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\n\tIn the wake of the deadly July 4 flooding<\/a> in central Texas, a growing list of artists from the Texas music scene, as well as across country music, have pledged donations, launched campaigns, or arranged benefit concerts. On Wednesday evening, Robert Earl Keen<\/a> announced on social media<\/a> that he will host a benefit show, with special guests to be announced, on Aug. 28 at Whitewater Amphitheater in New Braunfels, Texas.<\/p>\n \n\tSo far, Rolling Stone<\/em> has confirmed Cody Canada, Cross Canadian Ragweed\u2019s frontman, will join Keen on the bill. It\u2019s expected to showcase several other major Texas and country artists at Whitewater, a 5,600-capacity outdoor venue adjacent to the Guadalupe River, 70 miles east of Kerr County \u2014\u00a0where the town of Kerrville and the nearby Camp Mystic for Girls were the hardest hit in the floods along the same Guadalupe.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cWe\u2019re putting it on at Whitewater, because it was big enough, and we looked at a lot of other places, but none of them had the infrastructure that Whitewater has. We wanted to make sure that our musical intent was solid,\u201d says Keen, who discussed<\/a> the impact of the flooding on the Texas music scene, along his family\u2019s ties to Camp Mystic, with Rolling Stone<\/em>.<\/p>\n \n\tKeen is far from alone in his efforts.<\/p>\n \n\tAfter his Sunday concert at Gruene Hall \u2014 which is also next to the Guadalupe River \u2014\u00a0was canceled, signer-songwriter Josh Weathers turned to a fundraising method he picked up during the height of the pandemic. Weathers called his church, the Heights in Cleburne, Texas, and set up a livestream concert and silent auction<\/a>. As of Wednesday, Weathers says the event has raised more than $430,000.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cWe said yes to a simple idea that we felt God gave us, and people stepped up,\u201d Weathers tells Rolling Stone<\/em>. \u201cWe are working with local authorities in Kerr County to connect directly to families in need, and I was on the phone with the Texas Rangers and local funeral homes yesterday making plans to take care of some things for families down there.\u201d<\/p>\n