Coming home!

Van Wert natives “Sonny Boy Terry” Jerome and Mel Deal came home Friday to play a concert in Fountain Park as part of the 2012 Summer Music Series sponsored by The Van Wert County Foundation. Deal (above left), one of the premier studio musicians in Nashville, Tenn., and Jerome (shown with longtime friend Mike Sowers on guitar) a top Blues harmonica player in Houston, Texas, put on a great show for the large crowd that came out for the concert. (photos by Dave Mosier/Van Wert independent)