Time: 8:00pm
Cheryl Wheeler is perhaps the funniest stand-up comedian, the wittiest comic-song writer, and the most heart-wrenching author of fine-tuned emotional ballads whom you've ever heard...and certainly who have ever existed in a single performer. Chameleon-like, she slides from poet of sweet, intelligent modern ballads to a wicked stand-up jokester and gentle social critic.
Above all, she is heartbreakingly honest and touches her audience powerfully, as she's done nonstop since she began performing and touring in the 1970's. Since then, she's recorded twelve albums and has had her material covered by performers ranging from Maura O'Connell to Bette Midler and Garth Brooks. An evening with Cheryl is always a one-of-a-kind roller coaster ride through a range of very human emotions.
Fans of the late lamented Canadian string band Tanglefoot will especially welcome My Sweet Patootie, the duo of former Tanglefoot fiddler Sandra Swanell and former Tanglefoot virtuoso multi-instrumentalist Terry Young. Described as "a world of string wizardry" [FAME reviews], My Sweet Patootie plays "hayseed jazz" and Western swing in a style they call "more fun than a martini at a tractor pull."
As always, admission includes desserts, coffee, and beverages at intermission.
