For this year’s Annual Friends of the Bay County Public Library Celebration, Mountain Sam Wheelock: A Story and a Song will perform on Thursday, March 14 at 6 p.m. at the Bay County Public Library. The afterhours program is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be provided. A short Friends meeting will follow the performance. The full event is sponsored by the Friends of the Bay County Public Libraries. To become a member of the Friends or learn about how the Friends support the library, visit https://baycountylibraryfriends.org.
Mountain Sam Wheelock is an authentic part of the heritage of the music and subculture of the southern Appalachians. It’s been said he’s “like Leonard Cohen dunked in a barrel of Tennessee Whiskey.” His knowledge of the region’s music runs deep. “A Story and a Song” is a one-man production about growing up in the mountains of eastern Tennessee, the grandson of a convicted moonshiner. The extended Carter Family often played in an aunt’s front yard. The mission is to be respectful of that form while being active in the evolution of roots music. “A Story and a Song” is modern electric folk music layered with a personal memoir; a heartfelt journey into the heritage of a regional people. For more information about Sam Wheelock, visit www.samwheelockmusic.com/.
The Bay County Public Library is located at 898 W. 11th Street, Panama City. For more information about the Bay County Writers Fest or other library programming, call (850) 522-2100 or visit www.nwrls.com.
