The James Burton Foundation

Hey everyone we are looking for dessert recipes for our new dessert cookbook we are going to put together. We also wanted to do a section for diabetes dessert recipes. Please email your recipes to jamesburtonfest@aol.com. Thank you all and God Bless – JB

Two Grammy Award Winners and One of the World’s Most Acclaimed Guitarists in Concert Saturday Night, October 15th, Four Seasons Resort Las Colinas An Evening of Musical Celebration with James Burton, Billy Swan & Doyle Dykes to Benefit Local Charity 3rd October 2011 – James Burton, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and legendary guitarist for Elvis Presley and Ricky Nelson, will be honored for his efforts to bring music to children at St. Jude’s Hospital, schools, the underprivileged and veterans at “Matters of the Heart” Gala & Golf fundraiser for Pathways Core Training. Held at the Four Seasons Las Colinas on October 14th and 15th, entertainment for the gala will be world-renowned fingerpicking guitarist, Doyle Dykes, along with a special guest appearance by Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Billy Swan.

Hey, I’m putting together a cookbook that will have some of my favorite recipes in it. If you have any recipes that you would like to have considered to be put into this cookbook please email them to me at jamesburtonfest@aol.com or mail them to me at: The James Burton Foundation 714 Elvis Presley Avenue, Shreveport, LA 71101. Proceeds from this cookbook will go towards my foundation. Thank you and God Bless – JB

New York, NY… Mojave Audio, a leading manufacturer of world-class microphones for the recording professional, is pleased to announce it recently donated two of the company’s most popular microphones to the Shreveport, LA-headquartered James Burton Foundation. Founded by legendary guitarist extraordinaire James Burton—who in addition to being a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has performed with musical greats Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Roy Orbison to name but a few—the James Burton Foundation supports music education for those in need through guitar donations and music instruction to schools, hospitals, and community service organizations.

Due to popular demand, the cookbook has sold out. You can still order your copy and we will let you know as soon as new books become available. If you are interested in advertising in the cookbook, please contact the Foundation. Remember you are not buying a cookbook you are helping to buy a guitar for another child. The cost of the book is $20 & $5 for US shipping and $15 for International orders. For bulk orders, inquire here.

The Foundation recently shipped guitars to rural Georgia in response to a support request. Your donations made this possible. Randy Young, at Thomas County Central High School in Thomasville GA, teaches a media production course that includes music recording and engineering. While support is adequate for some parts of the program, he lacked instruments so he contacted the Foundation. Because Thomas County School serves a rural area, and many students come from poverty-stricken homes, Randy opens the studio doors to the community, area churches and their praise bands, many of which feature the high school students as musicians. Randy will use the new guitars in his course, and allow the students to use them as needed outside the school. Randy says, ‘I so appreciate what the James Burton Foundation does to promote music education for young people. This is a …
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Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and multiple Grammy winner James Burton will make a special appearance at the Natchitoches Jazz/R&B Festival this weekend to present free guitars to the Natchitoches chapter of the Boys & Girls Club of El Camino Real. He’ll also perform. Burton learned to play the guitar and to love music at age 13, and got his start as a teenager playing on the Louisiana Hayride. Throughout his career he was worked with legends such John Denver, Frank Sinatra, Keith Richards, Roy Orbison, George Harrison, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Elvis Costello, and Brad Paisley, to name but a few, but he is most known for his role as lead guitarist for Elvis Presley. Burton will perform live Saturday as part of the Natchitoches Jazz/R&B Festival line-up with long-time friends Johnny Earthquake and the Moondogs.

KTBS has put up a video of James donating the guitars: http://www.ktbs.com/video/27121969/index.html

From KTBS.com: Students at a Shreveport school are singing a local musician’s praises this morning. Guitar legend James Burton made a special donation to the students at Linwood Public Charter School, giving them 24 brand new guitars.This will help the students learn how to play the instrument. The principal hopes it will further their interest in music when they practice during school music classes.Burton is a musician known around the world, who’s played with music greats like Ron Nelson and Frank Sinatra.To date, Burton has given more then 2,000 guitars to area schools. Source

The James Burton Studios was officially opened yesterday. Below is a news article from KTBS news. The original article can be found here and has a video of the opening. It was a dream that was more than a year in the making. The James Burton Studio opened today in downtown Shreveport. The facility bears the name of the great guitarist who played alongside the likes of Elvis Presley, John Denver and many others. Hundreds of people turned out for the ribbon cutting ceremony. The event included performances by the music class from A.C. Steere Elementary School and other local bands. The facility is state of the art and allows anybody who wants to come through to record their music. Burton says one main purpose of the studio is to promote music for the next generation.”Its important that we keep …
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