LOUISVILLE, KY – ear X-tacy owner/president John Timmons announced today that he will match filmmaker Cameron Crowe’s donations to a local charity. Crowe, producer of such hit films as Jerry McGuire and Almost Famous, has decided to donate $1 from each sale of a limited edition, pre-release soundtrack to his upcoming movie Elizabethtown, which was filmed largely in Louisville, to the Center for Women and Families. Timmons promises an additional $1 donation per disc for all copies sold at ear X-tacy, 1534 Bardstown Road, or through the ear X-tacy website (://www.earx-tacy.com). 
A limited run of 5000 copies of “Elizabethtown: Songs from the Brown Hotel” will be released on Tuesday, August 16th and will be available only through affiliates of the Coalition of Independent Music Stores and other select independent record retailers. The 6-cut EP, which retails for $5.98, includes a song from one of Louisville’s best known bands, My Morning Jacket, along with other Kentucky themed tunes performed by Heart’s Nancy Wilson, Elvis Presley, Patty Griffin, Bill Monroe and Sun Kil Moon.
“It's an honor to be one of the handful of independent record stores that has this CD available to the public,” said Timmons. “Cameron Crowe has been a great customer and fri/files/storyimages/to ear X-tacy, as well as a huge fan of Louisville and Kentucky. The least ear X-tacy can do is match his generous contribution to the Center for Women and Children.”
ear X-tacy has made at least one previous donation to the Center for Women and Children. The 501(c)(3) organization, which assists women and children in crisis situations related to domestic violence, was the recipient of a $500 “Counter Campaign” contribution in which ear X-tacy shoppers donated spare change which was then matched by ear X-tacy.
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John Timmons is available for interviews. To schedule, please contact Leslie Stewart at (502) 451-7569.
A limited run of 5000 copies of “Elizabethtown: Songs from the Brown Hotel” will be released on Tuesday, August 16th and will be available only through affiliates of the Coalition of Independent Music Stores and other select independent record retailers. The 6-cut EP, which retails for $5.98, includes a song from one of Louisville’s best known bands, My Morning Jacket, along with other Kentucky themed tunes performed by Heart’s Nancy Wilson, Elvis Presley, Patty Griffin, Bill Monroe and Sun Kil Moon.
“It's an honor to be one of the handful of independent record stores that has this CD available to the public,” said Timmons. “Cameron Crowe has been a great customer and fri/files/storyimages/to ear X-tacy, as well as a huge fan of Louisville and Kentucky. The least ear X-tacy can do is match his generous contribution to the Center for Women and Children.”
ear X-tacy has made at least one previous donation to the Center for Women and Children. The 501(c)(3) organization, which assists women and children in crisis situations related to domestic violence, was the recipient of a $500 “Counter Campaign” contribution in which ear X-tacy shoppers donated spare change which was then matched by ear X-tacy.
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John Timmons is available for interviews. To schedule, please contact Leslie Stewart at (502) 451-7569.
