"To promote the enjoyment, preservation and continuation of the living art of folk music."
First Friday for Folk Music
"First Friday for Folk Music" is a production of the Savannah Folk Music Society and is held the first Friday of each month at First Presbyterian Church at 520 Washington Avenue, Savannah, Georgia. It is smoke-free, alcohol-free and family-friendly. There is a recommended donation of $2 per person. Beverages and homemade fresh baked goods are available for purchase. Festivities start at 7:30PM and run until about 10:30PM.
For further information, call Hank Weisman at 912-786-6953
(Click on an image or underlined name of the artist or
group to go to their web site)
"JULY 3
“FIRST FRIDAY FOR FOLK MUSIC”
The 157th “First Friday for Folk Music,” Savannah’s monthly showcase of
local and touring folk musicians, will feature
Judy and Zach
Williams and
Drew Gibson. The show
begins at 7:30 PM at First Presbyterian Church at 520 Washington Avenue.
"Who is Drew Gibson? Only one of the most
talented singer-songwriters to emerge recently from Virginia. Gibson
crafts heartfelt lyrics that are confessional, personal and poetic - the
kind of music that makes your heart ache."
"Drew is an insanely talented blues musician with great vocals and
songs. Reminiscent of an old Grog favorite of mine, Ben Andrews, Gibson
skillfully plays Delta Blues with a great hook."
"Drew Gibson reaches deep into his roots as an
American musician and arrives at the blues on his own terms. He is true
to his musical heritage, yet constantly redefining this legacy."
Judy
& Zach Williams
Judy Williams is a well-known, long-time Savannah folksinger whose strong voice and fine guitar playing are particularly notable. She often appears with her husband, Bob Williams as a duo called Cynergy. Developing a love for music, voice, guitar and composition in her teen-age son, Judy appears at this First Friday with Zach Williams. Zach has competed and placed in the top three of the Savannah Folk Festival's Youth Songwriting Competition on multiple occasions. This will be our first mother-son performance at First Friday and promises to be most entertaining.
In the words of Judy...
I have been singing since I was three, and harmonizing since age 6, when
I sang with my three older sisters a 4-part rendition of the theme from
Oklahoma and won first prize at the Howard County (MD) Fair's talent
show. Since then, I took 5 years of piano lessons (still don't play),
but when my parents bought the family a guitar for Christmas (I was 11),
I fell in love. I taught myself how to play, and at age 13 began
co-writing songs with my sister, Debbie (age 15). We recorded ten or
eleven of them after a couple of years, and then kind of went our
separate ways after we graduated high school. I began singing with
choirs, and playing with several locals in Maryland, semi-pro. I had a
good job during the day in the computer industry, so I couldn't just
drop it and take my music "on the road". After I moved to Savannah with
my second husband (Bob) at age 35 (1986), we played music as a side
business, and participated with friends in what eventually became the
Savannah Folk Music Society (Bob was the only one with a computer!) We
had a year of joy and tragedy with our daughter, Moira Leigh, after
which we gave birth to Zachary in Nov. 1990.
Zach began "making up" songs at age three, played a plastic guitar to
accompany himself (as well as occasional ukulele, piano, and bongos),
and when he was 14 we bought him a guitar for our driving vacation out
west. He expressed a little interest, but the first (and only) riff I
ever taught him was the intro to Sweet Home Alabama. From there, he just
took the guitar and ran!! The following year, at the Festival's
Noteworthy Art auction, a friend of ours bought a guitar signed by
Charlie Daniels. We were all shocked when he came backstage after he
picked up the guitar... and gave it to Zach!! Thank you, Norbert!!
Zach (aka: Moose, as his buddies call him) has been creating songs and
backing them up on his Charlie Daniels guitar since then. We bought him
a steel guitar and a slide, which he uses, again having had no
instruction. He even occasionally changes his tunings! He has entered
the Savannah Folk Music's Youth songwriting competitions three years in
a row, winning prizes at two of them. I am in awe of his self-creative
abilities, and am quite proud to perform with him in this First Friday.
$2 recommended donation
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Future First Friday Performances
Aug 7
First Friday for F.M.
First Presbyterian Church
7:30PM
(Carrie Hambry
& The Mayhaws,
520 E Washington Avenue
Doug Spears, and
Kyle Swaltzwelder)
$2 recommended donation
Sept 4
First Friday for F.M.
First Presbyterian Church
7:30PM
(Marce and
520 E Washington Avenue
Garrison Doles)
$2 recommended donation
Oct 2
First Friday for F.M.
First Presbyterian Church
7:30PM
(Islands Christian Church
Band
520 E Washington Avenue
and Alan Rhody)
$2 recommended donation
Nov 6
First Friday for F.M.
First Presbyterian Church
7:30PM
(Angela
Easterling and
520 E Washington Avenue
Bob Hay & the Jolly Beggars)
$2 recommended donation
Dec 4
First Friday for F.M.
First Presbyterian Church
7:30PM
(Chris
Desa and
520 E Washington Avenue
Hanson
and Amburgey)
$2 recommended donation
Jan 8
First Friday for F.M.
First Presbyterian Church
7:30PM
(Jan
Spilane and
520 E Washington Avenue
Rebecca
Loebe)
$2 recommended donation
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 912-786-6953