Band Members – Reunion Band

GREG ELLINGSWORTH

Vocals, Rhythm Guitar

Early inspiration by Elvis Presley and The Beatles launched Greg on a rock’n’roll trip that has lasted almost 50 years. From Pandora’s Box, Colour, Gene Cook’s Delaware Power & Rock, Phazes and Double Take to Blind Willie, One Way Express, Road Fever and The Movies, Greg has played and sung with virtually all the great central & southern Delaware musicians over four decades. Today, he divides his performing time between Reunion and a busy solo acoustic schedule, with time set aside for writing & recording his own music and being a dedicated grandfather!

CHUCK SAPP

Saxophones, Keyboards, Vocals

In Memorandum: We lost our good friend, musical leader, super musician & band mate on September 17,2021 after his 2 courageous fight with Cancer and heart disease caused by his cancer

Chuck began playing saxophone at age 10 under the tutelage of Edwin F. Englehart at Caesar Rodney school. He graduated from Lebanon Valley College in 1981 with a BS in Music Ed. He has taught music at his alma mater and private instruction in woodwinds through various local music stores. He has played with area bands continuously for almost 40 years, including Cook’ n Good, The Cutters, Kathie Martin & the Hot Rods, The Honeycombs, Skinny Leg Pete & Reunion, among others. He also plays in contemporary worship praise bands at Wyoming UMC and Woodside UMC. Hobbies include astrophysics and pinball. Chuck was also a member of Reunion Band from 2013-2019 i& 2020-2021

ROBERT MARSTON

Lead Guitar, Vocals

From a passion that started 51 years ago with a $29 guitar right through yesterday, Robert’s love of music has never diminished. After years of determined practice, Robert began his “band career” in 2010 with Bare Feet, a Lewes-Rehoboth ensemble. He became a founding member of Reunion in 2012 and has been having a blast ever since! He loves playing in a band with a horn section and is motivated by seeing people up dancing, having a good time & responding to his music. Robert’s musical tastes focus on Classic Rock’n’Soul of the 60’s and 70’s, plus blues of all kinds.

MATT SPONG

Bass, Vocals

Matt was a founding member of “Colour,” performing throughout the Delmarva Peninsula in the late 60’s and early 70’s. From 1975-2007, he concentrated on his career as a Registered Landscape Architect, establishing his own company in 1984 – Landscape Architectural Services, LLC.. In 2007, he returned to music after getting involved with a rock’n’roll reunion jam-session in 2007. He was a founding member of The Draw, playing with them from 2008-2011. In 2012, Matt – along with Bob Carrico and Bill Englehart – founded Reunion, recruiting Craig Massey, Robert Marston and Dick Dempsey to complete the initial line-up. Matt and his wife Marilyn live on their farm near Viola, where they enjoy wildlife and meadow restoration.

GLENN “DOC” MADARA

Keys, Trumpet, Vocals

Doc began playing in the band Neutral Spirits in his high school days in Salem County, NJ. He continued playing with various bands for ‘gigs’ at coffee houses, college and hospital functions through medical school at Jefferson University and in a band called Anesthesia at the University of Florida, Gainesville. When not playing music he is a partner in an anesthesia practice in Kent and Sussex Counties.

ALLAN TOWNSEND

Drums and lead vocals

Allan is a veteran of the central & southern Delaware rock ‘n roll scene. Over the past 30 years, he has performed with Blind Willie, The High Wind Rockin’ Bluz Band, Double Take, Déjà Vu, Bounty Hunter, Avery McTooth, and High Tide. Allan was the drummer for Reunion from 2015-2017.We are happy to have his solid drumming and vocal talents back in Reunion Band. His musical influences include Gary Moore, Robin Trower, Pat Travers, Glenn Kaiser, Paul Rodgers, and many more. When he’s not behind his drum kit, he is busy as an IT specialist for a major regional bank.

GARY KENNETT

Percussion, Vocals

Gary is a new member of Reunion Band, joining the band under their newest project and latest assembly of players. Gary played in a H.S. Band with Matt Spong known as Colour, singing backup and playing the Congas. He started playing music while attending Holy Cross Elementary and playing in their Drum and Bugle Corp. He departed Colour in order to get a job, and buy a car, and didn’t have time to do all the things that he desired without an income. After H.S. he continued to play music and, during his senior year at Delaware State, he joined-up with Rudy Fenwick, Keyboardist, and his Band to complete their tour in Nova Scotia. After graduating from Delaware State and moving to Rochester, NY, to work for the Kodak Co., he stopped playing music altogether. After 20 years at Kodak, and the passing of his Mother (2001), he decided to start playing again. Gary took lessons while in Atlanta, GA, studying Latin Jazz under the guidance of Luis Gonzales, a local Conguero. Gary returned to Dover in Dec. 2005 and, subsequently, joined the Tad Jones Harbor Town Band as their Drummer. Musical influences: Santana; Wilson Chembo Corniel; Ray Baretta; Sonny Emory; and Pete Escovedo.

DOUG DIPAOLA

Soprano, Tenor, & Baritone Saxes

Doug started playing tenor saxophone in junior high school on Long Island. Through the high school years Doug was a part of various select stage bands, was heard on radio, and was selected as first tenor saxophone in a New York All-State Band under the direction of Ms. Shirley Holman. His college years were spent playing throughout Long Island and New York City doing studio work and as a member of a cover band performing songs from Billy Joel, Chicago, Santana, and other classic rock artists. When he attended Georgetown University Medical School, he was the musical director of the annual ‘Follies Cabaret.’

Music took a back seat for several years as Doug became a cardiothoracic surgeon, and then in later life an attorney. Now, as fully retired and a new resident of Kent County, Doug has returned to the music scene and joins Reunion Band playing tenor and soprano saxophone

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