Tim Elliott founded Drumming Up Hope after being inspired by a benefit for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital he was playing in with another band.
LOVELAND, Colo. — The music coming from Tim Elliott’s home some nights can be a little loud. For the past year, Tim has been the drummer in the ZZ Top cover band El Loco Fandango and they use his home to rehearse.
Elliott's love of music and drumming is as legendary as his community involvement. He founded the nonprofit Drumming Up Hope after being inspired by a benefit for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital he was playing in with another band. The first three drum-a-thons Elliott organized raised about $25,000 for St. Jude’s. Since then he has drummed up hope for countless others in need, sometimes by organizing events on his own, and sometimes he involves bandmates Mike Learn and Don DiMasi.“I feel as though I've been really blessed in life with my opportunities as an artist and a musician, and so I'm just kind of paying it back,” Learn added.
“We're gonna raise money for families of first responders who are out helping people while their houses burned down,” Elliott said.
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