Fresh off the release of their newest album, The Rockdown, it is time for the Gabriel Cox Band to hit the road again with a first stop May 23 at The Hybrid Gallery in Eugene. This Salem-based rock and blues group plays in venues throughout the Northwest wherever they’re appreciated — from honky tonk bars to festivals — and it’s a growing and loving fan base for Cox and his band that, among other performances, opened for the Robert Cray Band at a sold-out Elsinore Theatre in Salem in 2024. Cox, a native of Salem, notes on the band’s website that for all the paid gigs the band has had since it formed in 2014, “most notably he’s had the honor of performing for those in need.” That even included a 2023…..