Clarkson Axe Wins Dimebag Auction

05/21/07
. (Contact Music) Pop star KELLY CLARKSON's artistic skills paid off at an auction in Hollywood on Thursday night (17May07) when a guitar she painted to raise cash for a children's charity raised $3,000 (GBP1,500). The Breakaway singer decorated an axe and turned the instrument into the auction's highlight - beating out bids for guitars designed by rockers Dave Navarro and Rob Zombie. But there was a very special reason behind Clarkson's offer to help raise cash for the Little Kids Rock charity - the auction was held as part of a House of Blues tribute to late rocker `Dimebag' Darrell Abbott. The pop star is a longtime fan of Abbott's bands Pantera and Damageplan, and once waited on the tragic guitarist when she worked in a restaurant he frequented.[see full story for more] - Click here for the Full Story

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