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Romp Through Old-Time Music with Moonshine Holler the likes of Jimmie Rogers, Woody Guthrie, and “Sometimes rowdy, sometimes The Carter Family. He reverent, always a ruckus.” Perhaps says the music fascinated Moonshine Holler’s slogan makes you him. “It was alien, very envision a large band, but this acoustic otherworldly music, but husband and wife duet generate a there was something ton of energy, encompassing many captivating about it that sounds. Paula Bradley and Bill Dillof of you didn’t find in the rockMoonshine Holler both sing and play and-roll of those days.” a lot of different instruments. Between A Philly folk radio them the band incorporates guitar, banjo, show on Sunday nights fiddle, steel guitar, ukulele, kazoo, and stands out in Paula’s Contributed harmonica. Paula provides percussion childhood memories, Moonshine Holler performs in the Main Library with hands and feet as needed. where she discovered old- Auditorium on Sat. March 18 at 2 p.m. Paula and Bill each became time and early blues music. This drove time music. They continued playing interested in traditional American folk her to learn how to play guitar. “I also in separate bands for a few years after music in their early teens. Growing told my piano teacher that I wanted to they became a couple. After moving to up in Philadelphia and Long Island play blues. He wrongly concluded that I the Berkshires in 1998, they eventually respectively, both were influenced by meant Gershwin, so I had to do a bit of started performing as Moonshine Holler radio programs they listened to featuring digging in order to learn more.” as a way to get involved in the community old-time, country and bluegrass music. In the early 80s, Bill and Paula met and meet people. Their CD “Old Time Bill was also influenced by friends, at a music festival through mutual Melodies” showcases their rich repertoire classmates and neighbors. He enjoyed friends and their shared interest in old- and multi-instrumental talents. Paula and Bill seek to educate and entertain and include discussion about S H ORT STORY CO N TEST the music and its origins. Join us in the READ YOUR OWN SHORT STORY AT OUR APRIL 22 Main Library auditorium on Saturday SHORT-STORY READ AT THE MAIN LIBRARY. March 18 at 2 PM for a wealth of music and a rollicking good time! Original stories must begin with “She (or he) walked away without so much as a backwards glance.” Make your story no “Diligence is the mother more than 2,500 words and less than a 5-minute read. Prizes will of good luck.” be awarded. Contact Lorraine Franckle, ljrmd@tampabay.rr.com, for entry. Story submission by midnight, April 17, 2017. — Benjamin Franklin
— By Sheryl Long —
The Friends of the St. Petersburg Main Library, established in 1961, recognizes the value of our great library and celebrates all it has to offer. Friends’ membership dollars and donations support the library’s outstanding collections, resources and programs — free and accessible to all. —1—