On January 15, 2009, three-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter-guitarist Peter Case underwent emergency open-heart surgery. The surgery was successful and he is now on a long program of recovery. Peter is not ill and is expected to make a full recovery … but the medical bills associated with this necessary surgery and recovery are and will continue to be very high. And, like all too many talented working artists, Peter does not have medical insurance.

Hidden Love Medical Relief is an effort by Peter’s friends, fans and fellow artists to help alleviate the burden of these mounting medical bills so that Peter can recover, get back and focus on what he does best – writing and performing his songs. No one involved with Hidden Love is going to make money on this endeavor. That's not the point. All money raised through this effort and the Hidden Love Benefit Concert will be applied to Peter’s medical expenses.

The idea behind Hidden Love is that acts of Love – big or small – are often Hidden. We – and you – are doing this because we care for Peter and for his work and feel deeply that, at the end of the day, we need to take care of each other.

well but even if you were a singer/songwriter you wouldn't be peter case and wouldn't have written awesome songs like him

haha he wanted to be a singer-songwriter.

HIDDEN LOVE BENEFIT WEEKEND AT MCCABE'S
T BONE BURNETT INVITES SPECIAL GUESTS
ERIC IDLE, KATIE MELUA, RICHARD THOMPSON AND MORE TO THE FINAL NIGHT OF THREE CONCERTS BENEFITING PETER CASE AT MCCABE'S IN SANTA MONICA

Santa Monica, CA--Master of ceremonies T Bone Burnett invited comic Eric Idle, singer Katie Melua and folk rock legend Richard Thompson, among other surprise guests, to the stage on Sunday night at McCabe's in Santa Monica. The occasion was the final night in a series of three sold-out shows benefiting Peter Case, the singer-songwriter-producer whose emergency open-heart surgery left him sidelined in January. Burnett's Sunday night revue also featured Joe Henry, Sam Phillips, Syd Straw, Bob Neuwirth, Carla Olson, Geoff Muldaur, and Case's former bandmates, the Plimsouls, as well as Case himself who performed "A Million Miles Away" accompanied by the Section String Quartet and "Oldest Story in the World" with the Plimsouls.

Other weekend highlights included Friday's headline appearance by Loudon Wainwright III; he coaxed Case onstage to perform his signature arrangement of Blind Willie McTell's "Broke Down Engine Blues." Van Dyke Parks invited singer Inara George to join him, while Phranc, the All American Jewish Lesbian Folksinger, dedicated her song "I Like You" to Case, and turned her sing-a-long anthem "Life Lover" into "I'm a Peter Case Lover," especially for the occasion.

Saturday night's show was a gathering of old friends: Dave Alvin performed Case's "On My Way Downtown" while telling stories of the days before he and Case graduated from their bands the Blasters and Plimsouls to become the award-winning and esteemed songwriters they are today. Case pals Stan Ridgway, Ron Franklin and performance artist the Dark Bob turned in startlingly different and sublime sets of their own.

"I'm feeling great and am amazed and humbled by the extraordinary turnout," said Case on Monday morning.

In 1984, Case made his debut as a solo artist at McCabe's; in February he was set to celebrate 25 years of performing there. But just as he was preparing to leave for a European tour in January, he was hospitalized. It was following an attempt at angioplasty that he received emergency bypass surgery. As one of the nearly 47 million Americans who remain uninsured, Case's incoming hospital bills and aftercare costs remained unresolved. However, all proceeds from the Hidden Love Benefit Concerts will contribute tremendously toward reducing those costs. In addition to the concert, Peter's friends, fans and fellow artists have established the Hidden Love Fund to help further alleviate the burden of his medical expenses. For more information or to make a donation to the fund please visit http://www.hiddenlovemedicalrelief.com