Benefit for Drummer Nets $7,000

A benefit concert in Anaheim for Hugh Wright, the injured drummer of the country band Boy Howdy, netted more than $7,000 Monday night, according to band manager Alan Hopper. Wright suffered severe leg and head injuries two months ago while trying to come to the aid of a motorist who had been injured in a wreck on a Dallas freeway. More than 700 people attended the benefit at the Cowboy Boogie Co., Hopper said. Performers included Boy Howdy, ex-Eagle Randy Meisner, Chris Gaffney & the Cold Hard Facts, the Zydeco Party Band, Western Union and the Doowah Riders. Several country stars including Dwight Yoakam, Hal Ketchum, Billy Ray Cyrus and Wynonna Judd donated autographed posters, CDs and other souvenirs that were auctioned at the benefit, and Boy Howdy’s label, Curb Records, donated $1,000. The concert’s proceeds will help pay medical bills for Wright, 40, who remains hospitalized.