The athletes, artists and celebrities invited to join Jake on stage share a mix of music genres - country, rock, indie rock, jazz, blues, bluegrass, classical, Latin, and heavy metal.
Williams was an original member of the Arizona Diamondbacks. He holds the Diamondbacks record for the most RBIs in one season with a total of 142 during 1999, as well as multiple Silver Slugger Awards, multiple Gold Glove Awards, and a World Series Championship.
His career extended past his exceptional playing abilities on the field and he now is partial owner of the Diamondbacks. He is their 3rd base coach and has occasionally served as color commentator during Diamondbacks radio and television broadcasts.
| SPECIAL GUEST SSgt. Christopher Hill (ret). was born and raised in Birmingham Alabama where and joined the Marine Corps at the age of 19. He served as a Special Forces Marine for 20 years providing Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Intelligences for over 78 separate real world and combat operations. He was injured during his fourth tour during a rocket attack in Fallujah, Iraq serving with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Intelligence Company in 2005. He sustained a traumatic brain injury, nerve damage, spinal cord injury and severe PTSD. He was hospitalized for over a year recovering from his injuries and dawned a uniform again in 2007. He served the remainder of his Marine Corps career at 4Th Reconnaissance, Smyrna, Georgia and the Wounded Warrior Center, Camp Pendleton, California. |
Bronson is a starting pitcher with the Cincinnati Reds and a 2004 World Series champion with the Boston Red Sox. A self-taught guitarist, Bronson released his debut album full of 90’s cover tunes “Covering the Bases” in 2005.
A second baseman, Tim spent 11 seasons with the San Diego Padres and is currently the third base coach for the San Francisco Giants. An accomplished musician/songwriter, Tim released his tenth CD titled “Travelin’ Shoes” and he continues to tour and perform all over the country. This year Tim has been busy doing benefits shows for San Francisco fan, Bryan Stow.
Country music singer Keni Thomas is a former Army Ranger who was involved in the Battle of Mogadishu that was immortalized in the book/movie "Black Hawk Down“ and he recently sang the national anthem at the 2009 World Series. In addition to recording an independently-released album he launched his book this year "Get It On!" Keni is also a motivational speaker. KeniThomas.com
