Black Francis, "Weird Al," Flea to Rock "Winston Calling" Benefit

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The Pixies might have just kicked off the American leg of their Doolittle tour last night in Los Angeles, but Black Francis has already made plans to return to L.A. on December 8th and 9th when he headlines Winston Calling: A Rock and Comedy benefit concert for baby Winston Bertran. The first concert of the two-night benefit at the Echoplex and its upstairs venue the Echo will also feature appearances by "Weird Al" Yankovic (who will sing the Pixies' "I Bleed"), Flea, Michael Penn plus members of Pixies, Love & Rockets and She Wants Revenge. Francis' Grand Duchy side project with his wife Violet Clark will also perform. The second night will feature comedy from Tim & Eric, Bob Odenkirk, Pixies' David Lovering and another solo performance by Francis.

Both shows will raise money for Winston's Village, a charity started by the family of Winston Bertrand, a eight-and-a-half-month-old baby born with two rare complex malformations called Lymphatic and Venous Malformations. According to the Winston's Village Website, the first condition "deals with a lack of fitness of the lymphatic system and chronic pooling of lymph fluid, creating large cysts in the face and neck. The second concerns the improper formation of veins." Winston's condition requires around-the-clock care, so his parents are hoping to raise the appropriate funds.

Tickets for the shows are available at the Echoplex website. For more information and to donate for Bertrand, visit the Winston's Village Website.

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“He Will Break Your Heart”

Jerry Butler | 1960

A lightly swinging Latin-influenced, almost cha-cha groove and close harmonies decorated Jerry Butler's early soul hit "He Will Break Your Heart," delivering a stately warning that his rival would never love his girl like he did. The melody came to Butler as he was driving on the highway from Atlantic City, New Jersey, to Philadelphia with Curtis Mayfield, and as Butler told Rolling Stone, "I just sang the melody and Curtis put the chords to it." The song's premise, Butler added, "was something that I'd lived ...The lyric was an experience rather than a revelation. Whereas music is usually a revelation."

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