Elmwood Band seems to spend a lot less time in Nashville these days and more time on the road touring. They've been hitting stops from Florida to Minnesota and South Carolina to Pennsylvania, yet the band still made time in its busy schedule to come home to drummer, Donnie Marple's alma mater, Potomac State College of West Virginia University.
Elmwood Band will be appearing live at the Church-McKee Arts Center on the Potomac State campus on Sunday, September 12, at 8 p.m.
The Web site, JamBase, describes the music of Elmwood Band this way, “The Elmwood Band is a fusion of many different genres of music that come together to make their unique sound. Drummer Donnie Marple, and saxophonist Derek Haight bring their jazz and Caribbean backgrounds to mix with Rusty Kelly's bluegrass/Dave Matthews style guitar and Nash Johnson's funk rhythms and melodic solos. Together, the four of them make multiple influences and styles coalesce into one straightforward and original sound.”
Marple, a native of Keyser, was chosen as Guitar Center's 2007 Drum-Off National Champion and when you hear him play you'll understand why. He competed nationwide against more than 6,000 other contestants and had to win several divisions before earning the title of Drum-Off Champion.
General admission tickets are just $8 per person. Tickets may be purchased in advance at Linda's Hallmark or Grant County Bank in Keyser, Fox's Pizza Den in Fort Ashby or at Victorian Creations in Cumberland. Potomac State College students get in free with their College I.D.
For more information or to purchase tickets by phone, contact Libby Nichols at 304-788-6870 or 800-262-7332 or by email at LMNichols@mail.wvu.edu. Proceeds will benefit the Potomac State College Alumni Association.
