There is a benefit show Sunday, June 28 at Red Devil Lounge in San Francisco with Mojo Nixon, Jello Biafra, John Easdale and Mark Eitzel; and all proceeds are going to benefit Paul Williams, the guy who created the first magazine of pop music criticism and rock culture, Crawdaddy!, when he was 17 and in college. Crawdaddy! went live on the web back in 1997, so in many ways he's the father of many of the music blogs out there.

But in 1995, Paul was in a serious bicycle accident that caused traumatic brain injury, leading to early onset of dementia, and a steady decline. He hasn't be able to write in the last few years, and he's now to the point where he now requires full-time care. Like so many freelancers, Paul didn't have the benefits of a corporate employer providing him with medical, disability or life insurance. The cost of his care has been a huge drain on his wife who has been struggling to pay for it.

A lot of writers who got their start with him – David Fricke from Rolling Stone, Jon Landau of Springsteen fame, many others – have been writing about him, and helping his family build a website to try to get word out about his legacy and to get donations to help pay for his care.

So if you care about rock journalism or just writing about music, please come out and join Mojo Nixon, Jello Biafra, John Easdale and Mark Eitzel in raising money to help Paul in this trying time for him.

It will be a great show, and it's for a good cause. Tickets are $20. and 100% of that goes direct to Paul.