Daryl Davis Performs In-Home Benefit Concert

2026-08-10 12:23 AM

The final Prelude to the Blues house concert and fundraiser brought blues lovers to the home of Falls Church businessman Chandler Fox for a small concert by Daryl Davis on Sunday, May 15. The concert series was put on by the Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation to help to support its Tinner Hill Blues Festival, which will take place June 10-12 at locations across Falls Church City. Davis will perform again during the festival. The fundraiser netted about $1,000. (Photo: Courtesy Edwin B. Henderson).

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