LISTEN TO THE MUSIC (continued)

Check out Wayne’s schedule at Facebook.com/wayne.w.ferguson.

Wayne Ferguson

When Wayne was eight years old, his grandpa asked him “How would you like to take guitar lessons and be like Elvis?” Sixty-two years later, he still plays “Can’t Help Falling in Love with You” as part of his singles act. Wayne and his family moved to Rose Hill the summer of 2020 and it didn’t take long for him to start singing and playing in his new community. He loves all genres of music from 1930’s jazz through 2015 new country (and everything in between). His influences include Billy Holiday, Elvis, the Beatles and George Strait.

Wayne plays guitar and offers both harmony and lead vocals in a group of musicians from Beaufort, “Debbie McDaniel & Friends.” Their playlist includes classic rock, Motown, jazz standards, and new country. They have played Dockside/Beaufort, Marker 244, Foolish Frog and most recently Tomfoolery in Habersham. The group also volunteers at a local Senior Citizens’ home.

Wayne also enjoys playing for his friends and neighbors and has volunteered his talents for several Rose Hill social events. In 2021, along with musicians located in Rose Hill or nearby neighborhoods, he started doing driveway concerts at their Fairway Drive home. He hopes to kick-off the 2023 driveway concerts in July!

Keith Klaiber

Dave Atwood

You can catch up with Dave on Facebook.com/daveatwppd.

As young boys, Dave and his brother started playing guitars and singing songs from the Everly Brothers and the 50’s era. After high school, Dave joined the US Air Force and managed to be in bands throughout his four years of service. The day he was discharged he moved back to his hometown in Rutland, Vermont and joined three other musicians. The band hit the road for five years gigging across New York state, Massachusetts, Connecticut. They did some recording in New York. When they got booked in Ohio, they appeared on a Cleveland TV show called “Upbeat.” Dave decided to quit traveling, moved to Ohio and worked in construction, but he always found one band or another to feed his passion for playing and singing. In the mid 80’s he did some recording in Nashville.

Dave and his wife Joyce moved to Rose Hill in 2017. He has met several area musicians and is honored to be part of the local “brotherhood.” Dave is currently entertaining the residents in a number of local Assisted Living facilities and looks forward to doing more gigs in the coming months.

You can follow Keith at his website www.keithklaiber.com and on Facebook.com/CKKlaiber. “Ya know ya got nuthin better to do!”

Keith Klaiber grew up on Ohio’s Lake Erie shore during “the wonder years,” discovering his life’s passion for singing and playing guitar at the age of 16. While waiting for a friend to go Christmas shopping, he picked up his brother’s guitar and stumbled upon the iconic riff to ‘Satisfaction’. He bought his first guitar that day, and six months later, was in a band and playing at every teen “dance chance” along the shore, including the famed ballroom at Cedar Point Amusement Park, where he had seen some of his favorite bands, including The Byrds, only a year before!

After decades of singing & playing the soundtrack of your life in bands (and two popular duo’s in Columbus, OH); Keith moved to Bluffton in 2012 and took the plunge as a solo act, playing regularly at such Low Country venues as The Omni Oceanfront and Sonesta resorts and the Lucky Rooster on Hilton Head Island; Latitude/Margaritaville HHI, and Montage and Old Town Dispensary in Bluffton.

Among his musical influences are the Beatles (and the rest of the British Invasion bands), Byrds, Eagles, CSNY and Tom Petty. Keith is the father of two (now-adult) children who are responsible for the 80’s & 90’s songs in his set list! He is truly grateful for the support of his passion from family, neighbors and friends.