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Delaware Friends of FolkDelfolk.org

Annual

October 4&5, 2013

RememberingKelly Crumpley

Friday, October 4 • Folk Hero Finalists . . Bio Page

7:00 Shane Palko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

7:30 Halley & McKeever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

8:00 Matt McGuigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

8:30 Road 599 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

9:00 Dan & James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

9:30 L A Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

10:00 Honey Badgers (last year’s winner) . . . . . . . .8 announcing the winner at 10:30

Saturday, October 512:00 Folk Hero Contest Winner . . . . . . See Above

1:00 Ustad Shafaat Khan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

2:00 Rory Sullivan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

3:00 Key of Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

4:00 Kids Stage: Crabmeat Thompson // Workshop: Ustad Shafaat Khan

5:00 Celtic Harvest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

6:00 Crabmeat Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

7:00 Possum Creek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

8:00 Runaway Train . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

9:00 Swamp Weasels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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1. No glass containers of any kind2. No pets3. No open fires - there will be a community

bonfire4. No littering (trash barrels are provided)5. Children must be supervised6. Bicycle riding cannot happen in the stage

areas, be respectful of pedestrians on paths, your safety is our first concern.

7. Camping in designated areas only - take only pictures, leave only footprints

8. Parking in designated areas only9. Unsafe horseplay or unacceptable behavior will

not be tolerated. If you put yourself or others at risk, you will be escorted off the property.

10. Not responsible for personal injury or loss*11. No underage drinking on the premises will

be tolerated. All coolers are subject to search - if you’re not legal to drink in a bar, you won’t be permitted to drink here either.

*Disclaimer: Guests/patrons agree to hold Delaware Friends of Folk, vendors, staff, performers, agents, and members of the board harmless from any claims, including, but not limited to theft damage or loss of property and any personal injuries while on this event grounds or during or after arrival and departure.

Welcome to the Delmarva Folk Festival!!!

We’ll all have fun and to make sure, these rules must be followed:

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President’s LetterIt wasn’t supposed to be this way. I wasn’t supposed to be writing this letter to you. That was supposed to be Kelly’s privilege this year. Didn’t work out that way. This program contains many remembrances of Kelly, among them the moving eulogy by Jim McGiffin. It says what many feel and we thank Jim for permission to let you read it. I had the opportunity to have many musical (and non-musical) conversations with Kelly. You never think this could be the last one, and you don’t recognize it when it happens. But it happened. This year’s Delmarva Folk Festival is dedicated to the memory of our friend Kelly Crumpley. He would have found something new, different, and good in every one of today’s performances, and we hope you do too. He would have had a great time, and we hope you do too. So, on behalf of the Board and membership of Delaware Friends of Folk, welcome to the 22nd annual Delmarva Folk Festival! We’re glad you’re here, and hope you’ll enjoy our Festival as much as we enjoy presenting it. This year we have tried to live up to our “Support Local Music” slogan and for the first time in a while, all of our artists live within 100 miles of Hartly. The line-up for today represents a broad cross-section of the American folk music scene including blues, bluegrass, Celtic, old-time, traditional and contemporary folk, and a few things that don’t fit anywhere except here. As in years past, we’ve planned the Festival to provide a rich musical tapestry, so you can experience music that you normally won’t find on commercial radio or at other music venues. We’ve concentrated on making this festival friendly and congenial, even laid-back if you like that term. Here in the shade of these great old trees on Lonnie & Sonja Field’s farm, you can enjoy an uncluttered and peaceful day (and night) of wonderful musical performances. In addition, you’ll find yourself surrounded by friends, some you’ve known for quite a while, and maybe others you’ve just met. Please make yourself comfortable and enjoy the festival. Obviously you are outside, and so are mosquitoes, bees, ticks, spiders, and poison ivy. We’ve done our best to clear the main Festival area, but if you decide to wander off the beaten path, please be alert, careful, and considerate of your environment. Take only pictures and leave only footprints. And parents–please keep track of your children. We love them all and don’t want any of them to get lost or hurt in any way. We have lots for them to do.

You’re probably here for the music, but there’s more than music at our Festival. We have a number of food and craft vendors out in the field, so take some time to browse about and help support these fine folks. For the youngsters among us we have games, horse rides, Crabmeat Thompson, and other neat activities. Friends of Folk has a tent facing the stage, so pay us a visit too. While you’re there, be sure to pick up a shirt and get a few CDs. Many of our artists are selling their CDs today and this is one of the best ways to support these folks, some of whom try to make a living at this folk music business. We need you to join our organization, so there is an application at the merchandise tent and on our web site. Membership entitles you to discounted prices at Delaware Friends of Folk events- we sponsor monthly coffee houses and special concerts. In addition, we hold an end of the year

party in December and the monthly pick-in. It’s a great organization with friendly, sociable members and we’d love for you to be a part of it. You can turn in your application at the T-shirt tent. And be sure to browse through the ads in this program. These are all local sponsors who have excellent goods and services to offer and who support this Festival with their advertising dollars. Because of their generosity, we are able to bring you quality music without blasting you with “corporate” icons. We also

appreciate the special support of the Delaware Division of the Arts and Fordham Brewery. Finally, a very special thanks to Mary Zeller, who has done such a wonderful job organizing the festival. Mary’s dynamic leadership is evident in everything you see and hear today. She is helped by Jan Crumpley and a group of dedicated volunteers who Zeke Zeller has correctly dubbed “Web-busters”. Without these folks’ work over the past two months, you’d be sitting on greenbrier and stumbling over branches (specially after sundown). You wouldn’t have known where to park, the paint would still be in the can, you couldn’t buy anything from vendors, and you couldn’t hear the music. These fine folks are our volunteers, and this Festival happens because of their work and dedication. If you’d like to help out next year, see anyone with a staff shirt and we’ll sign you up.Warm Regards,

