Ellington

You're invited to join the employees of Peavey Electronics and the city of Meridian, Mississippi, in celebrating the music-industry pioneer's 40th anniversary--as well as usher in the '05 holiday season! Acclaimed roots-rock group Son Volt will headline "Home for the Holidays: A Peavey 40th Anniversary Concert" on December 2, and the proceeds will benefit the Meridian Downtown Association.

What: Home for the Holidays: Peavey 40th Anniversary Concert
Who: SON VOLT with Willie Heath Neal
When: Friday, December 2; Gates open at 6 p.m., Music Starts at 7 p.m.
Where: Singing Brakeman Park, 1901 Front Street, Meridian
Tickets: $10 General Admission; $15 Tickets include access to "Up On
The Rooftop" party featuring Joel Hamilton at Weidmann's Restauarant (6
p.m.)
Ticket Outlets: www.peavey.com/tickets ; Music Emporium, AmSouth
Downtown and 103.3 WZKR-FM in Meridian

Praise for Peavey:
"Science is what Peavey brought to the music business. Most musical
gear makers stuck to traditional methods. Peavey [has] kept looking for
innovations."
-- Investor's Business Daily
"Peavey is an industry leader than remains true to its southern
small-town ideals."
-- Guitar World

Praise for Son Volt's latest album:
"[Jay] Farrar's best-ever songs." -- Newark Star Ledger
"Son Volt's best yet." -- San Francisco Chronicle
"The right mix of pastoral beauty and bar-band swagger." -- Rolling
Stone
"A great record." -- Performing Songwriter