By Daily Press staff
More than 500 alternative pop music fans recently lined up for four hours to see Jason Mraz and The Like bring down the house at the historic Roxy Theater on the Sunset Strip.
Funds collected by the Gimme Shelter event will benefit the students of New West Charter Middle School in West Los Angeles and homeless and low-income individuals and families at St. Joseph Center in Venice.
The Like’s lead singer and guitarist, Z Berg, is a student at Crossroads School in Santa Monica; and drummer, Tennessee Thomas, attends Santa Monica High School.
“St. Joseph Center does great work, and we’re happy to be here again to do whatever we can to help,” Berg said. “We hope to be here again next year.”
This is the 13th year for the three-hour charity concert, founded by music producers Gary Spivak and Joel Amsterdam.
“As a musician, I, too, have been broke and homeless,” said headliner Jason Mraz. “So when I can give back just by showing up, I’m there.”
St. Joseph Center assists more than 7,000 working poor and homeless men, women, and children each year to achieve self-sufficiency through emergency services, food distributions, child care, case management, mentoring, job training, and senior services. For more information call (310) 396-6468, ext. 325 or visit www.stjosephctr.org. Miramar bungalows get much-needed facelift
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 15, 2004. Read the original PDF.