Above: Adam Weiner and Low Cut Connie return to Delaware Oct. 10. Photo by Shervin Lainez.
Low Cut Connie frontman Adam Weiner may have an exceptionally strong set of fingers — having banged on the piano as fervently as he has for decades — but he admits he also has a very tender spot in his heart for Wilmington.
“I am super stoked to be coming back to Wilmington,” Weiner wrote via email last month. “Low Cut Connie has a long history with Delaware dating back to a show in Wilmington in 2012, and I’m sure this will be yet another beautiful night. See ya there, Delaware pals.”
Low Cut Connie headlines the Queen Jeans Ball on Friday, October 10 at the Chase Center on the Riverfront. The concert will benefit Donate Delaware, a non-profit created to harness community generosity during times of crisis.
Adding to Low Cut’s feverish energy will be at least four other acts, including one of Delaware’s most accomplished musicians, John Faye. At the 19th annual Hometown Heroes Homey Awards held in August, Faye took home multiple awards, including Best Songwriter and Album of the Year for The Long Game.
A longtime pal and collaborator of Bruce Springsteen, Joe Grushecky, will keep the tunes cranking with his Pittsburgh-based band The Houserockers. Grushecky will play songs from his most recent album, Can’t Outrun A Memory, which came out last year as well older hits — including some from his highly-acclaimed, Springsteen-produced American Babylon, which turned 30 this year.
“The Houserockers have turned into a western auxiliary of the E Street Band,” Jon Pareles wrote in a 1995 New York Times review. “The full band kick in on the second verse, arriving like a rescue team to turn the humdrum into the heroic.”
Speaking of the E Street Band, look for the duo known as Williams Honor to bring their take on the classic Asbury Park sound. In 2020, the country act was voted “Best of the Best” by 94.3 The Point, a popular Asbury Park-based radio station that’s been serving the Jersey Shore for more than seven decades.
From Boston, Will Dailey will also play, serving a vintage singer-songwriter sound that has earned him seven wins in the Boston Music Awards. Dailey also has performed with Ryan Bingham and a cast of other top-notch musicians in the musical, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, a project developed by John Mellencamp, T Bone Burnett, and Stephen King.
— The Queen Jeans Ball comes to the Chase Center on the Riverfront on Friday, October 10, starting at 8pm. Tickets for the Donate Delaware benefit are available at TheQueenWilmington.com
