Delta Reign Donates Time and Talent to Benefit for Banjo Picker!

We heard from Delta Reign about a serious benefit happening  in Alabama for Kevin Decker.  The benefit is scheduled for February 18th in Foley, AL.

Kevin Decker, a known banjo player who has played with several groups around this area as well as created his own family band, "Southern Drawl" has been hospitalized since Nov. 2, 2011.

After 2 major surgeries he was left with only 3 foot of small intestines. He was making plans to go home to recovery when he developed a yeast infection in his blood, ran high fever and ended up in ICU. He spent 5 and a half weeks in ICU 3 of which he was connected to a ventilator and in a medical coma.

He woke up and was moved out of ICU on Jan. 25th. He is still in the hospital trying to recover from this long ordeal and to figure out how he will receive his nutrition with only a small amount of intestine and no colon for absorption. Friends and family have created this concert to help with the expenses that have been created. Come spend the afternoon with us for live bluegrass music, food, and other activities!

There will be lots of folks that would like to be here for the benefit concert but work, distance, etc. will prevent them from being here. A benefit account for Kevin has been established at United Bank, PO Box 1885, Foley, AL 36536 and donations can be made to Kevin or Amy Decker. You can reference the account by their name.  Knowing Kevin & Amy's dire situation, I know that they would be "very" appreciative of any amount sent to them.

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New Festival Thanks to BP Settlement!

   Benita Murphy of the band Delta Reign sent us word of a brand new bluegrass festival in the gulf created from funds provided by the BP Oil Spill Settlement.  

The SeaGrass Music Festival™ will take place in March on Dauphin Island, a barrier Island of Mobile, Alabama, Delta Reigns home town.  Benita informs us that Dauphin Island is the place where the last battle of the civil war took place, where Admiral Farugut uttered the famous quote, "Damn the Torpedoes, full speed ahead".  The festival is to be held in the historic Ft. Gaines on the island.

Her note included the following press release:

Delta Reign Brings Fresh New Sound to Bluegrass!

Delta Reign, from the Mobile River Delta region of the Gulf Coast, is bringing a fresh new sound to bluegrass by incorporating swing rhythms, blues and a dash of jazz...

...The band is driven by strong fiddle and banjo, pushed along with swing rhythms,solid upright bass and a Jazz-smooth female vocalist...

Delta Reign’s sophomore album entitled, "Home", released December, 2010, brings to the listener a taste of delta bluegrass, with unique arrangements of six originals, four covers and four traditional favorites...a total of 14 professionally mixed and mastered tracks.

Clever artwork with a swampy, menu vibe, along with a song selection as diverse as the delta itself, the album showcases the band’s ability to appeal to listeners regardless of genre.

Formed in the fall of 2004, Delta Reign's bluegrass has evolved into something that contemporary as well as traditional fans can appreciate. The band is driven by strong fiddle and banjo, pushed along with swing rhythms and solid upright bass.