Greg Johnston Summer Concert & BBQ Features The Rudy Boy Experiment

The Staff Coun­cil Work+Life com­mit­tee kicks off Staff Appre­ci­a­tion Month with the Greg John­ston Sum­mer Con­cert and Bar­be­cue on Thurs­day, July 7 from 12 to 1 p.m. at the Betty Sabo Mod­ern Art sculp­ture, near the south entrance of the Stu­dent Union Building.

The con­cert will fea­ture the Rudy Boy Exper­i­ment, a local blues and rock band fea­tur­ing Rudy Boy Jaramillo on gui­tar and vocals, Dave Pankuch on bass and Ricardo Sanchez on drums. The band has received notable awards includ­ing the New Mex­ico Rock Main­stream Award, and become reg­u­lars on the L.A. scene, play­ing at places like Whisky A Go Go, Crain’s Hol­ly­wood Tav­ern and the Lava Lounge in Long Beach.

For $5 you can pur­chase a freshly grilled ham­burger or hot dog (veg­e­tar­ian option avail­able) chips, ice cream sand­wiches and lemonade.

The Greg John­ston Sum­mer Con­certs are named in honor and recog­ni­tion for Johnston’s work as founder of the con­certs on behalf of the Staff Coun­cil Work+Life com­mit­tee. The con­certs are intended to pro­vide a noon-hour respite for UNM employ­ees and stu­dents. John­ston, who worked in the Uni­ver­sity Com­mu­ni­ca­tion and Mar­ket­ing Depart­ment as a Sr. Uni­ver­sity Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Spe­cial­ist, died in Feb. 2007 after a bat­tle with cancer.

The con­cert is sup­ported by the UNM Staff Coun­cil and its Work+Life Com­mit­tee, and spon­sored by the Divi­sion of Stu­dents Affairs and the UNM Foundation.

For more infor­ma­tion on The Rudy Boy Exper­i­ment, visit their offi­cial band page at www.myspace.com/therudyboyexp.

For a com­plete story on July’s Staff Appre­ci­a­tion Month activ­i­ties visit: Staff Appre­ci­a­tion Month.