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T aking an unimaginable PHOTOS: TIM BROCKWAY
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loss and tragedy to the
family and turning it into a
mission to help others by
raising money for research,
so was born, Joey’s Song.

Not knowing at its inception of a clear vision of
what Joey’s Song would be, or become,
at the beginning, Joey’s Song was the creation
of making CDs with various artists and friends,
including members of R.E.M, the BoDeans,
Crash Test Dummies, Rosanne Cash, to be sold
to help raise money for the Epilepsy cause.

Mike explains
during this time,
a big hurdle he
was facing was “it
was a time when
music streaming
was just getting a
footing and
becoming the
popular thing”, in
turn making the
goal of selling a PHOTOS: TIM BROCKWAY
substantial
quantity of CDs a
much more At the end of the this
daunting task. evening, Butch asked
Mike if there was
The thought of starting to do live events started to take form and as anything he could
Michael explains, the growth of the foundation was more organic do, in which Mike’s
than anything. Around this time of starting to focus on live events, a response, “Yeah, you
college friend of Michaels came into the picture, reconnecting after can play my benefit”.
some time. This friend is none other than Butch Vig. During Mike
and Butch’s time apart, Butch had been busy forming his own
career as a record producer, producing such acts as, The Smashing
Pumpkins, Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ album, Foo Fighters, Green Day, to
just name a few.

Also adding to his accolades is the winning of three Grammy awards.
Also, Butch had success with his own band, Garbage, and was
playing a show that brought these two friends together.
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