On Saturday, October 16, Delaware Friends of Folk will present their monthly coffee house concert in The Underground on the ground floor of the duPont College Center, 120 North State Street in Dover, beginning at 7:30 pm. Admission is $7 for members of Delaware Friends of Folk, $10 for non-members, teens are half-price, and those 12 and under are admitted free. Fresh-brewed coffee, baked cookies and other snacks will be available. Face masks are required on State properties.
This month’s show features local blues group The Grey Fox Band. The Grey Fox Band is a rotating bunch of elder gentlemen who have been around the music scene longer than they’d like to admit. They often include an accomplished orchestra player, a member of the International Blues Hall of Fame, as well as the original drummer from Rocket 88. The Grey Fox Band was formed in spring of 2017 and has had the same three players holding the rhythm with a few different lead players over the years. Touring the Delmarva, the Foxes have regularly played two or three gigs a month for years and show no signs of a slow-down. Beginning life as a traditional blues group the Grey Fox Band has ventured into R&B and funk as the newest member, saxophone player Dave Chambers, adds that groove. Chuck Hearne, Jeff Williams, and Doug Drummond round out the quartet for this show.
Opening the evening will be local luthier Brian Howard. Brian is a lifelong musician from a family of master woodworkers. After 30 years in custom woodworking and repairing guitars in his spare time, Brian opened his own Pennsylvania shop to construct handmade guitars in 2009. In the spring of 2018 he moved his business to Magnolia, Delaware, where he builds, repairs, and reconditions acoustic and electric guitars. His gravely voice and authentic playing on his hand-made guitars features blues standards as well as his own compositions.
Some Delaware Friends of Folk coffee house concerts are supported, in part, by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. The Division promotes Delaware arts events on www.DelawareScene.com.