John Kidd, ChairmanDelaware Friends of Folk

John Kidd, Kelly Crumpley, Rick Hudson

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Kelly’s Eulogy by Jim McGiffinLife blesses us all with people who enrich us in any number of ways. The fortunate among us are blessed with many such people. The very fortunate among us were blessed with Kelly Crumpley in our lives.

We all feel strongly about his passing. We are saddened. We are angry. We were cheated. We are lost. Kelly meant so much to us that we feel a tremendous void. It is my hope that we will all soon replace those feelings with a recollection of the joy he brought to us and that we find we delight in reflecting on the blessing he was to us.

Let me review some of Kelly’s unusual and interesting history for those who don’t know it and for those who just want to hear it again. He was born in Kansas in 1951 and he grew up in Oklahoma. He was always musical and always athletic. He was a french horn player in high school. He was a varsity tennis player in college.

He attended the University of Oklahoma, earning a B.A. in politi-cal science and a J.D. in law. He tried his hand a criminal defense work but found that it didn’t suit him. He ended up with his own law practice, dealing with oil and gas issues primarily for one client, his Dad (or his Dad’s business). Along the way he married, a couple of times. Then things got interesting.

Kelly found the love of his life in Jan. They worked in the same building in Norman, Oklahoma. When Jan decided to leave Oklahoma for Massachusetts (the anti-Oklahoma, I suppose), Kelly found he couldn’t bear the separation, so he left everything else behind - career, family, marriage - and he followed Jan.

For more than 25 years, Kelly and Jan would live on little more than love and music. When they lived in Somerville, Massachu-setts, Kelly worked at a hardware store and Jan sold newspapers and magazines. They played and listened to Irish traditional mu-sic. They enjoyed each other. To some, this lifestyle might have been inscrutable or daft. To Kelly and Jan, it was freedom and romance on their terms.

Ruth Coates brought them to Delaware. Ruth is an Oklahoma fiddler and musical friend of the Crumpleys. Ruth found herself in Kent County because of her husband’s job. She persuaded Kelly and Jan to visit and play a St. Patrick’s Day gig, and shortly thereafter to visit for a vacation. Spontaneously, they decided to stay. They were free to do so. That was 1993.

Kelly and Jan became involved in the community of acoustic musicians here in Central Delaware and soon became part of almost everything that was going on in that community. They have played with almost everybody.

Kelly’s versatility is legendary. He loved Irish and Scottish music and played fiddle, flute, whistles and bodhran. He and Jan were the heart of Celtic Harvest. He was a fine acoustic blues guitar player and could hold his own playing banjo in the old time style. You could also often hear him play-ing mandolin when the spirit moved him. And he played all the time. For years he played with Dover Mountain as well as Celtic Harvest, and it was my joy to play with him in those ensembles. he was also integral to Rick Hudson’s Squagim Possums band. Kelly and Jan were playing somewhere every First Friday in Downtown Dover.

They played the blessing of the fishing fleet at Leipsic. Kelly was often a sideman for many performers at the coffee house con-certs and festivals sponsored by the Delaware Friends of Folk, including Lonnie Field and Greg Shrader. And where you saw Kelly, you saw Jan.

In 1998, Kelly began a new chapter in his life when he sought and won a job that allowed him to use some of the many gifts that he had left fallow for a while. He went to work for Kent County government in the planning department. It was clear to me that he fully embraced this new profession. He enjoyed talking about planning, maybe more than did the rest of his band mates. We could not drive through an unincorporated part of Kent County without being made aware that he was on the lookout for planning issues, which I suppose meant building and signs in places where they should not be. Sarah Kiefer describes Kelly as a planner with heart and vision. He was a government worker with a well-developed conscience. He was always con-cerned about people who needed housing and could not afford it, so he devoted time, energy and expertise to the Diamond State Community Land Trust, promoting home ownership for families who otherwise would have no hope for that piece of the American Dream. He didn’t just talk about it. He did something.

As long as I knew Kelly I admired his commitment to live life on his terms. Love, music and community were his priorities. He was a good friend and good band mate. He was a good bureaucrat and a good board member. He was a good houseguest and a good host. When Kelly was involved, the music sounded better, the laughter was easier, the conversation was smarter.

Kelly loved and appreciated his friends. He was always full of encouragement, always had ideas, always willing to help. He was kind and generous and loving. He was smart and progres-sive and funny. He was a blessing to all who knew him, and the better you knew him the more profound a blessing he was.

I think I will always hear his fiddle in the music I play and that I will always hear his laughter in the company I keep. And I will always miss him. Let me end with this poem.

