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Rio Rita Cafe y Cantina Art Auction Benefiting Local Musician Billy Steve Korpi


Billy Steve Korpi: Guitarist for The Crack Pipes, Victims of Leisure, and The Bloody Tears.

Here's an update about the auction from sister venue Beerland:

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The Rio Rita Art Auction Benefiting Austin musician Billy Steve Korpi is underway.

Artists who have contributed include Win Wallace, Tim Kerr, Alfonso Rabago, Alex Cuervo, Lisa DiRocco, Michael Schliefke, Brettany Boozer, Billy Bishop, Everett Lamb, Shanti Deva, Jeff Swanson, Jerry Czyzak, and Caioneach. A wide variety of styles and media are featured.

Please stop by and bid soon as this auction is ongoing and ends the middle of this week.

Billy Steve Korpi is our dear friend and beloved guitarist of The Crack Pipes, Victims of Leisure, and Bloody Tears. He is winning his fight against leukemia but needs everyone's help to offset the enormous expense he is incurring.

Rio Rita is located at 1308 E. 6th on the eastside at Navasota.

Thanks for all your help.

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"Mild-mannered coffee shop by day, swanky lounge by night."


Other benefits for Billy Steve will be announced soon. There are other ways you can help too:

Mail a donation (check or money order) to the
Billy Steve Korpi Benefit Account
c/o SNB Bank of Austin
3600 Bee Cave Rd.
Austin, TX 78746

Make a donation online via PayPal @ leukorpia@hotmail.com

Donate Blood in Billy Steve's name at
Blood Center of Central Texas
4300 N Lamar Blvd.
Austin, TX
You will receive a voucher that can be dropped off at Rio Rita and will help defray the cost of his upcoming transfusions.

Send Billy Steve a note through stillybeve@hotmail.com or solidgold@thebloodytears.com.

Our positive thoughts and prayers are with Billy Steve as he wins the battle with cancer.


Rio Rita Cafe y Cantina
1308 E 6th St. (at Navasota)
Austin, TX