Folks----this is going to be one GREAT and FUNNY SHOW!!!!  Lou and Peter Berryman began their musical partnership in high school in Appleton, Wisconsin, way back in the sixties. 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 a legion of professional musicians, including Peter, Paul & Mary, Peggy Seeger and Garrison Keillor, as well as shower singers everywhere. Their whimsical and wonderfully accessible performances of their hilarious, quirky, yet oddly profound songs leave audiences with cheeks aching from smiling. The popularity of Lou and Peter Berryman -- whose friendship survived a brief marriage in the seventies -- is a testament to their intelligent and wickedly funny material which is never bawdy or risqué but is rich with wordplay and witty images. This duo is not to be missed. 
Plays piano-accordion and button accordion. Also accomplished on piano, harpsichord, banjo, viola de gamba, saxophone, lute, guitar and write sthe melodies. Peter was trained in classical music, plays the 12 string guitar and writes the lyrics.

Tom Lehrer says about the duo, "Rhymes that rhyme! I love your material, and if I were still performing, I'd steal it!
Tom Paxton says, "When it comes to being funny, I think I've spent the first thirty years trying to be as funny as Tom Lehrer and the last part will be trying to be as funny as the Berrymans. They don't come any funnier than that.
Pete Seeger: Lou & Peter Berryman! Long may they wave! Their song "A Chat with your Mother" is one of the great American folksongs of the 20th century.
Christine Lavin: Lou & Peter Berryman are the funniest thing on four legs and brilliant songwriters.
You can read much more and testimonials about the Berrymans on their VERY entertaining website. A visit there to learn more about them will certainly draw you here!

Have a listen yourself to their wit, humor and music!                                              

Reservations for this show ($20) is necessary and can be made by calling (919) 787-6378 or email bett@bettpadgett.com. Please limit reservation parties to four people and allow 3 days for a confirmation --- and don't wait too long. Lou and Peter have a strong following and folks have been waiting for them to appear in this area for a long time! I anticipate this show will sell out soon!