The Fiddler of Dooney, by William Butler Yeats

When I play on my fiddle in Dooney,Folk dance like a wave of the sea;

My cousin is priest in Kilvarnet,My brother in Moharabuiee.

I passed my brother and cousin:They read in their books of prayer;

I read in my book of songsI bought at the Sligo fair.

When we come at the end of time,To Peter sitting in state,

He will smile on the three old spirits,But call me first through the gate;

For the good are always the merry,Save by an evil chance,

And the merry love the fiddleAnd the merry love to dance.

And when the folk there spy me,They will all come up to me,

With ‘Here is the fiddler of Dooney!’And dance like a wave of the sea.

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From the Field Farm

This year, I took the recipe to a new level and I call it Cowboy Beans. These are cooked in a pot hanging from a tripod over an open fire. I started a little late and wound up cooking until 1:30 a.m. I set the mood with a CD called Prairie Sounds, which features lonely coyote cries and cattle lowing into the night. The beans came out great and everyone agreed they were a ‘gas’.

We would like to thank the Hartly Volunteer Fire Company for not only helping my family but also helping us out here at the Delmarva Folk Festival, with the Volunteers from their Ambulance Crew.

We all wish you a great day at this year’s Delmarva Folk Festival and would like to thank you for your support. We hope to see you again next and bring your friends!

Lonnie & Sonja

Greetings Friends of Folk and welcome to another Delmarva Folk Festival. Although we had some major problems with the facilities this year, we overcame them and with the help of our volunteers - The Show Will Go On! I cannot thank the folks who came out to the Farm enough for the hard work it takes to make this event a success. I know we all miss the faces of those who are no longer with us. Their spirit will always be in our hearts and their dedication remembered.

After a very wet summer it looks like we are getting a break for the Festival. I must admit I was getting a little worried in July about the amount of rain we were getting. At one point, you could have used a canoe in front of the stage. It was good for the garden this year and it sure was nice to not have to haul water. We were able to market some of our produce, which was very helpful. Thanks J.C. (Skooter) for helping me make this happen.

I do a fair amount of cooking around our house and along with our vegetables we grow, I have a great Baked Bean recipe that belonged to my Grandmother. (The lady that was married to the man who sold me the pocket knife - see last year’s program)

Lonnie Field, Sr. and his own illustrations

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Kids Area Activities Saturday

• Face Painting• Story Book Reading• Games with Prizes• Activities to Stimulate

the Senses• Temporary Tattoos• Bubble Fun

SaturdayWorkshop

Tent

4:00 Ustad Shafaat Khan

Free Tabla Workshop

NORTH AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC AND DANCE ALLIANCE

4:00 Kids’ Concert Hour with Crabmeat Thompson

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Friday 7:00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Shane Palko

Friday 7:30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Halley & McKeever

FolkHero Finals

We’ve been doing this since 2007! You can compete, yourself, in 2014!

Shane Palko is an alternative folk musician from Pennsylvania, based out of Delaware. His lyrics are largely inspired by travel-ing—which he does often. He has gigged extensively throughout the Northeastern United States as well as Canada, Thailand, Sin-gapore, Cambodia, South Africa and Swaziland.His most recent album, “Good Times,” was recorded on 8-track tape and mastered by Don Grossinger, who has worked with the likes of Joni Mitchell and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. The songs are light-hearted in content and tambour.Shane’s next album is already written and recorded. Entitled, “Emerging,” it will dig into deeper lyrical realms and social cri-tique. Instrumentally, it will soar upwards into forty-plus part song arrangements, including, harp, strings, guitars of all varieties, vo-

cals and a menagerie of unusual instruments. This album will be released on December 7th in Bangkok, Thailand. Starting in December, each week, one song from the new album will be published in video format, leading up to the complete album’s release in the USA on February 15th, 2014.Shane is honored to a part of the Delmarva Folk Festival, and he is extremely thankful for all the love and support from his local community as he explores the globe with his guitar in hand.

Matthew Halley is a multi-instrumentalist with an optimistic attitude and vocal range that spans several octaves. He performs a wide variety of musical styles on guitar, piano, banjo, and trombone, and has worked as technical director and sound engineer for many world-renowned artists including Zakir Hussain, Dave Holland, Miguel Zenón, Amir ElSaffar, and the Spoken Hand Percussion Orchestra. As a wildlife biologist, he has lived and worked extensively in tropi-cal Asia, Central and South America, and the Middle East. Em McKeever, “classical guitarist gone haywire,” is a Delaware-based singer-songwriter, freelance classical guitarist, and multi-instrumentalist. She crafts and per-forms music in the folk/acoustic/classical vein.Em began studying classical guitar at age 12 (after humble, self-taught beginnings with Klutz’s “Guitar for the Musically Hopeless,”) and went on to earn her de-gree in instrumental performance from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

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Friday 8:00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt McGuigan

Friday 9:00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dan & James

Friday 8:30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Road 599

Winner plays at 12:00 Saturday!

