The organizer of a benefit concert has been charged with writing bad checks to cover the event.

52-year-old Randall Long organized Dog Stock 2007. Long allegedly wrote more than $48,000 worth of bad checks to 19 separate victims.

Victims include bands, stage crews and vendors.

Randall's wife Suzie says her husband was taken by a volunteer, and denies the charges. She says the festival is on this weekend as scheduled, with bands donating their time.

There is also a bad check charge against Randall H Long in Shawnee County court. Long is being held on $20,000 dollars cash bond.