Show Added May 12: Coffeehouse at the Wheeler's pays Tribute to Bob Dylan

Our first show sold out! WHS is adding another on Friday night, May 12, from 6 to 8 pm. Coffeehouse at the Wheeler’s, with singer-songwriter Suzanne Sheridan and guest musicians, will pay tribute to Bob Dylan on his selection for the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature.

The Nobel Prize honored Dylan “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.” He is the first musician ever to win the award and the first American to win in the literature category since Toni Morrison in 1993. The New York Times called it “perhaps the most radical choice in history stretching back to 1901,” when the first Nobels were awarded.

Over a career that has spanned more than five decades, Dylan has written songs in many genres, from folk and rock to the Great American Songbook. In the ’60s, songs like “Blowin’ in the Wind” and “The Times They Are a-Changin’” became anthems of the civil rights and anti-war movements. Later, he composed some beautiful love songs, such as “Make You Feel My Love,” first commercially released by Billy Joel in 1997 under the title “To Make You Feel My Love.”

“A lot of his songs are amazing,” Sheridan says, who especially likes “Make You Feel My Love” for its “sensitivity.” Sheridan says the Nobel winner’s output has been characterized by “telling the truth to power” and “poetic spirituality.” She will perform the Dylan songs that “really appeal” to her and also capture “the essence of who Dylan is.”

Sheridan will be joined by musicians Bob Cooper on keyboard and organ; Colin Healy on harmonica, mandolin and fiddle; and drummer Jake Habegger”.  The fifth performer will be lead guitarist Paul Horton, a well-known studio musician in Nashville.

There is a $20 donation, which includes wine and light refreshments. Reservations are suggested: Call (203) 222-1424.

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Submitted by Norwalk, CT

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