Road 599 is a trio of brothers who play tradition-al bluegrass music.The boys were introduced to the sound of blue-grass when their grandparents took them to con-certs at Yoder’s Barn in Greenwood, Delaware. After hearing Little Roy Lewis of the Lewis Fami-ly at one of the concerts, Jeff announced (at the age of six) that he wanted to play the banjo. His parents were very reluctant to go out and buy a banjo for someone so young, thinking it would just

sit in the closet but after a few years of persistent requests, Jeff got a banjo and Jack got a guitar -- and a band was born.When their little brother, Grant, was ready to join the band, the family tried to talk him into playing something little that would be easy to carry, like a mandolin or fiddle, but to his parents’ dismay he insisted on playing the stand up bass!!Jack, Jeffrey, and Grant Kidner live in Dover and enjoy performing in many different settings.

Matt McGuigan is a fresh face on the Delaware folk scene — a self-motivated, talented 17-year-old singer-songwriter just getting his start as a solo artist.During his first year, he has performed at various open mics, coffee houses, restaurants, and fes-tivals within the state. Sharing his original music and in-depth lyrics onstage at an open mic in San Francisco this past summer made him more confident of his decision to pursue live performance.Matt is grateful for the opportunity to compete in the 2013 Folk Hero Con-test. He’s looking forward to sharing his love of music with other musicians and listeners!Recently, Matt has produced his first EP, “Moving Forward,” which dropped last February and can be found on Soundcloud. His newly released full al-bum, “Inquire Within,” is available tonight! Also, you can LIKE him on his Facebook page MattMcGuiganMusic

Danny Beck-Lead Guitar/Vocals and James Marquardt-Rhythm Guitar/Vocals THE meek is a Christian Based rock and roll band that reinvents modern gospel with its catchy gui-tar hooks, new original songs and heartfelt testi-monies. Check us out on FB http:/www.facebook.com/BandTHEmeek and http://www.reverbnation.com/themeekband and feel free to leave us some feed back. Thanks for all your support. God Bless.

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Friday 10:00 . . Honey Badgers (last year‘s winner)

Friday 9:30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L A Time

The Honey Badgers’ very first performance together was one of the 2011 Folk Hero semifinal rounds. They were nervous and excited and didn’t even have a name. They didn’t win the prestigious title of “Folk Hero” that year, but they enjoyed the experience and the people so much that they decided to come back the next year. In 2012 the Badgers returned to the Delmarva Folk Festival Folk Hero Contest a bit more experienced, with more songs and more instruments, but just as excited as the last time. And guess what - they won!!

Since then, The Honey Badgers have performed up and down the state of Dela-ware, as well as in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and sometimes Maine. They have written lots of new songs, made amazing new friends in the Delaware music community, and have grown to love the chaotic beauty that is being an indepen-dent musician. They also had the chance to record with Kevin Nemith of Digital Street Studios, thanks to the studio’s partnership with the Delaware Friends of Folk. They had a fantastic time recording three origi-nal songs which they included on their new-est EP, Mad Season.

The Honey Badgers are planning to release another EP on November 15th when they perform at The Baby Grand in Wilmington. They will continue to write and perform as often as they can. Many, many thanks to all of their fans and supporters, especially to the Delaware Friends of Folk - without them The Honey Badgers may have never badgered at all.

Party music from all genres for all ven-ues!Having played with different bands for years, L A Time is a collaboration of art-ists with a passion for all types of music.Music has always been a passion for each of us, and we are blessed to share what moves us with our fans. Lenny Smoot : Vocals, BassAmanda Smoot : Vocals, Guitar

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Saturday 1:00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ustad Shafaat Khan

Maestro Khan, world-renowned Indian Classical musician has enthralled audiences all around the world performing at many prestigious Concert Halls, Festivals, Universities, Museums and more. Recently, he performed with Stevie Wonder at one of the biggest festivals in the USA, The Bonnaroo Festival. In addition, some of his CDs have been produced by the famous Dr. Deepak Chopra. His unique concert presentations include Indian classical/folk music on Sitar, Tabla and vocal, Sufi inspired compositions, and a multi-cultural fusion ranging from western classical, jazz, flamenco rock/pop to African rhythms.

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Saturday 2:00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rory Sullivan

John Kidd ..............................................Co-ChairRick Hudson .........................................Co-ChairJan Crumpley ...................................... SecretaryLonnie FieldGiani SiriRob Fox ................................................ TreasurerHelen Downing .................................... PublicityWalter TrifariMary Zeller

Delaware Friends of Folk Board:

Rory Sullivan, award-winning native Delaware singer/songwriter can pretty much pinpoint when his musical career began. Rory was sitting in the car, early for one of his violin lessons when he heard Dave Matthews Band “Crush” come on the radio. “I literally could do nothing except listen to the song,” says Rory. “I had never heard someone incorporate such a variety of tasteful instrumentation into a pop song for my generation before. It real-ly rang true for me.” The ideology of tasteful pop/singer-songwriter music intrigued Rory so much, that not long after he put down the violin, picked up the guitar, and started writing immediately.

