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By now, you’re probably familiar with the Band From TV. It’s a musical group that includes House stars Hugh Laurie and Jesse Spencer, along with a number of other well-known TV stars. Together, they sing and play lots of great songs and all the proceeds of their concerts and recordings go to their charities.
So it’s a big deal that Amazon.com is going to offer their album of covers, Hogging All the Covers for their Daily Deal on October 21, 2009. That means that the selection will be at a fraction of the regular price for fans, but Amazon will …read more

Thanks to Grace for the tip about Band From TV’s big news!! After their television debut on the Tonight Show about a week and a half ago,
their CD, Hoggin’ All the Covers
hit #1 in sales on Amazon.com. It looks like the band is really taking off in popularity!
And to celebrate their success, the Band From TV is holding an online sweepstakes. Visitors to the Amazon.com page for BFTV will be able to enter to win a Gibson guitar signed by Hugh Laurie, James Denton, Greg Grunberg, Bob Guiney and other members of the band. The sweepstakes will run …read more

Recently, the Band From TV released its CD/DVD set called Hoggin’ All the Covers. Hugh Laurie played keyboards and sang for the set and plans to donate all of his share of the proceeds to the Save the Children fund. Save the Children is the leading independent humanitarian organization helping children and families in need in the U.S. and around the world.
I really like that he and the rest of the band give the money from their music to worthy charities. It’s very cool of them!!
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