Delilah DeWylde – Downtown Gaylord
Date:
Friday, June 2
Location:
126 West Main StreetGaylord, MI 49735
Time:
7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Welcome to the Downtown Gaylord Summer Concert Series
All Shows are Family Friendly – **Free Event** – Happening every Friday Night! – (Minus Alpenfest weekend)
Location – Claude Shannon Park – 126 W Main St, Gaylord, MI 49735
(All Shows due to bad weather will be held under the Pavilion on Court St.)
Time 7 – 10 PM
BYOC – (Bring Your Own Chair)
Get ready for a fun filled night that will make memories forever!
Drinks available at participating “Social District Licensed Establishments”
Food available as well at many downtown locations.
Remember – Have Fun – Be responsible – and Enjoy The Music – Cheers
Band Bio:
A long time ago, at the dawn of the Atomic Age, a succession of no-good punks and ill-mannered teenagers took the best of American roots music — hard-partying honky tonk country, searing gutbucket blues and lonesome hillbilly twang — and distilled it into a potent moonshine known as rockabilly. This combustible formula, passed down through the generations, forms the heart of the revved-up stylings of Delilah DeWylde.
Delilah DeWylde got her start in 2004. Just like rockabilly originators Johnny Cash, Bill Haley and Carl Perkins, this Michigander cut her teeth on steel-guitar driven country in the style popularized by Hank Williams, Ernest Tubb and Webb Pierce. But the draw of the big beat was irresistible, and over time the band’s approach has become sharper and tighter. Not self-consciously retro, Delilah remains committed to hand-crafted American music that stands at the crossroads of creativity and craftsmanship, liberally drawing from honky tonk country, rockabilly and surf music Bandleader Delilah DeWylde (upright bass/lead vocals) is veteran of the West Michigan music scene and an alumna of rockabilly institution DangerVille. Her out-sized stage presence is the centerpiece of the show — one minute singing sweetly, the next slapping her bass into submission.
Next to the sound and fury of Miss Delilah stands cool character Lee Harvey on electric guitar. His serious demeanor on-stage reveals his reverence for the precision and technique of the “original” guitar gods—the likes of Paul Burlison, Billy Byrd, Cliff Gallup, Grady Martin, Dick Dale, Luther Perkins, Scotty Moore and Don Rich.
Taking their task seriously, this trio plies its trade the old-fashioned way – live and in person, logging more than 120 gigs a year throughout the Midwest and beyond. The band also has recorded three LPs (as they used to call ’em): 2008’s Honky Tonk Heart, 2010’s The Price You Pay and Win My Love – recorded in 2012