(PR) Chevy Chase, the Saturday Night Live alum, Caddyshack star and one-time college band mate of Steely Dan's Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, will perform with Keller Williams at the 7th Jammy Awards. In addition, the following artists have been added to the Jammys line up: Chali 2na of Jurassic 5, Doug E. Fresh, Leslie West of Mountain, Nicholas Payton, and Roy Haynes."Like most other folks I missed my chance to see Chevy perform with Fagen and Becker during their Bard days, so we're busting out the baby grand for him at the Jammys. We're all looking forward to the world premiere of the Chevy-Keller Duo," says Jammys co-creator Dean Budnick.
These esteemed musicians will join co-hosts Warren Haynes and Grace Potter along with the previously confirmed performers: Booker T. Jones, Christian McBride, Fab Faux, Galactic, Glenn Tillbrook of Squeeze, HeadCount All-Stars, Jake Cinninger of Umphrey's McGee, James Carter, Joe Russo, Jon Gutwillig, Kyle Hollingsworth of String Cheese Incident, Marc Brownstein, Matisyahu, Page McConnell, Rose Hill Drive, Sharon Jones, Tea Leaf Green and Todd Park Mohr.
The 7th Jammy Awards will be held Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at The WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden. Tickets are on sale now via Ticketmaster and at the Madison Square Garden Box Office. For more information go to Jammys.com.