Since then Rory has played over 550 shows, per-forming his own material and opening up for some of the best acts in the country including Eric Ander-sen, Luke Brindley, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Stephane Wrembel, James Maddock, Craig Bickhardt, Mutlu, Todd Carey, Curtis Peoples, and more. Just this past year Rory took the finalist position for the Gram-my-U Songwriting Contest in NYC and weeks later he took the Grand-Prize for the CD Baby Songwriting Contest, ranking over 3,000 songs and winning over $10,000 in prizes, including a flight to NYC for a re-cording session. The months following, Rory took home again a finalist position in both a Jack Joseph Puig and Music XRay contest, followed by yet another Grand-Prize win for the Sara Evans Songwriting Competition. This awarded him a facebook feature from Sara herself, thousands of dollars worth of prizes, and again ranking over 3,000 other songs. “I’m always drawn to songs with amazing lyrics, songs that really make you feel emotion or you feel like you’re right there in the middle of it. “Ride The Rails” by Rory Sullivan really struck me the first time I heard it.”, said Sara.

To say that CD Baby or Sara Evans are the only ones noticing Rory’s emerging talent would be an understate-ment. His songs have been featured on an album with Emmylou Harris, John Oates, Neko Case, Cyndi Lau-per, and Shelby Lynne to benifet animal wellness, on NPR, ThornyBleeder.com, satellite, internet, and college radio, and multiple independent films. Tim Westergren of Pandora Radio says, “Rory’s music represents a par-ticular part of our catalogue, independent artists who are getting a lot of exposure.”

One of his earliest admirers was Grammy Winning Artist/Producer and founder of Windham Hill Records, Will Ackerman. “Brilliant songwriting, guitar skills of a soloist, and a disciplined voice as big as a house, and you have one of the most impressive young singer/song-writers I’ve heard in a long long time”, says Ackerman. Being an acquaintance of a family member, Rory wrote to Will for career advice concerning a contract deal in Philadelphia. Attaching his songs in the email was what sparked the invitation to record at Will’s state of the art studio in Dummerston, Vermont, in 2008 at “Imaginary Road Studios”. Rory was soon playing with musicians like Steve Holley (McCartney and Wings/Elton John) and T.Bone Wolk (Hall and Oates, Carly Simon, B.B King, John Mayer). A year later, and what seemed to catapult him into the music industry, his debut EP “Here All Along” was released independently and has now sold over 2,000 copies.

Rory promoted “Here All Along” for a year and a half

touring up and down the East Coast building a dedicat-ed fanbase. He then moved to NYC to pursue his next music passion and met the backing band “The Second Season”, and guitar virtuoso and producer Justin King, owner of recording studio Vinegar Hill Sound in Brook-lyn, NY. Armed with an album’s worth of new songs, a producer, and a band, Rory decided to create a Kick-starter campaign to fan-fund the album. He raised over $11,000 with the help of his fanbase and within months recorded his first full length album, “Rory Sullivan and the Second Season”. Since then Rory has been tour-ing, writing, and recording for his next album across the United States, heavily on the East Coast and Midwest where he now resides in Chicago, IL.

Rory recently co-wrote and recorded a song called, “Better Now”, with NYC filmmaker John Sanvidge for the sequel to the powerful documentary series “Finding Seoul”. The message is something I’m very proud to be a part of,” says Rory. The film series focuses on adop-tion and the journey to finding your biological parents. “Better Now” was supposed to be an acoustic credits track, but very quickly turned into a full band accompa-nied single release. “The reaction to the acoustic version was so positive I thought why not try it with the band and give people a two for one”. The single “Better Now” full band and acoustic version will be available for download September 10th 2013 on all digital re-tailers.

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Saturday 3:00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Key of Red

Key of Red is Trini Lima (guitar/vocals), Dave Cotullas (lead guitar), Tim Keller (keyboards), Brent Tan-ner (bass/vocals) and James Torbert (drums/percussion).

Their performance is melodic, pow-erful and intense. With influences ranging from rock , symphonic metal, blues, pop, and legendary Spanish vocalists to ancient Celtic folk songs, this original music spans genres, de-fies categorization, and delights the ear.

Faeries, demons, bartenders, dogs, warriors, trees, spies, mermaids, and the occasional Oaxaca cartel hit are all grist for their songwriting mill

Nothing is off-limits.

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The CDC recommends: Get tested Get treated

Support Group meeting Nov 21 at Bayheallth For information call

(302) 423-2664

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Earle Teat Music

Delaware’s Music Superstore3098 N. DuPont Hwy.

Dover, Delaware 19901

(302) 736-1937

(302) 736-3204 fax

www.ear leteatmusic.comAlso see our other location

in Delmar, Delaware

(302) 846-9997

Fender • Gibson • Martin Taylor • Peavey

Remembering our friend

Kelly Crumpley

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Saturday 5:00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Celtic Harvest

We connect with the past and to demonstrate the living tradition of Celtic (pronounced Kel’-tic) music. Celtic music is as much a product of the movement of people away from Ireland and Scotland as it is the music within those two places. Celtic Harvest is the creation of that emigration. Five Americans with family roots in Ireland decided to join forc-es in 1996 (or 1997, depending on who you ask) to play tunes and songs that either originated in Ireland and Scotland or that were a product of the people who carried that tradition to the New World. Our music in-cludes tunes (melodies without words) composed by fiddlers and whistle players and a blind harp-ist who played for the gentry of the great houses of 17th Century Ireland. The songs come from all over the map--Ireland, Scotland, England, Canada, Australia, and, yes, even America--written by pop stars, folk legends, anon-ymous balladeers and even some from our own band members.

