ALPHIN’S PAL FOUND IN PORT-AU-PRINCE RUBBLE
BIG & RICH star KENNY ALPHIN has been left devastated by the discovery of= a missing friend’s remains in Haiti.
The country star has spent weeks in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince tryi= ng to find pal Walt Ratterman, who was preparing for a meeting at the cit= y’s Hotel Montana when it collapsed around him during the 12 January (10)= earthquake.
In an interview with CMT.com earlier this month (Feb10), Alphin reveale= d he was still hopeful his friend would be found alive, stating, "I am st= ill pretty sure that Walt is going to come walking up to me anywhere now,= any minute, and he’ll tap me on the shoulder and look me right in the ey= e, and go, ‘You look like you could use a little help.’ And I’ll go, ‘You= son of a b**ch. Yeah, grab a hammer.’" But Ratterman’s remains have since been found in the rubble of the Hote= l Montana, and his family has been notified.
Alphin has now jetted back from Haiti and will host a country music fun= draiser for the survivors of the earthquake, which rocked the nation.
He’ll front the Help Haiti Live concert at the Ryman Auditorium in Nash= ville, Tennessee on 27 February (10).
Joining Alphin at the event will be Alison Krauss, Jars of Clay and Mat= Kearney.
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