Virtual Concert Week on Squidoo

The Squidoo activists were hosting a virtual concert challenge to raise money for charity the final week of July '08 and I just had to join in on the fun. The theme of my virtual concert is an eclectic mix: from unknown musicians to popular ones, fro...

This collection of Musical Squids, or Squidoodles* was created for use in the Virtual Concert Week on Squidoo. Squidoo Activists and lensmasters are invited to use these Musical Squids on their lenses, in any module except the main one (We want the l...

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Bands That Give Back This lens was created to represent all the bands and performers that have found success, but did not forget their roots or their community. Please submit any one that you feel uses their talents to raise public awareness for nee...

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The Group for Squidoo Virtual Concert Series was created to feature Virtual Concert lenses made by Squidoo Activists and others to benefit charities. All of the lenses in this group support Squidoo Charity Fund or other Squidoo charities. Lenses that...

The Squidoo Activist Group is to highlight lenses made by Squidoo Activists. The Squidoo Activists are a group of Squidoo lensmasters whose focus is on charity. We are the Squidoo Champions for Charity leading the charge to turn the charity world upsi...

If I were going to host a Virtual Benefit Concert for one of my favorite charities, I would choose to feature the amazingly talented Freddie Mercury, lead singer for the Rock Band, Queen to raise funds for HIV / AIDS Awareness. Freddie Mercury (born...

I spent my childhood summers on the Jersey Shore. OK, so I'll admit it. I get pretty pumped up when I hear Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band's live version of "Jersey Girl" on the radio. "I got no time for the corner boys Down in the street ma...

The first Farm Aid concert took place in 1985 to raise awareness about the loss of family farms and to raise funds to keep farm families on their land. Farm Aid was the brain child of John Mellencamp with help from Willie Nelson and Neil Young. Dave...

U2 was formed in 1976 and got their big break with the album "Boy" which got them a popular MTV track "I Will Follow". Their next album October was a breakthrough with the British Chart. It was the #1 in the UK album "War" which launched them in the...

The Runaways carried the banner for teenage female rockers in the late 70s and the members continue to influence music today. In this virtual concert, rockers Sandy West, Joan Jett, Cherie Currie, Lita Ford and Jackie Fox, the original recording lin...

"Country music keeps on caring for the children of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. This time thanks go to the 2008 CMT Music Awards, country music's only fan-voted awards show, and CMT One Country, an initiative launched in 2005 to encourage c...

I first heard the Wicked Tinkers at the 2001 Calaveras Celtic Faire in Angels Camp, CA. I loved their non-traditional musical approach to Celtic music and instruments, always with a WICKED sense of fun. Did I mention that they are REALLY loud, too?...

On January 30, 1969, The Beatles gave their final live performance on the rooftop of the Apple Records building at 3 Savile Row, London. I was born in the Sixties during the height of Beatlemania. My parents played Beatles records all day long (and...

I have always been a huge fan of Anthony Kiedis and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Their music and stage presence is amazing with music that is rocking, haunting, funky and hot, the perfect recipe for a musical super group! The proceeds from my Virtual...

It's a chef's band and the band members are all chefs. Thus, the name "Knife-Slinging Panhandlers". Actually, they're multiple imaginative personalities of only one chef - me, Chef Keem. Me, Me, Me, and Me. Sounds self-centered? Yep. That's why this...

Mac Frampton was a member of my class at Erskine College in Due West, SC, in 1962. In those days, we would sit in awe as he played piano for our chapel services. We all knew that one day he would be very famous for his amazing talent. And of course,...

Welcome To The "Love Will Keep Us Alive" Virtual Eagles Concert! I am so delighted that you are here for the charity concert to benefit Covenant House and the relentless work that they do to help homeless and at risk youth. Covenant House truly unde...

In this virtual concert, three legends of rock and roll with stylistic ties team up to rock out for charity. Nazareth set the world on fire with hits like "Hair of the Dog," "Love Hurts," and "Razamanaz." Heart are known for their classics like "Mag...

I am loving the idea of getting to put together my own Virtual Concert - and that it all goes for charity in the real world. Given the parameters of this - which is to say the boundaries of my imagination, let me take you on a tour of what I'm thinki...

Elton John is one of the most prolific and successful singer songwriters of all time. Most of us have an Elton John song in our collection. To say Elton John is a remarkable character is not really saying enough. In a career that spans over 40 years...

When I first heard about the virtual concert for charity, I couldn't decide which musical talent to feature. I like a lot of different music, spanning various genres. Talking with my husband, I thought of the perfect musician - Cas Haley. My family...

Carlos Santana is one of the most musically talented and famous guitarists in the world. Some of my favorite Santana music spans from his earlier sounds of the 60s through some of his equally great works of today, and throughout this musical journey...

If I were to pick a current artist to host a Virtual Concert for Charity, I would pick the very talented, and very giving Josh Groban to raise funds for his own remarkable charity, the Josh Groban Foundation, otherwise known as the Grobanites for Cha...

Bands That Give Back This lens was created to represent all the bands and performers that have found success, but did not forget their roots or their community. Please submit any one that you feel uses their talents to raise public awareness for nee...

If I were to pick a current artist to host a Virtual Concert for Charity, I would pick the very talented, and very giving Josh Groban to raise funds for his own remarkable charity, the Josh Groban Foundation, otherwise known as the Grobanites for Cha...

Josh Groban is an remarkable performer with a voice than can easily handle pop and rock music as well as classical. Generally classified as 'adult contemporary' Josh Groban is among a new generation of musicians and performers defining a new genre of...

The Group for Squidoo Virtual Concert Series was created to feature Virtual Concert lenses made by Squidoo Activists and others to benefit charities. All of the lenses in this group support Squidoo Charity Fund or other Squidoo charities. Lenses that...

Squidoo Activists were developed with purpose of the Activists is a group that focuses on charity. Over the summer of 2008 the Activists hosted many different charity challenges and created resources to help others raise funds for charity. The Squid...