "When I reached out to [the DMB] camp they were already considering doing something based on the fact that a lot of their crew is in the Sarasota area."
"My connection with the Dave Matthews Band goes almost all the way back to the beginning. I think we played together the first time or two times that they ever played in New York. We've been friends for a long, long time and they have such a wonderful spirit of generosity and community and just so compassionate about giving back."