Thursday, September 6th, Winder will host country music star T. Graham Brown and his Mighty Rac of Spam Band. Brown will perform as part of the annual Jug Tavern Festival which was extended one day this year to accommodate this show. All profits from the concert will go to Winder native PFC Samuel Walley who was severely injured June 6th while serving in Afghanistan with the elite 82nd Airborne Division when he stepped on an improvised explosive device, losing his lower right leg and lower left arm. Sam’s left leg was also severely wounded, and he remains hospitalized at Walter Reed Medical Center. PFC Walley is a 2010 graduate of Winder Barrow High School where he was a member of the school’s inaugural JROTC program. Corporate sponsors include Meggitt Training, Rep Terry England, Sen Frank Ginn, Maynard and Bartlett, Cooper/Barnette/Page, Stepan Co., Hill’s Ace Hardware, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Sheriff Jud Smith, employees of Fidelity Bank, and Dooley’s.

For more information please visit www.jugtavernfestival.com/benefitconcert.html