Posts Tagged ‘Redskins Appreciation Club’

DirtBags to Perform Song for Kidney Donor Awareness at FedEx Field before Skins-Saints Game

December 2, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Thomas Warren

President, RAC

www.OntheRAC.com

www.mikeneedsakidney.com

Redskins’ Fan Club Bands Together to Raise Awareness for Organ Donations

Landover, MD – The DirtBags, the house rock’n'roll band of the Redskins’ Appreciation Club (RAC), will debut their new single Draft a New Art Monk (Get a Kidney Too) (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xls6-uBZSA) at a live concert in the FedEx Field parking lot at 11am Sunday December 6th to raise awareness for organ donations.

The #1 Redskins fan club in the Washington/Metro area, the RAC was enlisted by “Coach” Mike Frandsen to record the song to help him find a kidney donor.  Frandsen has polycystic kidney disease and will be in need of a kidney transplant in 2010.

“The world needs to know that Redskins’ fans stand by their team, and their team’s fans,” said Thomas Warren, RAC President. “There is too much negativity these days.  But we’re not down.  We’re united in two things:  Rooting for the ‘Skins and helping Mike get a kidney.  That’s all we care about.”

The concert will feature The DirtBags, with “Coach Mike” on the drums.  The DirtBags play a fun blend of country/rock’n'roll and feature classics such as Art Monk for the Hall of Fame, Rocky Ain’t Real, and the RAC Fight Song.  Art Monk for the Hall of Fame is currently ranked sixth on YouTube for Art Monk with over 3,100 hits.

“Coach Mike provides one-on-one support to children with autism.  His is dedicated towards helping others,” said Warren.  “Mike is in need of help.  Please see www.Mikeneedsakidney.com to see how you can help.  He does so much for others.  This is the least we can do.”

Coach Mike wants to remind everyone that there are 80,000 people in the U.S. waiting for a kidney transplant and many of them are worse off than him.  He recommends that people who are interested in donating a kidney to someone visit www.matchingdonors.com or www.kidneyregistry.org.

The concert will be held at A61 in honor of Casey Rabach, the team’s center.  A61 is located in the A section of the Green Parking lot.

For more information: www.mikeneedsakidney.com or www.OntheRAC.com or

Contact: Thomas Warren

Phone: 703-984-9015

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On Loyalty

December 2, 2009

What is loyalty?  The DirtBags, the Redskins Appreciation Club band (www.ontherac.com) performed a song for me (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xls6-uBZSA) to help me find a kidney donor and raise awareness for organ donation.

“The world needs to know that Redskins’ fans stand by their team, and their team’s fans,” said Thomas Warren, RAC President in the RAC’s press release.

That’s all you need to know.  Skins fans stick together.  It’s like a fraternity.  Two years ago, I wrote 10,000 words in support of Art Monk, the greatest receiver currently in the Hall of Fame, to get into the Hall (http://www.coachmike.net/artmonk.php).  My article didn’t even scratch the surface of what other fans did over an eight-year period.  The DirtBags did this now classic song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNCSHC1fsoo.

But the point is, what goes around comes around.

The Dirtbags will be performing the song in the parking lot of Fed Ex Field December 6 before the Redskins-Saints game.  They’re even letting me sit in on drums.  It should be a lot of fun.  See the press release for more information.

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Dirtbags Jam to Help Coach Mike: “It Doesn’t Take a Lot of Analysis to See that it’s Best to Avoid Dialysis”

November 23, 2009

I’m looking for a donor for a kidney transplant that my doctors say I should have relatively soon.  I have polycystic kidney disease.  Please see www.mikeneedsakidney.com for more details.

Check out this song the Dirtbags did for me:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xls6-uBZSA.  The Dirtbags (http://ontherac.com/dirtbags.htm) are the official rock band of the Redskins Appreciation Club.  They play in the parking lot of Fed Ex Field before every Redskins home game.

We included in the song a mention of the fact that 80,000 people are on the waiting list for a kidney in the U.S., and more than 10 of them die each day waiting, so the song isn’t just for me but to promote awareness about kidney donation in general.

A lot of those people waiting are much worse off than me because I’m not on dialysis yet.  I’m hoping to go directly to transplant.  That’s what the doctors recommend if possible.

If you want to donate to somebody, a couple of great sites are www.matchingdonors.com and www.kidneyregistry.org.  Everybody has two kidneys and only needs one.  After donating you can be out of the hospital in less than two days.

The songs says the Redskins need to draft a new Art Monk, and I need to get a kidney transplant.  One of those things is unbelievably important, and it would be really great if it happened.

Of course, the other thing, getting a kidney, is important too.

That’s me in the back of the video on drums.  The Dirtbags are also going to perform the song before the Redskins-Saints game December 6 in the parking lot at Fed Ex Field in the Green lot, A 60, two hours before kickoff.  I’ll be in the back doing a little bit of drums, hoping I don’t mess up the music.  These guys are good, with the President on guitar and vocals, Whiskey Sergeant Major on guitar, and Lefty on bass.

I first heard of the Dirtbags after they did a song about putting Art Monk in the Hall of Fame.  See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNCSHC1fsoo.  It was classic and it got more than 3,000 hits on You Tube.  Funny, Peter King changed his tune after that one.

Anyway, just google “becoming a kidney donor” and read up on it for a few minutes.  Maybe you’ll decide to donate to somebody, if not now, then maybe at some point in the future.

All this stuff like my website and the videos may seem a little bit unorthodox but the goal is to create more awareness.

Thanks for reading and thanks again to the Dirtbags.  I appreciate it.  HAIL!

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