Popular Florida Keys band coming to Coshocton
The Doerfels will perform a free concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 23, at the Coshocton County Fairgrounds in Hunter Arena. Contributed | Beacon
COSHOCTON – Bruce and Debbie Wallace fell in love with the Doerfels while visiting the Florida Keys and are excited to be bringing them to Coshocton.
The Doerfels will perform a free concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 23 at the Coshocton County Fairgrounds in Hunter Arena.
The group of five brothers started out playing Christian and bluegrass music. Now they also have a pop and acoustic influence.
“We first saw them four years ago and knew someone who knew them and just started following them,” said Debbie. “We also go to the same church where they play once a month.”
The brothers learned to play music from their mother who homeschooled them and their four other brothers and one sister.
“They play all the big band bars in the Florida Keys,” Debbie said. “They also were close to making it on America’s Got Talent a couple of years ago but got cut three days before it aired.”
Debbie noted though that not making it on the show was for the best.
“Their mom was relieved because with all the contracts that needed signed it looked like they were going to lose their financial and creative freedom,” Debbie said. “They now have their own agent and once a month they go to Nashville to work with song writers. They have their own CD and have written music of their own, but they perform more music that you will recognize.”
The Doerfels, who are originally from New York, moved to the Keys after performing there and deciding they liked it so much that they wanted to stay. They now take a few weeks during the summer to perform back in the New York area.
“This year they ended up with a gig in Iowa too and since they are always looking for people to feed and house them and pretty much had to go through Ohio I told them we would take them in as long as they needed,” Debbie said.
She also told them she would look for someone to sponsor a concert for them while they were in town and Organic Technologies agreed to help the Wallaces.
“We know them (the Doerfels) now and wanted to get them another gig,” Debbie said. “Plus they play music people know and the youngest brother, who is 10 sings and so does the oldest brother’s 6-year-old. It’s just a fun concert and we want to share them with our area. I’d be tickled if they’d include us on their tour every summer.”
She greatly appreciates Organic Technologies making this possible.
“We owe them a big thank you,” Debbie said.
Category: Arts & Entertainment
