The Berrymans (Special Event)

The performers are from Wisconsin and know how to drive in the event of snow.

The soundman is a New Englander.

Come join us for an evening of witty songs.Eccentric and Funny Original SongsTHE BERRYMANS are two of the wittiest songwriters since Flanders and Swann. Peter writes clever and original lyrics; Lou sets them to unforgettable melodies. None of your simpering navel-gazing--these songs are the kind that you need to learn and sing yourself, even if it requires finding someone else to sing a duo with (and it often does!). Peter accompanies their songs with a twelve-string guitar, and Lou's instrument can perhaps be best described as an accordion on a stick.LOU AND PETER BERRYMAN began their musical partnership in high school in Appleton, Wisconsin, way back in the sixties. Their friendship survived a brief marriage in the seventies. By the eighties, they had established themselves as a prominent feature of the songwriting subculture of Wisconsin's capital, playing their original material every week for almost ten years in the run-down but trendy music room of Madison's Club de Wash. Gradually expanding their circuit, they began crisscrossing the continent and gaining national attention with appearances on such programs as Public Radio's A Prairie Home Companion and NPR's Weekend Edition. Regular appearances at festivals and folk music clubs all across the country now serve as venues for the songs contained in their twelve recordings and three songbooks, which have been performed by the likes of Michael Cooney, Garrison Keillor, and Peter, Paul and Mary. The popularity of Lou and Peter Berryman is a testament to their intelligent and wickedly funny material which is never bawdy or risque but is rich with wordplay and witty images. THEIR WHIMSICAL and wonderfully accessible performances of their hilarious, quirky, yet oddly profound songs will have your cheeks aching from smiling.