Sammy Hagar & Nancy Wilson - A Whiter Shade Of Pale, live at Acoustic 4-A-Cure, May 13, 2023 (4K)

Sammy Hagar and Nancy Wilson play a cover of the Procol Harum song "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" live in concert before a sold-out crowd at The Fillmore in San Francisco, California on May 13, 2023. A Whiter Shade Of Pale was released by English rock band Procol Harum in 1967 and reached Number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Sammy Hagar is a singer-songwriter from Fontana, California who has been in the bands Montrose, Van Halen, Chickenfoot, and Sammy Hagar And The Circle. Nancy Wilson is a singer-songwriter from Bellevue, Washington; along with her sister, Ann Wilson, she fronts the rock band Heart. Joining Hagar and Wilson onstage were Michael Anthony (bass), Vic Johnson (guitar), and Joan Baez's son Gabriel Harris (drums). They performed as part of the annual Acoustic 4-A-Cure charity concert benefitting the Pediatric Cancer Program at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital. To donate in support of these efforts, please visit https://give.ucsfbenioffchildrens.org.

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Acoustic 4-A-Cure show announcement:

Bay Area music legends Sammy Hagar and Bobby Weir today announced the line-up for the eighth annual Acoustic-4-A-Cure benefit concert on Saturday, May 13. In celebration of the event's return home to the Fillmore in San Francisco for the first time post-Covid, Hagar's brought together a star-studded lineup that's heavy on music icons from The City by the Bay (in alphabetical order): Michael Anthony, Sammy Hagar, Chris Isaak, Vic Johnson, Taj Mahal, Don Was, Bobby Weir, Nancy Wilson and surprise guests. Hagar and Weir will reteam to host the event for a third time, in addition to performing. Benefiting the Pediatric Cancer Program at UCSF's Benioff Children's Hospital, Acoustic-4-A-Cure 2023 is set to deliver true once-in-a-lifetime musical moments and collaborative jams that the concert event has become synonymous with.

Tickets will go on sale beginning Friday, April 14 at 10am PT via www.livenation.com.

"I'm thrilled that we're back for an eighth year and back home at the Fillmore in San Francisco where it all began," said Sammy Hagar. "Most of all I'm so grateful to my friends and partners who lend their unconditional support year after year. We're able to produce an arena level show at an intimate venue and keep the ticket prices affordable because these incredible artists donate their time and deliver unbelievable performances, with all of the profits going directly to an incredible cause. That's my kind of philanthropy!"

Now in its eighth year, Acoustic-4-A-Cure has become one of the year's hottest tickets, with legendary artists performing acoustic sets, epic collaborations, and impromptu jams from the stages of intimate and storied San Francisco venues like The Fillmore. The benefit was created by Bay Area rock legends Hagar and James Hetfield, whose vision was to raise needed funds and awareness for the pediatric cancer research by throwing a must-see concert for fans and donating all the proceeds to UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital. In past years, artists including Billie Joe Armstrong, Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, Jerry Cantrell, Kevin Cronin, Melissa Etheridge, Mick Fleetwood, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, James Hetfield, Kris Kristofferson, Tommy Lee, Taj Mahal, John Mayer, Sarah McLachlan, Pat Monahan, Linda Perry, Chad Smith, Joe Satriani, Joe Satriani, Rick Springfield, Bobby Weir, Nancy Wilson have lent their support with truly remarkable performances.

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A White Shade Of Pale lyrics:

We skipped the light fandango
Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
I was feeling kinda seasick
But the crowd called out for more
The room was humming harder
As the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
The waiter brought a tray

And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale

She said, there is no reason
And the truth is plain to see
But I wandered through my playing cards
And would not let her be
One of sixteen vestal virgins
Who were leaving for the coast
And although my eyes were open
They might have just as well've been closed

And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale

She said, 'I'm home on shore leave'
Though in truth we were at sea
So I took her by the looking glass
And forced her to agree
Saying, 'You must be the mermaid
Who took Neptune for a ride.'
But she smiled at me so sadly
That my anger straightway died

And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale

If music be the food of love
Then laughter is its queen
And likewise if behind is in front
Then dirt in truth is clean
My mouth by then like cardboard
Seemed to slip straight through my head
So we crash-dived straightway quickly
And attacked the ocean bed

And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale