Seats are filling for Don’s show coming up on August 19th at the Pavilion in Sun Valley. Once again, another Don Felder live show is for a very worthwhile cause, benefitting the Danny Thompson Memorial Leukemia Fund. There are also a limited number of tickets on sale for the VIP cocktail party prior to the concert. Tickets are available directly from Sun Valley Resort Online Sales. . . . . . On August 7 in Tempe, Arizona, the Fender Hall of Fame will induct the late James Jamerson, legendary bassist with Motown’s original session band The Funk Brothers. Jamerson is widely considered to have been singly responsible for putting funk on the map with his melodic bass lines and was so prolific that his Hitsville session credits are basically the label’s discography. Those unfamiliar with his playing stop reading and watch him along side fellow Motown great Marvin Gaye performing live in this video – hang on for the entire nine minutes because in the last two you hear him really get rolling. (Semi-off-topic digression: our #1 Funk Brothers orchestration has Jamerson playing on this original (instrumental) version of Can’t Get Next to You, which also has that cool psychedelic-soul-wah played by Dennis Coffey, charter member of felderfans.com’s Unsung Guitar Heroes Riff of Fame.) More about the FHOF induction at Fender.com . . . . . Ever wanted to blow money on invest in vintage guitars the easy way? Check out the 1959/1960 Gibson ES335 and the 1972 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop Deluxe (once owned by John Lee Hooker) which will set you back a minimum of $16,000. You can even whip out the checkbook guilt-free: both models are currently on the auction block to benefit the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation . . . . . And last but not least our webmaster’s fave Larry “Kid Charlemagne” Carlton performed with Steely Dan at the Beacon Theater in N.Y. this weekend. Next up is a week of solo early and late evening shows at the Blue Note along with son Travis Carlton (Aug 4-9). Tickets start at an amazing $20, meaning you can afford to go to all of the shows. Some July 31 images via wireimage.