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http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/...play-concert-for-beaten-fan-Bryan-Stow-110811
Fan Bryan Stow stayed on the minds of the Giants all season as he fought for his life after being brutally beaten outside Dodger Stadium on opening day.
Tim Flannery wants to make sure everybody keeps supporting Stow's challenging recovery throughout the winter and beyond. San Francisco's third base coach and offseason musician and songwriter will bring his bluegrass band, the Lunatic Fringe, to highly regarded Yoshi's jazz club in San Francisco on Wednesday night for a concert to benefit Stow. Flannery's group also will release its 10th album in 15 years - ''The Restless Kind'' - that night and give all the money from sales to a fund established for Stow.
The 42-year-old Santa Cruz paramedic and father of two is back in the Bay Area after months spent at a Los Angeles hospital in a medically induced coma. Stow suffered serious brain injuries during the attack. He was recently moved from San Francisco General Hospital to a rehabilitation center.
''It's been pretty amazing,'' Flannery said of the positive response he has received since Yoshi's brought up the idea late in the season. ''Jason Olaine of Yoshi's contacted me and he wanted to keep Bryan Stow in the forefront during the offseason, when everybody goes home for a while, keep the light on him. It's something we can do to help. It affected everybody in different ways and on different levels. It affected me being a father, being a son. In the blink of an eye things can change.''
Home run king Barry Bonds has contributed to a college fund for Stow's children, who were regulars along with other family members at AT&T Park this season - the slugger sat with them on occasion. In April, Giants ace Tim Lincecum gave $25,000 to the Bryan Stow Fund to help with medical bills and other expenses.
The Giants also raised approximately $70,000 for the Stow fund, partnering with his employer, American Medical Response, to gather donations at AT&T Park before the start of a series with the rival Dodgers in April. The total included a $10,000 donation from the team.
Fan Bryan Stow stayed on the minds of the Giants all season as he fought for his life after being brutally beaten outside Dodger Stadium on opening day.
Tim Flannery wants to make sure everybody keeps supporting Stow's challenging recovery throughout the winter and beyond. San Francisco's third base coach and offseason musician and songwriter will bring his bluegrass band, the Lunatic Fringe, to highly regarded Yoshi's jazz club in San Francisco on Wednesday night for a concert to benefit Stow. Flannery's group also will release its 10th album in 15 years - ''The Restless Kind'' - that night and give all the money from sales to a fund established for Stow.
The 42-year-old Santa Cruz paramedic and father of two is back in the Bay Area after months spent at a Los Angeles hospital in a medically induced coma. Stow suffered serious brain injuries during the attack. He was recently moved from San Francisco General Hospital to a rehabilitation center.
''It's been pretty amazing,'' Flannery said of the positive response he has received since Yoshi's brought up the idea late in the season. ''Jason Olaine of Yoshi's contacted me and he wanted to keep Bryan Stow in the forefront during the offseason, when everybody goes home for a while, keep the light on him. It's something we can do to help. It affected everybody in different ways and on different levels. It affected me being a father, being a son. In the blink of an eye things can change.''
Home run king Barry Bonds has contributed to a college fund for Stow's children, who were regulars along with other family members at AT&T Park this season - the slugger sat with them on occasion. In April, Giants ace Tim Lincecum gave $25,000 to the Bryan Stow Fund to help with medical bills and other expenses.
The Giants also raised approximately $70,000 for the Stow fund, partnering with his employer, American Medical Response, to gather donations at AT&T Park before the start of a series with the rival Dodgers in April. The total included a $10,000 donation from the team.
