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The local group Sand Creek. It has been my privilege and pleasure (though Tom Waits decided it was "plevilege and priasure") to play music with Lonnie Field for going on 10 years. But Sand Creek, in one form or another, has been making Lonnie's music for 30 years. Warm, intimate, funny, and in-your-face original songs, together with spirited playing and melt-in-your- mouth harmonies have been the band's trademarks. Lonnie's songs are a mixture of humor and satire from real life experiences. Some of the songs will hit close to home. Others will take you far away. All are sure to give you a new way to look at the world.
As always, members drift in and out of the band. One current version features Deloy Moore, me, and hopefully a few old friends too. Many have asked about long-time Creeker Walt Dabell. We're glad to report that, following season-ending shoulder surgery, Walt is in intensive rehab and is once again strumming his strings and feeling like he can perform at the level he expects. We anticipate his return sometime this decade. Deloy Moore was an early member of the Sand Creek Gang, drifted away on his many other band and solo projects, and has only lately fallen back in the Creek. He's a multi-instrumentalist in the truest sense, likely migrating from guitar to mandolin to dobro to banjo and back to guitar in one set. And Deloy is also an accomplished songwriter and might be coaxed into offering one or two of his own. He lately moved to Charlottesville, VA and will be playing in Dover for the first time this year. I got fully immersed in the Creek around 1999 and haven't crawled out yet. It's an honor to add harmonica, vocals, and percussion in support of the guys up front. A Sand Creek set list is typically a last minute thing and even then is often more of a guide than a program. Sand Creek's music is a mix of contemporary folk, blues, bluegrass, country, and rock. Influences on their music style have come from a broad range. From Steve Goodman and John Prine, to Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson, to Deep Purple and Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jimmy Buffett, The Band, Grateful Dead, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waites, Bob Dylan, Warren Zevon, Hank Williams, Woodie Guthrie, and Minnie Moore. |
