Put on your jeans and boots (tennis shoes welcome, too) and come listen to the Americana music of Doug and Telisha Williams here at Harmony House on Sunday, October 21, 2012, 2-4 p.m. No formality...just down to earth fun and great talent to enjoy! Of course, if you prefer to be a couch potato, a "grinch," or only listen to classical music, don't come! This "little house on the prairie" will be rocking to the sounds of a couple who writes about who and what they know to be true.
Find out more about Doug and Telisha by visiting their website, www.dougandtelisha.com, or read the short "bio" below.
Make reservations by calling 903/583-2661. The suggested donation is $15 per person. To prepay, send a check made out to Doug or Telisha Williams to Faye Wedell; P.O. Box 812; Bonham, TX 75418, to be received by October 17th. Refunds will be made to those who have to cancel if done so by October 17th. Guests can also pay at the door. However, if you make a reservation for this musical gathering, please have the courtesy of calling if unable to attend. Your payment for the event would also be appreciated....especially by the artists who make their living by touring and performing for the enjoyment of others! We won't turn you into a "collection agency" for not coming and not paying, but accountability is an important value.
Harmony House is located just 10 miles north of Bonham, TX, in a casual setting amidst a natural amphitheater. Concerts are held indoors, unless otherwise specified. We (Faye and Scott) go out of our way to provide for your comfort and well-being.....bottomless cups of coffee, tea, and punches, as well as snacks to graze on are provided to all guests! There will be a basket in the breakfast room for any optional $1 cash donation to help defray costs. You can obtain directions to Harmony House by requesting these when making reservations. To learn more about us and to see for yourself, go to our website, www.WildscapeAcres.com. There is a link for Harmony House, if you wish to check out our schedule of future concerts.
After the concert, an optional Harvest Potluck Dinner will be held about 4:30-5 pm outside (weather permitting). The fare will be Stew and Cornbread, along with all the fixins'....like salads, cobblers, and other desserts! Faye will cook up a batch of old-fashioned stew made with range-fed beef from the Adam's Grass-fed Beef (local farmers/ranchers near Ladonia, TX, in Fannin County). Please state your intent to stay or not to stay for Potluck when making reservations. If you know of a favorite dish that you would like to bring, just let Faye know. She needs a Vegetarian Stew (perhaps lentils), and would welcome any concoctions you might throw into a stew. Two guest have already indicated that they will bring cornbread. By knowing what you want to bring (the sky's the limit here....harvest includes almost anything....a winter squash stew, etc.), Faye can offer a more balanced menu for those staying for dinner.
Anyone who wishes to bring an instrument (including voices or even just ear for listening to others) and participating in a Song Circle afterward may do so. We usually gather up in the dining room or on the deck for some jammin'.
Doug and Telisha will play two 45-minute sets with a 30-minute intermission for conviviality, refilling coffee or punch cups, and snackin'. You can also visit with the artists personally at this time or during the Potluck Dinner.
More about Doug and Telisha...
Doug and Telisha are based out of East Nashville, the new Bohemian Mecca of the South. They’re a restless sort, though, and more than anything, they call the road their home. The past few years have been filled with hundreds of shows and thousands of miles for Doug and Telisha. They’ve traveled from Florida to Alaska and Michigan to Texas, hitting 47 US states and six Canadian provinces. They’ve played with some of their most beloved heroes - Lucinda Williams, Darrell Scott, Charlie Louvin, and Joe Ely – and been on stage at Anderson Fair, The Birchmere, The Carolina Theater, Godfrey Daniels, Madison Square Park and Floydfest.
Doug and Telisha write songs about a place where old time religion, superstition, run down bars, gravel parking lots and boarded up factories all mingle together. How could they not? They’re both originally from a small town in the shadows of the Blue Ridge Mountains that’s suffered with 20.2% unemployment. When you hear them sing songs about a couple of hard luck kids who made some bad decisions and wound up in jail, you’ve got to remember that Doug & Telisha are still good friends with those kids' family. The songs for their latest record, Ghost of the Knoxville Girl, weren’t written by people who like to imagine what it’s like “out there,” instead they came from stories told across kitchen tables or between friends after a couple of pitchers at a roadside bar.
On stage they have a stunning charisma that can transform a raucous bar into a quiet listening room, with even the most jaded hipsters waiting for the next line before ordering another beer, then launch right into a blistering rocker that will have everyone clapping and singing along. There is something mystical about the connection of their hauntingly dark songs and their quick wit and fearless delivery that make every show original and personal.
One quote from the press that grabs the essence of this duo:
“I love to hear artists developing from record to record/show to show, and the growth of Doug & Telisha Williams is here in their new CD, Ghost of the Knoxville Girl. They now have the old-time, pre-70s country, mountain & honky-tonk road house music all blended together into their own whiskey - open the jar and have a pull. The steel playing of Lloyd Maines on here makes this an absolute classic.” -- Darrell Scott