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As many know, we at wellthatscool.com organized a concert called the “Tuscaloosa Get Up”. The show featured the Alabama Shakes, the Dexateens and Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires at the Bama Theatre here in Tuscaloosa on Friday March 23rd. The event raised over $26,000 towards building a house for Tuscaloosa Habitat for Humanity. We were lucky enough to have a great board mix from David H. Jones as well as a live mic mix from Matt at patchndent.com (great source for live music from the south) mixed by Shane Lollar at Old Capital studio. We were also very lucky to have Henry Busby and Marcus Tortorici there to record the night. What you see below is a mix of all of the above edited by Henry and Marcus. The Dexateens have been one of our favorite bands for years always on the brink. This show was no different, Matt Patton was stuck in Vancouver, BC, Canada on the morning of the show and yet found his way there. It was one of the most amazing  shows we have ever seen.

Maker’s Mound from Henry Busby on Vimeo.

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As many know we at wellthatscool.com organized a concert called the “Tuscaloosa Get Up”. The show featured the Alabama Shakes, the Dexateens and Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires at the Bama Theatre here in Tuscaloosa on Friday March 23rd. The event raised over $26,000 towards building a house for Tuscaloosa Habitat for Humanity. We were lucky enough to have a great board mix from David H. Jones as well as a live mic mix from Matt at patchndent.com (great source for live music from the south) mixed by Shane Lollar at Old Capital studio. We were also very lucky to have Henry Busby and Marcus Tortorici there to record the night. What you see below is a mix of all of the above edited by Henry and Marcus. We are so proud to have been a part of this event and look forward to releasing more of the night as we can to help everyone remember that special night.

“Everything You Took” – Final from Henry Busby on Vimeo.

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As many know, the Wellthatscool.com Tuscaloosa Get Up concert was a major success. We raised around $20,000 to help the Nero family put their lives back together. In the rush to get everything lined up and running smoothly, we inadvertently forgot to thank some of the people that helped make the event so awesome:

The Guitar Gallery donated the guitar for the silent auction and help sell tickets for us. Dan and Scott have both been great help to us at WTC as well as many great causes. Make sure that if you need anything to do with stringed instruments, you stop by and see them. They are a great local company and everyone of them is super awesome.

The University of Alabama’s Creative Campus partnered with us to provide the after party for the Get Up. They sold bracelets to the Druid City Arts Fest bar crawl and are donating $5000 to the Nero’s home. We mentioned it but not quite enough, Alexis, Ryan and the whole Creative Campus team we can’t thank you enough.

The Jupiter on the Strip got in touch with us late when we were out of  sponsorship spots . Undeterred, Jeremiah Jones (owner of Jupiter) insisted on making a very generous donation to the cause and not caring if he got mentioned or not. He believed in the cause and wanted to join in to make a difference.

With that out of the way, we had the chance to stop by the Nero’s house as it was being built on Tuesday April 10th. It was amazing! There was a huge crew of volunteers and the house is really taking shape. Finially getting a chance to see the house really brought the whole thing home for us. Thanks to everyone that came, this has with out a doubt been the coolest thing we here at wellthatscool.com have ever been a part of. It goes to show when people come together, the force of change for the better is unstoppable

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In honor of our big announcement about the Tuscaloosa Get UP, we have opened up the Wellthatscool.com Vault (combination 21-0) and are giving you a never before seen Alabama Shakes video. We hope you enjoy another video of The Shakes playing at the Well That’s Cool World Wide HQ!

Also don’t forget about the late night TV debut of the Alabama Shakes, Feb. 7th. on Conan!

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A few days after the April 27th tornado, we called our friend Elliot McPherson of the Dexateens with the idea of trying to organize a benefit  show to help in the recovery. It was decided that any sort of concert should be put on hold and the help the city needed most at that time was definitely more hands on. So with the one year anniversary approaching, we would like to announce the “Tuscaloosa Get UP”

The Tuscaloosa Get Up will take place at the Bama Theatre in downtown Tuscaloosa on Friday March 23rd at 8pm. The event is a partnership between us, the Tuscaloosa Arts Council and Tuscaloosa’s own Dexateens. It will showcase the music of the Alabama Shakes, The Dexateens and Lee III and the Glory Fires.  The event is all ages and will be $15 for general admission with a limited amount of VIP tickets for $50. The VIP tickets will entitle attendees to early entry to a preparty at the Bama featuring light food, free local beer and limited edition poster and a short acoustic set from the some of the bands.

This event is a fundraiser for Tuscaloosa Habitat for Humanity. All proceeds from the event will go towards our goal of rebuilding a whole house for a family that lost theirs during the storm. We want to harness the power of music to help heal Tuscaloosa.

General admission and VIP tickets are available here

If you can’t make it but still want to help, you can make a tax deductible donation here.

Here is a little wellthatscool.com taste of what you have in store.

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