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Country artist Brad Paisley is among the stars who have donated musical instruments to an auction to benefit victims of the Tennessee floods. This Aug. 10, 2007 photo by minds-eye is licensed uner the Creative commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.

Country stars’ musical instruments being auctioned for charity

Catherine Saunders-Watson
Catherine Saunders-Watson
Country artist Brad Paisley is among the stars who have donated musical instruments to an auction to benefit victims of the Tennessee floods. This Aug. 10, 2007 photo by minds-eye is licensed uner the Creative commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
Country artist Brad Paisley is among the stars who have donated musical instruments to an auction to benefit victims of the Tennessee floods. This Aug. 10, 2007 photo by minds-eye is licensed uner the Creative commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Musical instruments owned by celebrities will be auctioned today to support flood relief in Nashville.

They include a Gibson Les Paul guitar owned by Peter Frampton along with dozens of guitars, mandolins and other instruments straight from the hands of artists such as Brad Paisley, Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban and Vince Gill.

They will be auctioned at the Hard Rock Cafe by NASH2O, a charity organized shortly after the deadly May floodwaters.

Proceeds go to three beneficiaries: MusiCares Nashville Flood Relief Fund for music industry professionals, Nashville Musicians Association Flood Relief Fund for those musicians that were uninsured and Middle Tennessee fire and rescue departments.

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