You may have heard about banjo great and bluegrass patriarch Eddie Adcock’s history-making brain surgery in 2008, while playing his banjo in order to guide the doctors to the area which would correct his incapacitating right hand tremors, but the story of the Eddie and Martha Adcocks’ loss of normal workload–and therefore income– didn’t stop there, even with the success of the ground-breaking surgery….

The Station Inn’s ninth annual Christmas Bluegrass Benefit Concert for the Homeless will begin at 7 p.m. Dec. 14.

The Station Inn is the Mecca for bluegrass fans wanting to hear their favorite music in Nashville, Tenn.

A long list of performers has already signed up to donate their time to the benefit, according to Eddie and Martha Adcock, who have been among prime organizers of the event in past years. Other coordinators are Gene Johnson, mandolinist for Diamond Rio; and Donna Sonner.