“Deep In The Heart” Benefit Concert For Texas Flood Relief Announced Featuring Josh Abbott Band, Carly Pearce, Kaitlin Butts, & More

More country music acts are banding together to help those in need.

Much like the Carolinas were hit hard with flash flooding in September of last year, South-central Texas was ravaged by flash flooding over the 4th of July weekend. Over 130 people have already been confirmed deceased, and Camp Mystic – a Christian girls camp located in Texas Hill Country –  that it is currently grieving the unfathomable loss of 27 campers and counselors.

And the tragedy continues to unfold. While dozens of people are still unaccounted for, and we won’t know the official toll and extent of the damage for weeks (if not months), what we do know is that the South-central Texas area currently needs all the help it can get to recover and pick up the pieces.

We all know that music is healing, and in times of distress, the people who make the music are the ones who often step up. That was showcased when Eric Church and Luke Combs put together the Concert for Carolina benefit, which raised over $24 million for disaster relief. And now with the devastating flooding in Texas, other artists with connections to Texas are putting together benefit concerts to help heal the Lone Star state.

Country music artist Josh Weathers put together a benefit concert – and raised over $400,000 – less than 48 hours after the disaster happened, which was impressive all around. Then George Strait announced that a “Strait To The Heart” benefit concert was being organized and would take place later this month on July 27. Miranda Lambert has also made it public that she has a Texas benefit concert in the works.

And the latest one to be announced is the “Deep in the Heart Benefit Concert,” which is being advertised as featuring the Josh Abbott Band and friends. Those friends that will be joining Josh Abbott and his band are Carly Pearce, Casey Donahew, Kaitlin Butts, The Panhandlers, and Wade Bowen. Other artists are also expected to be a part of the night, but haven’t been announced just yet.

As the post below explains, the benefit concert will take place at ACL Live at the Moody Theater on September 8th:

“JUST ANNOUNCED! Join us for ‘Deep In The Heart,’ a one night only benefit concert featuring Josh Abbott Band, Carly Pearce, Casey Donahew, Kaitlin Butts, The Panhandlers, Wade Bowen & More at ACL Live at the Moody Theater on September 8th. Tickets are on sale tomorrow, Wednesday July 16th 10 a.m. at ticket the link in our bio. Together, we are Texas Strong. See y’all at the show!”

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You love to see country music being a catalyst in the Texas flood relief efforts. Shoutout to the Josh Abbott Band and the rest of the artists included in the “Deep in the Heart” lineup for acting fast and not hesitating to help those in need during this difficult time in Texas. And for those thinking that September is a ways off… the “Hill Country” area of Texas is going to need help for months and years to come.The post “Deep In The Heart” Benefit Concert For Texas Flood Relief Announced Featuring Josh Abbott Band, Carly Pearce, Kaitlin Butts, & More first appeared on Whiskey Riff.