My own dear husband, Kelly Crumpley, passed away on Jan-uary 14, 2013. I am coping with this only with the love & help of my wonderful musical family, Celtic Harvest and the guys in Possum Creek. Also, the Dela-ware Friends of Folk and the art-ist community have been great to me.We made it through the busy St. Patrick’s season of 2013, some-how. I shed lots of tears, yes,

some of that was in pub-lic. That couldn’t be helped.Kelly is very fondly re-membered, my best love, best friend - we did ev-erything to-

gether and things are forever changed for me. But the music continues, mu-sic and art had to keep going, there was no stopping it, as I con-tinue among the living without him. We had to do new arrange-ments without the fiddle player, and new music is being added to our repertoire all the time.

~ Jan Crumpley

Jim McGiffin, Mike Nielsen, Jan Crumpley, Kathy DoylePhoto by Betsy Nielsen

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Delaware Friends of Folk Monthly Coffee House Series

Held at the Wesley College ChapelLocated on the corner

of W. Division & N. Bradford StreetsUsually the Third Saturday Each Month

Music Starts at 7:30 p.m.• Fresh Ground Coffee• Fresh Baked Cookies

(whose proceeds go to the Maurice Shockley Acoustic Stringed

Instrument Scholarship Fund)

We bring top regional acts to Dover for the best cheap date in town!

Information & pricing for each Coffee House:

Call (302) 827-FOLKor look up Delfolk.org

Usually the 2nd Saturday of the Month from Noon - 3:00 p.m.See you October 12th!

Kelly, we miss you!

Jan, we love you!

- Mary & Zeke

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Delaware’s largest & OlDest Metaphysical anD

Occult shOp

115 W. Loockerman St.Dover, Delaware 19904Mon. - Sat. 10:00 am -

6:00 pmPhone (302) 678-4545

Website bellbookandcandle.biz

Dover Mall(800) 594-8776

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Saturday 6:00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crabmeat Thompson

Crabmeat Thompson is an origi-nal humorist and performer, mix-ing blues and folk with his own lyrics like “Poodles from Hell.” Crab has performed with John Sebastian, Tiny Tim, and Roscoe the Wonder Horse.

Jerry “Crabmeat” Thompson fronted a swing band in Mon-tana, the “Live Wire Choir,” that toured the West from Big Sur on Monterey Bay up to Likely, British Columbia. As a solo he’s played to rowdy crowds from Sloppy Joe’s in Key West and the Starboard in Dewey Beach. Crabmeat went to the Knoxville

World’s Fair as Delaware’s “exhibit,” courtesy of the new-ly-formed Tourism Bureau, for whom he penned “Small Won-der,” about Delaware.

Crabneat’s Rider to his perfor-mance here today. (or why he shouldn’t copy this editor on emails of such demands)OK OK Kidd, I DEMAND cook-ies, AND I will have my wife and she better get comped, but she is BARRED from backstage so I can relax. Against my agent, Mr. Capadano-Godlsteinberger’s wishes, I am doing not one but TWO grueling shows--kiddy and the EVEN MORE grueling main stage. So: my “Band” is McGif-fin and he doesn’t drink anything but gallon after gallon of cold bitter coffee, so I GET HIS BEER! Plus I need a live chicken and some kumquats.See you there, love dove and peace

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Festival Vendors

Bath Fitters

Big Daddies BBQ

Cagey Mountain Essentials

Chappys North Food Cart

Sean Cheezum - Wood Crafts

Christine Davile-Origami Owl

Brenda Delong - Avon

Heart of Geneveive Jewelry

Kim Torres -Grape Vine Memoirs’

Shelly Talmo - Uniqglass

Please visit them today!They support Delaware Friends of Folk,

they deserve your support, too!

Don’t ever let your friends drive drunk.

Thanks SO Much

Tad Jones!

Our Electric is BACK!

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Saturday 7:00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Possum Creek

Lonnie thought of it and talked the rest of us into it. Given the oppor-tunity to combine two bands, why not? The musical possibilities will be realized (we hope) on stage. More about that below. But the name came from blending “Sand Creek” and “Squagum Possums.” There were lively discussions about how to work the name (go ahead—take the four words and explore the combinations), but Possum Creek eventually won the day. A google-search revealed a bluegrass band in North Carolina, a state park in Ohio, an herb farm in Tennessee, a sheep farm in NSW, Australia, and a skateboard park in Florida, among many others. Seems they have possums in Australia along with all their other marsupials.

The music part was interesting too in that we decided that since it was a new band, we ought to learn and perform new music. Nearly every song we’ll play today has not been publicly played by either band before. Lon-nie had written some new & found some old songs that Sand Creek never per-formed. Others bring music in the great folk tradition of “borrow from the best”. The best being the likes of Gillian Welch, Robert Earl Keen, Papa John Phillips, and Trad.

