TODAY   |  December 06, 2012

Pat Monahan of Train talks Sandy benefit concert

The frontman of the Grammy-winning band Train chats about how the band was inspired by a young fan’s video message to work with Sea Bright Rising, a nonprofit that is working to repair the town of Sea Bright, N.J., in the wake of superstorm Sandy.

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>>> but first, turn to your left a little bit, we have pat moynahan here, the front man for the grammy winning band train and also served as our hollywood elf a little while ago.

>> good morning.

>> before we talk about train, talk to me about this event you went to last night.

>> yeah, last night we did like more of a bring attention to sea bright , new jersey. you can go to seabrightrising.org to donate. that place has been really leveled. 100% of the businesses are gone because of hurricane sandy, and also 70% to 80% of the residents cannot come home. so they're just trying to do their best to just get it back up and running and we're just trying to bring attention to it.

>> you're nice to do that.

>> we understand with a fan video, actually, that led to you getting involved.

>> yeah, a girl named charlotte who is a 10-year-old girl from new jersey and, you know, new jersey, new york, huge parts of our lives as musicians that have given us this chance. so we owe it to them.

>> doing great work. meanwhile, your career, man, you guys are doing incredibly well. you really are.

>> welm, we're pretty amazing.

>> that's what happens.

>> you do say so yourself. it's always good to have you here, pat.