Sunday, August 23rd, 2015, at 3 p.m. Holy Covenant United Church of Christ, at 3501 West W.T. Harris Boulevard, will host Watermelon Wine: The Poetry of Americana Music. This is a free program, but donations are accepted, with a suggested amount of $10.
Award-winning Nashville songwriter Anne E. DeChant teams with Alabama author Frye Gaillard for “Watermelon Wine: The Poetry of Americana Music,” a unique program of reading and song. Join us for a concert in an intimate setting with a reception to follow. The event is free, but a $10 donation is suggested.
Gaillard was formerly the Southern Editor of The Charlotte Observer, where he covered stories ranging from Charlotte’s landmark school desegregation case to the ill-fated ministry of televangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker! He has written or edited more than twenty books and now serves as writer in residence at the University of Southern Alabama.
DeChant is a seasoned artist, gutsy and sensitive, with a history of recording and performing astute, socially aware songs. She has performed at Lilith Fair, The Bluebird Cafe, and The White House and opened for Norah Jones, Mary Chapin Carpenter and Stevie Nicks, among others.
In his award-winning book, Watermelon Wine, Gaillard maintains that great songwriters, like DeChant, explore the depths of the human heart with all the subtlety and feeling of our finest novelists and poets. Gaillard will present brief readings from his works, setting the literary context for Anne E.’s all-acoustic rendition of her songs.
DeChant and Gaillard have appeared together at such diverse venues as Belmont University, Kimbro’s Pickin’ Parlor in Franklin, TN, the University of South Alabama, Satori Coffee House in Mobile, AL, the Barking Spider in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Lakewood (Ohio) Public Library.
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