We are all old long-time friends and have been priv-ileged to play the Delmarva

Folk Festival before, some even ear-lier today. Lonnie Field (of course he and his family are hosting this event for the 22nd time) plays gui-tar and frog. Rick Hudson plays banjo, fiddle, guitar, and harmon-ica. Jan Crumpley plays flute, whis-tle, and accordion. John Kidd plays harmonica, jaw harp, and percus-sion. All are vocalists too. Dave Cotullas plays guitar, Bob Hamel is our bass player, and Ossi Becke continues his run as house drummer and percussionist.

“thank you on behalf of the group and ourselves, and I hope we passed the audition!”

Lonnie

Rick John Jan

Bob Dave Ossi

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NEW!

Irish SessionThe Fourth Friday each

month 7:00 p.m.Meet at the Epispocal

Church Hall on Gay Street, in Denton, Maryland

Along with Celtic Harvest & their Maryland friends!

Info email: jan@crumpley.com

Come hear Irish music played locally!

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Saturday 8:00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Runaway Train

Runaway Train is a 5 piece Americana band from Delaware. Although we cover artists like the Dixie Chicks, Sugarland, Avett Brothers, Cash...Hank...and Yoakum, we also write; a LOT! 3 singers.....3 writers, each with distinct styles that blends perfectly to form the Runaway Train Sound.Our instrumentation is: bass, drums, acoustic & electric guitars, mandolin, and banjo. Whether it’s ripping thru and original like “Hamer Girls” or reinterpreting Mary Chapin Carpenter’s “Down At the Twist & Shout” the band brings the fun! Playing every beer fest/music event/state park

or gin joint that will have us in DE/PA/MD (we even played for a Truck Burn Out Competition! and The Wilmington Blue Rocks!!) ....we are Runaway Train! “Alllll a-BOARDDDD!”Available for acoustic duo, trio, and full band shows.

MEMBERS Jim Marsilii - bass Bobbi Fisher - guitar, vocals John Corrigan - mandolin, vocals, guitar Alex Babowicz - guitar, banjo, vocals Chris Fullerton - drums, percussion

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Like many other non-profit arts organizations

The Delmarva Folk Festival is sponsored in part by a grant from the …

This program is made possible, in part, by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency dedicated to nurturing

and supporting the arts in Delaware, in partnership with the National Endowment

for the Arts.

www.artsdel.org

across the state, Delaware Friends of Folk owes a debt of gratitude to the DDOA for the wonderful work they do supporting the arts in Delaware.

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Saturday 9:00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Swamp Weasels

“Man - it’s kinda hard to believe that it’s been almost 30-years...” says a relaxed, tank-top clad Billy Breslin, The Swamp Weasels sing-er and guitar/harmonica player. Sitting across from me on a comfy looking sofa, Breslin still cuts an impressive figure considering the years and the mileage. I knew that this in-terview was about to go someplace special, so I inched the old plastic milk-crate that I was given to sit upon a bit closer - I didn’t want to miss One. Single. Word.“Me and George Harvey and what’s-his-name, you know - the short guy, (referring Ed Solo-mon) all met at Frostburg State College back in ‘85 or thereabouts. George and Ed were al-ready on their way to becoming accomplished musicians and they were looking for an outlet to channel their creative energies into something fun, something spiritually satisfying, and some-thing positive and wholesome. We all eventually got together, Frostburg isn’t exactly a big place, and I instantly knew that putting something to-gether with the two of them would be a great way for me to make some money. ‘The Toy Fac-tory’ (aka - Swamp Weasels v.1.0) was born!!!” Breslin punctuates this statement by crushing a now empty can in his hand and expertly tossing it into a small waste basket on the other side of the room. After a short pause, he reaches into the cooler by his side and pulls out another can of Ensure - vanilla, this time.As if on cue, the other three Swamp Weasels drift into the room having completed the task of loading all of the band’s equipment into Bres-lin’s vehicle. Now, with all four members here, it was time to get down to brass tacks. Solo-mon (guitar, lap-steel, bass, and vocals), Har-vey (bass, guitar, keyboards, and vocals), and Becke (drums and percussion) seemed relaxed, if not slightly sweaty, and ready to settle into re-counting the history of nearly 30-years of Wea-selship. Over the next three-and-a-half minutes I learned all there was to know: Post-college, the “orig-inal three” decided that it would be fun, and minimally lucrative, to continue playing together. Their voices always blended so well together. They knew each other’s musical phrasing and styles. They were all immune to each other’s germs and snarky barbs... They played every-where they could - from smoky bars to nightclubs to festivals,

even working as an opening act for major Nash-ville talent in the late-80s. The music ranged from popular covers to original material submitted by each member of the band to add to their grow-ing repertoire. Musically, life was good, but time moves on and the band slowly drifted apart. Drummers came and went, etc.. The friendship, however, remained. A recent impromptu reunion at a birthday party for long-time friend Ossi Becke convinced them that something special was still there after all these years. All of them, having played extensively with Becke for over 20-years in one combo or another, knew it was a “no brainer” as to who should fill the role of timekeeper. Sadly, though, it turned out that Bud-dy Rich was dead, so they quickly offered Ossi the job. The Swamp Weasels (v.5.0) was born.With a sudden introspective look on his face, George Harvey, picking at a plastic SpongeBob bowl of his kid’s leftover Cheerios, takes a long pull from his Sippi-Cup of Apple-and-Eve-and-Stolichnya and says:“We’ve always been a mish-mosh of influences: I was Southern Rock; Billy was singer/songwriter and country; Ed was 60s British rock and Ca-nadian art rock; Ossi was Bavarian Oompah band and, as you’ll see at the show, he still has those little leather shorts to prove it. That being said, we never let our different influences get in the way of the music that The Swamp Weasels play; instead, we gleefully add it all to the stew knowing that it’ll make the mix that much tastier. That’s our strength. It’s a great feeling to know that we can still come together almost 30-years on and have just as much fun and make just as much music as we did when were a bunch of starry eyed college kids.”Becke gives a wistful smile and nods in agree-ment.Breslin sighs contentedly and belches softly.Solomon, deep in thought, asks, “Did any of you

