White Gull Hosts Final Concert of the Winer Season

Jonathan Byrd

Singer-songwriters and guitarists Jonathan Byrd and Sally Barris will be featured in concert at the White Gull Inn in Fish Creek on April 15 at 8 pm.

Byrd, who last performed at the inn in 2009, is a preacher’s son, a Gulf War veteran, and a Kerrville New Folk award winner from seven generations of North Carolinians. A Jonathan Byrd show is musical theater, bringing together the Texas songwriting tradition with southern storytelling and hot guitar picking. Byrd has released five solo albums with a variety of musical directions and an acoustic collaboration with fellow songwriter Diana Jones. An acoustic guitarist, Byrd will be accompanied by Johnny Waken who provides additional vocals, electric guitar, mandolin and harmonica.

Barris is a Nashville singer and songwriter whose songs have been covered by Kathy Mattea, Martina McBride and Lee Ann Womack. Her song “Let the Wind Chase You,” recorded by Trisha Yearwood and Keith Urban, received a Grammy nomination for vocal collaboration in 2009. Critics and fans also applaud her bright sprit and expressive mountain soprano. When she is not touring solo (or with Byrd) Barris performs with the Waymores (who were featured at the White Gull in 2011).

An optional pre-concert fixed price dinner will be served at 6 pm. The menu features Coq au Vin, buttered baby red potatoes, French bread, a salad of greens, apples and lemon vinaigrette, and Orange Crunch cake for dessert. Tickets for the concert are $17; dinner costs $20.95. For tickets, reservations or more information, call 920.868.3517.