There is a spiritual place between a desire to live a full life and the awareness the devil is always looming. If that space were a location, it would run right through a speakeasy. The lights would be low, libations aplenty, and the music would be as natural and effortless as sweat on a hot delta night.

Comprised of multi-instrumentalist Frank Meyer and vocalist Elena Antinelli, Paper Moon Shiners create that very sound. The Austin, TX band write and perform well-crafted roots, ragtime, early jazz, blues and folk music that is a clear balance of wit, depth and spirit.

The duo’s gleefully irreverent stage presence and unlimited creativity are turning heads while their versatility and musicianship consistently take center stage. Two very unique voices, Elena and Frank fearlessly brace their songs with the perfect bone structure of rhythm grounded in groove. The couple’s self-produced, self-titled 2013 debut album was well received and gave them a foothold for several U.S. and European tours. In 2017 they shared festival rosters with Ray Wylie Hubbard, Steve Poltz, Billy Strings, James McMurtry and more.

Meyer, a seasoned musical veteran (BB King, Luther Tucker, Gary Primich) met Elena, who had never sang before, at Quiet Valley Ranch, home of the Kerrville Folk Festival in 2007. Stupefied at her lack of knowing about her own innate talent when he heard her singing along with the radio he slowly convinced her to challenge her glossophobia and to sing in public. The ensuing result was the birth of Paper Moon Shiners in 2011. Antinelli’s creative background in film, photography and storytelling coupled with Meyer’s constant quest for original melodies and songs brings imaginative emotive landscapes to the bands songwriting process as can be seen and heard in their latest release, “Illusions of Composure.”

2018’s “Illusions of Composure” features Kyle Crusham (Edie Brickell, Ben Harper), John Hagen (Lyle Lovett), Danny Levin (Johnny Cash, Bonnie Raitt, Natalie Cole), Oliver Steck (Bob Schneider) Marvin Dykhuis (Tish Hinojosa) and Richard Bowden (Ryan Bingham), is a vibrant collection of roots-based hoots, wistful waltzes and lowdown blues and ballads. Along with a Prohibition sound, the genuineness of Paper Moon Shiners’ arrangements and recordings make their music more timeless than retro. “Illusions of Composure” sets the mood for sepia-toned stories of whimsy, longing, and, as in “Ease My Mind,” wishes for less complicated lives.

The duo’s songs range in subject from the Greek lessons of King Midas to the graveness of realizing one’s mortality in “Everybody’s Leaving.” In every song the instrumentation compliments the lyrics flawlessly. Sparse, jaunty percussion using trashcans, a megaphone and a suitcase, brings vaudevillian humor to the mix. Even P.T. Barnum would have fallen for “Cap Gun Dory.” “Black Widow Spider” groans like a steam engine with a southern drawl. Paper Moon Shiners’ vintage sound and vaguely unsettling characters have the simultaneous simplicity and complexity of an Edward Gorey pen and ink drawing.

www.papermoonshiners.com

TICKETS $20 SHOWTIME - 8 pm DOORS OPEN 7:30 pm

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Ganado's Townhall Players take to the stage to present their own unique version of this comedy classic! In a play that was originally put on by only two men, the WOMEN of Townhall Players will bring these hilarious roles to life on the REAR WINDOW stage!

Hilarious holiday fun ensues in A TUNA CHRISTMAS, sequel to the hit comedy, Greater Tuna, starring Tony Award-nominated Joe Sears and Jaston Williams.

Master comedians Sears and Williams, with their deft comedic timing, trademark characterizations and split-second costume changes, portray all 24 citizens of Tuna, the third smallest town in Texas, where the Lion's Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies! This time, it's 24 hours before Christmas and the delightfully eccentric characters are attempting to cope with seasonal traumas such as a disaster prone little theatre production of A Christmas Carol, and a yard-decorating contest being sabotaged by a mysterious Christmas phantom.

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Doors open at 7 pm

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Ganado's Townhall Players take to the stage to present their own unique version of this comedy classic! In a play that was originally put on by only two men, the WOMEN of Townhall Players will bring these hilarious roles to life on the REAR WINDOW stage!

Hilarious holiday fun ensues in A TUNA CHRISTMAS, sequel to the hit comedy, Greater Tuna, starring Tony Award-nominated Joe Sears and Jaston Williams.