guys see where I put my new iPhone?”Weasels............Ossi Becke - drums and per-cussionGeorge Harvey - acoustic guitar, bass and vocalsEd Solomon - electric & acous-tic guitar, lab-steal, bass and vocals Bill Breslin - acoustic guitar, harmonica and vocals

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BEST ROCK FEST IN DELAWARE

Combine the national acts with the best of the East Coast’s touring bands, a spotlight for favorite local musicians, fun and games for children, vendors to satisfy almost any need and a shady spot under a tree to enjoy the day for 1000-plus members and their guestsSince 1979, with a modest beginning, the event has grown to the point where in 1995, over $13,000 was raised for over a dozen needy individuals along with several deserving charitable organizations - all helping people in our local area.

The 36th JUNE JAM WILL BE HELD ON

JUNE 14, 2014 .

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Ask about our Maurice Shockley

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Walk-ins Welcome

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Thank Y

ou!

V o l u n t e e r sSee this list? We’d love to put your name on it next year!

It takes a LOT of FOLKS to put on a Folk Festival. We need YOU!

Festival Chair: Mary Zeller

DFF Co-Presidents: John Kidd, Rick Hudson

DFF Board: Jan Crumpley, Helen Downing, Lonnie Field, Rob Fox, Giani Siri, Walt Trifari, Mary Zeller

Ad Sales: Jan Crumpley, Walt Trifari, Tim Spong, Zeke Zeller

Band Booking: John Kidd

Beer Sales: Leo Siri, Dee Dill, Robert Lewonas, Jr., Mary Zeller, Zeke Zeller, Larissa Moore, Henry Torres, George Makdid, Kristin Hamilton, Jenn Ballard, Caroline Buck, Marcy Cromwell, Wesley Field- Fordham Rep

Charity: Helen Downing, Ethel Matney

Concessions: Joe Hartman, Robin Hartman, Joe Purdy, Melody Purdy, Joe Hartman III, Natalie Hartman

Facilities: John Kidd, Lonnie Field Sr., Tad Jones, Zeke Zeller, Mary Zeller, John Chason, Wally Hampton, Jay Ross, Sherry Greenstreet, Jim Dunn, Dave Cotullas, Giani Siri, Ethel Matney, Jeff Ortiz, Wesley Field, Jen Ballard

First Aid: Hartly Fire Company EMT’s

Folk Hero Contest: John Kidd, Jan Crumpley, Mary Zeller

Hospitality: Giani Siri, Leo Siri

Kids Activities: Patty Field, Lori Cruz, Gabby Dill, Millie Dill, Ethel Matney

Merchandise: Jan Crumpley, Strom Longhauser, Patty Hartsmanngruber, Mary Zeller

Parking: Mike Reynolds, Jeff Botteon, Chris Holjes, Robert Stewart, Syd Swann, Chris Botteon, Nathanael Guy, Sean Holjes, Jason Kinnamon, Joshua McEntire, Jacob Stewart, Matthew Swann, Steven Swann, Aaron Volk, Jared Dill

Program: Jan Crumpley, Katie Dunn, Mary Zeller, Helen Downing

Publicity: Helen Downing

Security: Walt Trifari , Matt Cruz, Giani Siri, Kevin Freese, Steve Josefowski, Patty Field, John Chason, Clarence Brackin, Brandon Shockley, Lennie Smoot, Zack Cullen, Jeff Ortiz, Jim Dunn, Nathan Jackson, Chris Werner, Dan Lee, Nick Panco, Joey Cornwell

Sound and Stage: Paul Gumerman, Danny Beck, Jr., Dan Beck, Sr., Mike Hastings, Wally Hampton, Jay Ross, John Kidd, Zeke Zeller, Sean Cheezum, Tim Spong, Dave Cotullas, Connie Blades

Treasurer: Rob Fox

Tickets: Helen Downing, Jan Crumpley, Mary Zeller, Ethel Matney, Gabby Dill, Shelly Field, Sara Field , Millie Dill , Sherry Greenstreet, Kathy Doyle, Jim McGiffin, Sandy Fitzcharles, Christin Smith, Amanda Smoot, Faye Lantz, Rick Hudson, Laura Woodroof, Samm Gladen

Vendors: Rob Fox

Volunteer Coordinators: Mary Zeller, Kristin Hamilton

Website: Jan Crumpley

2013!

Delaware Friends of Folk

would like to express

our sincerest THANKS to

Wesley College for their

support in

See you next yearOctober 3-4, 2014