Trevor Young Day declared in honor of Seaford native, Grammy Award winning artist

Seaford native Trevor Young was honored last Friday in Seaford with his own day: Trevor Young Day. The Grammy Award-winning artist got his start working at Seaford Music. Some of his first gigs were at Seaford Gateway Park, where he was honored that day.

“You have no idea how big of an honor this is and how much I celebrate growing up in this town,” Young told the crowd, vowing to come back and throw a concert next year, on June 20.

“A boy from Seaford became a Grammy Award-winning artist. That doesn’t happen every day,” said Seaford Mayor Matt MacCoy. “It’s an honor to honor one of own.”

Seaford native Trevor Young, a Grammy Award-winning artist, told the crowd at Gateway Park how much he enjoyed growing up in the city. The city of Seaford honored Young last Friday with a proclamation naming the day Trevor Young Day.

At the beginning of Friday’s ceremony, Mike Meibaum of Meibaum Excavation made a $3,000 donation in honor of Trevor Young Day to the Seaford Music and Education Institute, which provides low cost and free music lessons to students. Young taught guitar lessons to Meibaum in his Seaford days, although he admits it was an excuse for the pair to play video games.

MacCoy was joined by Councilman Alan Quillen, City Manager Charles Anderson, and other city representatives in reading a proclamation for Trevor Young Day on June 20. MacCoy called Young a great lyricist, musician, and human being.

Young first picked up a guitar when he was an elementary school student and his dad brought home an electric guitar. In a 2022 interview, Young told the Star that he made necklaces and earrings out of guitar picks and would sell them at the local music store. He played in a jazz band when he was in high school and eventually worked at Seaford Music.

On Friday, Young said he used to skip school and hang out at the music store, and eventually store owner Dave Herring hired him. Young said Herring was like a second father to him.

“That’s where I learned more about music than anywhere,” Young said.

Young first worked for the reggae group SOJA as their guitar/stage tech. He said his knowledge from his days at Seaford Music served him well in the position. Eventually, he became the group’s lead guitarist, earning three Grammy nominations including a win with the group in 2022 for best reggae album.

Trevor and his wife, Allie, and daughter, Izzy, live in Baton Rouge, LA. He is part of the band Rhinoceros and started the band Algorhythm in 2023.

During his speech, Young recalled riding his bike in the summertime with his friends past the park where he was honored on Friday. 

“I love Seaford. I loved growing up here,” he told the crowd. “It feels amazing (to be honored), I love this town. It’s amazing to be honored. I want to keep the music flowing in the city.”

As for advice for area youth looking to follow in his footsteps: “Keep going for it. Come at it from different angles. Keep pursuing it and you’ll get it,” said Young.