Great backup Dru Hill cool with Woody's turn to gospel

Dru Hill, Faith Evans, Total 7:30 tonight Chicago Theatre, 175 N.State Tickets, $39-$49 (312) 559-1212

From a fan's perspective, the news last month that the singerknown as Woody was leaving the R&B harmony group Dru Hill to pursue acareer in gospel music was as shocking as it was sudden.

But within the Baltimore-based group, which headlines a ChicagoTheatre show tonight, it was seen as almost inevitable - even if noneof the others wanted to see him go."We've always known Woody wanted to sing gospel," said Dru Hillmember Nokio, who, like his bandmates, uses just one name. "Wealways knew that one day a time would come, and he would get hiscalling. And we knew that …