Master comedians Sears and Williams, with their deft comedic timing, trademark characterizations and split-second costume changes, portray all 24 citizens of Tuna, the third smallest town in Texas, where the Lion's Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies! This time, it's 24 hours before Christmas and the delightfully eccentric characters are attempting to cope with seasonal traumas such as a disaster prone little theatre production of A Christmas Carol, and a yard-decorating contest being sabotaged by a mysterious Christmas phantom.

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Doors open at 2 pm

Email ticket reservations to tickets@rearwindowlisteningroom.com

Ganado's Townhall Players take to the stage to present their own unique version of this comedy classic! In a play that was originally put on by only two men, the WOMEN of Townhall Players will bring these hilarious roles to life on the REAR WINDOW stage!

Hilarious holiday fun ensues in A TUNA CHRISTMAS, sequel to the hit comedy, Greater Tuna, starring Tony Award-nominated Joe Sears and Jaston Williams.

Master comedians Sears and Williams, with their deft comedic timing, trademark characterizations and split-second costume changes, portray all 24 citizens of Tuna, the third smallest town in Texas, where the Lion's Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies! This time, it's 24 hours before Christmas and the delightfully eccentric characters are attempting to cope with seasonal traumas such as a disaster prone little theatre production of A Christmas Carol, and a yard-decorating contest being sabotaged by a mysterious Christmas phantom.

www.facebook.com/townhallplayers

Doors open at 7 pm

Email ticket reservations to tickets@rearwindowlisteningroom.com

Ganado's Townhall Players take to the stage to present their own unique version of this comedy classic! In a play that was originally put on by only two men, the WOMEN of Townhall Players will bring these hilarious roles to life on the REAR WINDOW stage!

Hilarious holiday fun ensues in A TUNA CHRISTMAS, sequel to the hit comedy, Greater Tuna, starring Tony Award-nominated Joe Sears and Jaston Williams.

Master comedians Sears and Williams, with their deft comedic timing, trademark characterizations and split-second costume changes, portray all 24 citizens of Tuna, the third smallest town in Texas, where the Lion's Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies! This time, it's 24 hours before Christmas and the delightfully eccentric characters are attempting to cope with seasonal traumas such as a disaster prone little theatre production of A Christmas Carol, and a yard-decorating contest being sabotaged by a mysterious Christmas phantom.

www.facebook.com/townhallplayers

Doors open at 2 pm

Email ticket reservations to tickets@rearwindowlisteningroom.com

Coming to the REAR WINDOW for the first time, we proudly, welcome the ERIC GERBER THREE! FolkJam music from the heart of the Texas Hill Country The Eric Gerber Three plays original music as well as music by songwriters who might not be so well recognized (Greg Brown, Jonathan Byrd, Jack Williams, Steven Barkhimer, Carl Cacho-Negrete, Neale Eckstein, etc.), as well as covers of The Grateful Dead, Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, Guy Clark, Peter Rowan, and more. We play intelligent singer-songwriter music with an improvisational spirit where you never know how we'll play it next time! That's why we call it FolkJam! The bandleader is Eric Gerber on finger-style guitar and lead vocals, with Jeff Hogan on a large variety of percussion instruments including udu, cajon, chimes, bells, brushes, shakers, rain stick, and thunder tube, Greg Lowry on banjo, dobro, accordion, mandolin, melodica, harmonica, keyboard, xylophone, etc. Special guests include Mick Vredenbergh on cello and Val Roessling on electric guitar.

Eric Gerber Three review by James Killen of Houston Music review:
Eric Gerber Three– Eric only wrote four of the twelve compositions on this disc, but the country blues instrumentals put together by Gerber and his collaborating musicians are worth a solid listen. Gerber picks on Greg Brown for four of his covers, delivering a fantastic version of “If I had Known” and an eerie, cello driven “Think About You.” Gerber’s “When Push Comes to Shove” and “Don’t Ask Me How” deliver that feel good, sitting on the porch, laid back mood. “What’s in Your Bag”, derived from Eric’s life as a teacher, is worth the price of the disc on its own. Gerber recounts the lives of different children that each has his own set of issues and how each deserves to be treated with love and sympathy. “Three” features some great performances on dobro, accordion, cello, guitar, and percussion for a mellow collaboration to sooth the savage beast. www.ericgerberthree.com

TICKETS $20 Show Only SHOWTIME 8pm - DOORS OPEN 7:30pm

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