Paul Brown and Terri McMurray gave a concert of old-time music on Saturday evening. The house concert was held in a historic home in Oak Ridge, just east of the Oak Ridge Military Academy. Paul and Terri are a dynamic husband and wife team, together for over three decades, playing music and enjoying life together. Paul has been playing old-time music since he was a child; learning tunes first from his mother and later from people who themselves learned tunes from musicians as far back as the 19th century.
Paul, formerly a radio host at WPAQ in Mt. Airy, went on to become a reporter and newscaster for National Public Radio in Washington, D.C. Through his radio days, Paul learned to tell a good story and engage the audience with stories and tunes he learned from the old-time musicians. Terry, a retired physics teacher, is also a talented musician. For over four hours on Saturday, people from as far as Asheville and Raleigh congregated in a beautiful, Victorian parlor in Oak Ridge.
December is truly the season for house parties, from music concerts to social gatherings to arts and crafts events. If you like gatherings in an intimate setting, it is well worth your while to seek out these events. Here's to Paul and Terri and everyone else committed to passing down those old-time tunes.
A wonderful shot.
Posted by: William Kendall | Monday, December 09, 2019 at 12:10 PM
Foot tapping music Janis 🎵 super shot.
Posted by: Grace | Monday, December 09, 2019 at 07:05 PM