All-Star Rockers
Warren Haynes, Billy Gibbons and John Popper Rocked Out for
Charity at Highline Ballroom on November 10th
New York, NY (November 12th, 2014) – Over 600 supporters
turned out for Wall Street Rocks’ Benefit Concert at
Highline Ballroom on Monday, November 10th.
This end of year show on the eve of Veteran’s Day
benefited ReserveAid, which provides financial support to
Reservists and National Guard members who are currently
deployed or who have recently returned from deployment. SiriusXM
Host Eddie Trunk emceed
the evening, which featured a concert from an All-Star Band
of musicians including John
Popper of Blues Traveler, Billy
Gibbons of ZZ Top, and Warren
Haynes of the Allman Brothers, Will
Lee and Anton Fig from
The Late Show with David Letterman, and Martin
Guigui.
Wall Street Rocks co-founders George
Chrisafis and Leslie
Kirby hosted a VIP reception to kick off the evening
with speeches from John
Withrow from ReserveAid, Vince
McGowan from United War Veterans Council, Stephen
Daffron, Chief Executive Officer of Interactive Data
Corporation at Morgan Stanley, Daniel
Vargas from Operation Finally Home along with Author &
Veteran Mike Scotti.
Each spoke of the importance of giving back to our nation’s
veterans as guests including iPark CEO & Billy4Kids Founder Bill
Lerner and Marcella
de Martin led the applause.
Wall Street Rocks is a collaboration of employees in the
financial, technology and entertainment industries, who are
passionate about giving support to heroic Americans who
serve our nation, including military veterans and first
responders. Over the last four years, Wall Street Rocks has
raised over $350,000 for our nation’s heroes. For more
information about Wall Street Rocks, please visit www.wallstreetrocks.org.