Chloe, of the Hartford-based band Cvmrats, told stories about deceased friends and the difficulties of being mistaken for a train hopper, but everyone at Cafe Nine on Tuesday night knew the reason she — and all of them — were there. As the State Street club listed it,“on behalf of Chloe from Cvmrats, we are hosting a benefit show for her mom. All door proceeds are going to help support her current financial hardships and make a tough situation into hopefully something better.” As Chloe had posted on Instagram, the proceeds would“help my mom get back into stable housing” and“a better situation in general.”
Three other musical acts — Cafe Nine owner Paddy Meyer, David Taylor Coffey, and Bobby Dyckman — joined Chloe on the bill to rustle up a good-sized, enthusiastic crowd to raise some money. Along the way, each of the acts revealed that the motives for their altruism were coming from a sense of shared experience. It was a night of people helping someone who had fallen on hard times, because they had been there themselves.
