Local Chuco post-rock band Blessed Be Man is celebrating their 20th anniversary in Downtown El Paso this weekend, and they’re\u00a0using their performance as a way to give back to the community.<\/p>\n
It’s not every day where a rock band puts on a show to give back to kids in need.<\/p>\n
Johnny Lopez\u00a0is a local musician and educator in El Paso, and he says this show is less about the gig, and more about what it stands for.<\/p>\n
“The message has always been one of hope, even the name Blessed Be Man and just to be alive, I’ve always said it is a blessing,” Lopez says.<\/p>\n
He’s played shows with themes like keeping hatred and racism out of the El Paso music scene.\u00a0
Lopez started Blessed Be Man as a one-man band 20 years ago and has seen it grow to a full band, all while being a counselor at an alternative school.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Working with at-risk youth, Lopez wants to give back to children who are struggling at The Child Crisis Center of El Paso.<\/p>\n
“I see the struggles that the youth and the children go through, especially right now being a school counselor, there’s a lot of need,” says the guitarist. “The children that are at the [Child] Crisis Center, I mean, these are children that have gone through a lot of trauma and the things that no children, or really, no adults should go through.”<\/p>\n
They encourage show guests to bring donations of children’s items such as new clothes, shoes, toiletries and toys that will go to the center.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“There’s nothing else I’d rather be doing, being a local educator, I know how important it is to help out that community,” he says. “So, I get to do two things that I’m very passionate about, helping out children and play music.”<\/p>\n
The event is on October 17th\u00a0at Rosewood bar, it’s free and 21+.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Doors open at 9:00 pm and music begins at 10:00 pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Local Chuco post-rock band Blessed Be Man is celebrating their 20th anniversary in Downtown El Paso this weekend,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":464769,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-464768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}