Bill Toms & Tom Breiding

Saturday, March 22, 8pm

The Pittsburgh Calliope Folk Music Society presents
Three Penny Opry featuring
Bill Toms & Tom Breiding at
The Starlite Lounge
364 Freeport Rd. Blawnox PA 15238
Suggested Donation: $5

For more info: 412.818.3817

Twas the night before Easter, and all through the town
All the candy was nestled in shredded green down
The slackers were drooling from gluttonous dreams
Of gorging on eggs till they burst at the seams
Then loudly Pete Cottontail started to spring
"What's any of that got to do Spring?!?"
So, shake off the stupor of cold hibernation
And come cure your soul of it's Winter starvation
With heartfelt and thoughtful love offerings of song
And leave fit for life again, hopeful and strong!

I've had the honor of co-billing with Bill Toms several times, and with Tom Breiding at least once - though I've heard them both on many other occasions.
And every time I've heard them, I've become an exponentially greater fan. How many people's songs can you say that about. Most of them catch you with a hook, hook you with a catch, and get you tricked into indiscriminately listening over and over again till you say, "Wait, there's no substance! Wait, I've just wasted a chunk of life. I want my money back."
This music is the diametric opposite. You'll like it at first. We like to see great gardens as we drive by. After a while though, the great gardens of song pull us in, and we get to feel the depth of the roots, the variety of the crops, the nourishment of the harvest. There's a bounty to be had in this music. And you get it by repeatedly hearing the songs.

Those of you who haven't been introduced to their bodies of work, you're in for a treat, an introduction to a great adventure.

Check them out:

Bill Toms
Tom Breiding

And then, Check them out with me!

Your Servant in Song,

Jack Erdie
www.myspace.com/3pennyopry