“I have everything I need and would ever want.” Sobriety is a lot of work because you have to deal with your emotions every friggin’ day. You can’t just say “All right I’m shutting it off.” There’s no “off.” You have to constantly look for the new off switch and from time to time it pisses me off that there’s no off switch. ~ Anders Osborne Check out Anders on the cover of June's Offbeat Magazine! Read the Full Article--> by John Swenson, Offbeat Magazine #offbeatmagazine #an

Send Me A Friend was presented the 2018 Community Music Award at Offbeat Magazine's Best of the Beat Music Business Awards. We're beyond honored to receive this acknowledgement. Many thanks to Positive Vibrations Foundation for taking us under their wing as we work to establish Send Me A Friend as its own entity and to our friends/colleagues at Imagine Recovery New Orleans whose guidance and support has accelerated our growth this year. And a very special thanks to all of ou

All photos by Erika Goldring© Anders Osborne's "Won't Bow Down" benefiting Send Me A Friend FEATURING: Anders Osborne Big Chief Monk Boudreaux Big Chief Juan Pardo Doug Belote Billy Iuso Jon Gross Brad Walker and more #wontbowdown #fundraiser #andersosborne #bigchiefmonkboudreaux #bigchiefjuanpardo #billyiuso #imaginerecoveryneworleans

Send Me A Friend’s mission is to support musicians and creative professionals who face unique challenges while in early recovery and on the road to a new way of life. Starting as a network of sober “Friends” that are on call to come to a gig and offer a helping hand and source of support, SMAF now has over 1,500 volunteers throughout the country. In 2018, SMAF opened its office in New Orleans at Imagine Recovery (728 Nashville Ave), where they now host monthly “Lifeshops,” ga

Thank you, Offbeat Magazine for helping us get the word out about one of our latest projects, Send Me A Friend. We're exited to help SMAF Co-Founders Anders Osborne & Bill Taylor grow their vision!! "Osborne contacted Taylor about his Send Me a Friend concept because of Taylor’s experience at nonprofits. Taylor liked the concept’s straightforwardness. They launched the program in December 2016. Send Me a Friend’s partnership with Positive Vibrations Foundation began in Janua

Anders Osborne, who will perform with guitarist Luther Dickinson at O.P. Rockwell on Aug. 2, nearly lost his family, home and career to his addiction nearly a decade ago. The singer-songwriter and guitarist, who was named Entertainer of the Year by the Big Easy Music Awards and has won 21 Best of the Beat Awards, was in the depths of substance addiction when friends stepped in and sent him to rehab. "Eventually I 'got it,' and started to work hard to change my habits and thin

GA 🎟️ at --> http://bit.ly/2N6EzdJ VIP 🎟️ at --> http://bit.ly/2N63qON 5:00pm – VIP Door 5:30pm – Meet and Greet/Gourmet Buffet Dinner 7:00pm – GA Door 7:30pm – Music by Anders/Luther - John Bukaty live painting 8:30pm – Live Auction 9:00pm – Music by Anders/Luther - John Bukaty live painting 9:45pm – Live Auction Send Me A Friend: Send Me A Friend a national network of “sober friends” that are on call to come to a show and offer a helping hand and source of sup

Send Me A Friend is seeking Volunteers who are also in sobriety to help with Outreach at the following community events in New Orleans. We are a national network of “sober friends” that are on call to come to a show and offer a helping hand and source of support for struggling musicians. Our mission is to support newly-sober musicians and music industry professionals who are on the road to a new way of life by helping get them back to work again. Since launching last year, S

The energy that came with the support for our New Orleans Fundraising event during jazzfest is still inspiring us today! Our Co-Founder, Anders Osborne and Nolatet delivered a very special, unique, and intimate performance and the setting at John Bukaty Gallery was perfect. We can not thank you enough, FRIENDS! We are honored to start our new partnership with Positive Vibrations Foundation off on the good foot and truly grateful to all of you who have gotten us to where we ar

Send Me A Friend will host a very special evening on Friday May 4th featuring Anders performing with the masterful ensemble, Nolatet (Mike Dillon, James Singleton, Brian Haas, and Johnny Vidacovich). This first-ever musical collaboration will take place at John Bukaty’s Studio and Gallery (841 Carondelet St., New Orleans). Tickets are available at: sendmeafriend.eventbrite.com Since launching last year, Send Me A Friend has developed a national network of over 1,500 volunteer