Rick Lewis, who'll be the beneficiary of a concert happening at Skipper's Smokehouse in Tampa, Florida on February 17, 2019. Credit: Jayne Drooger

Rick Lewis, who’ll be the beneficiary of a concert happening at Skipper’s Smokehouse in Tampa, Florida on February 17, 2019. Credit: Jayne Drooger

A beloved photographer has been diagnosed with cancer, so many of the artists that’ve found themselves on the other end of Rick Lewis’ lens are giving their talents to a show where proceeds will go toward helping the photographer’s family deal with the challenging financial obstacles that come with fighting the disease.

Rick Lewis Benefit w/Selwyn Birchwood/Damon Fowler/Doug Deming/Betty Fox/Josh Nelms/Lauren Mitchell/TC Carr. Sun. Feb. 17 5 p.m. $15 donation. Skipper’s Smokehouse, 910 Skipper Rd., Tampa. INFO

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This article appears in Feb 14-21, 2019.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...