Jeffrey Joe, Eric Freeman to perform Friday in Poway

Templar’s Hall will be filled with the blues on Friday.

Musicians Jeffrey Joe Morin and Eric Freeman will be performing a concert, hosted by the San Diego Folk Heritage, at 7:30 p.m. in Templar’s Hall in Old Poway Park, 14134 Midland Road.

Tickets are $18, $15 for members of the San Diego Folk Heritage, and are available online in advance at TicketWeb.com (search for San Diego Folk Heritage) or at the door.

Morin and Freeman are both well-known musicians in the San Diego music scene, and neither are new to performing in Poway.

The musicians will split the concert in half, each playing their own mini-show.

Freeman is a solo acoustic blues guitarist who has drawn comparisons to famed blues guitarist Robert Johnson. He builds on his repertoire of classic finger-picking and slide ragtime, peidmont, and delta blues numbers with a collection of original songs that stay true to those traditions.

Freeman said he didn’t begin playing the guitar until he was 23. “I was out looking for a birthday present for my sister when I saw a guitar,” said Freeman. He bought it, brought it home, and taught himself to play from records borrowed from his cousin.

He now plays several instruments in addition to the guitar, including the banjo.

Freeman said he will be playing his original music, but is open to taking requests of favorites from the audience. He will also be talking about himself, his music career and music between performing at the concert.

Freeman will also be showcasing his skill with the resonator guitar, a special type of guitar designed in the 1920s to be louder than a regular acoustic guitar.

Morin, who goes by Jeffrey Joe in his music career, is also a San Diego favorite returning to play a show in Poway. Morin previously played an acoustic show at the Poway Library.

Calling himself a “balladeer and songwriter,” Morin’s style is a mixture of blues, jazz, swing, honky-tonk and R&B.

Morin has been playing music most of his life, but only began a professional music career a few years ago, after retiring. Prior to that, he performed on weekends or whenever he had free time.

Audience members can expect “ballads, blues and heartbroke laments” from Morin, who will perform classics from the Great American Songbook as well as his own original material.