Winter said it’s important keep the music playing.

“I think it’s really important that we not lose this and that there is a great musical tradition here. It’s something that we need to be aware of. It belongs to us and it’s hours. It’s generation to generation, such heart and soul,” he said.

The Music Hall of Fame concert will begin at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Carl A. Parker Multipurpose Center on the Lamar State College-Port Arthur campus, 1800 Lakeshore Drive.

Edgar Winter and The Clique will be inducted into the Music Hall of Fame at the show. Performers will include the Beat Daddys from Mississippi Mitrovich and 98 in the Shade.

Advance general admission tickets are $20 at the following locations until noon, Friday, Jan. 18, at The Museum of the Gulf Coast in Port Arthur, A&S Music in Nederland, Swicegood Music in Beaumont and the Penny Record in Bridge City. General admission tickets will be available the date of the show at the Multipurpose Center for $22. Children 12 and younger, accompanied by an adult, will be admitted free.

The event raises funds for the Gulf Coast Music Hall of Fame exhibit at the Museum of the Gulf Coast which showcases memorabilia of area artists including Janis Joplin, Tex Ritter, George Jones, Mark Chesnutt, Tracy Bird and The Fabulous Boogie Kings.

For information on the concert, call Don Ball at 722-3699.

Contact this reporter at ddoiron@panews.com.