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Denton’s Annual ‘Rock Lottery’ Competition Has A Special Hook This Year

Lyndsay Knecht
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Dallas artist and musician Nevada Hill.

There’s a show tomorrow night in Denton featuring five bands no one’s ever heard of. It’s not another indie band showcase, however. It’s , an annual event that shuffles together local musicians to form new groups.

They have a day to write songs before performing them that night – and the shows almost always sells out to benefit a charity of the committee’s choice.

This year, the beneficiary hits home for one musician on the lineup.

Dallas artist Nevada Hill just moved into a new house in Lakewood, but he’s barely been home. In between doctor visits and a recent surgery on a brain tumor, he’s been touring with his band, .

Lyndsay Knecht is assistant producer for Think.