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The members of the Johnny Cash tribute band Cold Hard Cash pose for a publicity photo. The trio will perform in Havre Wednesday in a Montana Association of Chiefs of Police fundraising concert.
Wednesday, May 9, Havre High School Auditorium will be filled with the music of Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Three as the Montana Association of Chiefs of Police kicks off its spring fundraising tour featuring The Cold Hard Cash Show in Havre.
The Cold Hard Cash Show is a Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Three tribute band out of Missoula. Since they formed in 2005 the band, fronted by guitarist and singer Merle Travis Peterson with John Sporman on bass and Fel Torres on drums, has performed on hundreds of stages with acts like Darryl Worley, John Anderson and Eric Church. They also performed at several high-profile private events along with guests such as Katy Perry, John Oates and Justin Timberlake.
In 2008, The Cold Hard Cash Show performed on the Late Show with David Letterman. After hearing the band, Tommy Cash, Johnny's younger brother said that his brother would have been flattered by their tribute to him.
Havre Police Chief Gabe Matosich said it is really exciting to have this band coming over here from Missoula.
The Montana Association of Chiefs of Police use this spring concert tour as a fundraiser for their organization, which is a group of police administrators whose aim is to provide support and training to administrators to maintain high standards in police departments across the state. The group also supports causes such as Special Olympics of Montana and the Junior Police Leadership Academy which provides a no-cost, one-week program for the youth of Montana.
Jim Sinclair of A Wee Bit Smaller Inc., a Kalispell-based sales, marketing, and concert promotion company said this tour is a semi-grassroot tour and the association hired them to manage the tour since they are a Montana-born company, and it will keep the money in Montana.
Sinclair said that they are happy to bing the tour to Havre, because they really like the Havre community and the strong relationship it has with law enforcement.
Matosich said he echoes this statement.
"The community is good at supporting the department," he said.
The concert starts at 7 p.m. and tickets are $29 and children younger than 14 are free with an adult.
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