Nashville's Tanya Savory
Plays at the Live Oak Coffeehouse


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For more information, contact:
Jeff Dorsch, Concert Publicity: 925-7874
Concert Line: 219-9008
Coffeehouse Web Site: www.liveoakuu.org/coffee/

SEPTEMBER 2002 (Austin, Texas) - Tanya Savory of Nashville is the headliner
for this month's Live Oak Coffeehouse show, in a benefit for Austin's Faith
Home. Byrd & Street of Austin will open. The performance is on Friday,
September 13, at 7:30 p.m. at the Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Church in
Northwest Austin.

Admission is $10 at the door. Gourmet coffee and pastries will be served, and
are included in the price of admission. Season passes are on sale at $32 for
four shows, or $8 per show. For more information on season passes, call
331-8956.

As always, the concert will be smoke-free and alcohol-free, putting the
emphasis on the music and the musicians. Three-quarters of the gate goes to
the performers, and one-quarter to the selected charity. Since the
coffeehouse is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization, all of the money
from admissions paid at the door and season passes goes to the performers and
the charity.

Faith Home is a non-profit corporation founded to provide a residential
setting for babies and children affected by HIV/AIDS. The goal of this
program is to provide a haven for these babies and children where they can
live and function in as normal an environment as possible within an
atmosphere of love, nurturance and developmental encouragement. There is
expert nursing services and health care available in order to enhance
wellness and to maximize the amount of time the babies and children can be at
"home." For more details on Faith Home, see their Web site at
www.faithhome.org.

Dirty Linen magazine said, "Tanya Savory writes of place and of people, and
of people's lives and thoughts intertwined with and shaped by the places they
live in and travel through. She has a gift for creating a sense of place in a
few lines and taking that on to illuminate a character's life. All of which
sounds rather academic -- it's not. These are really good songs that fall in
that Americana territory between country and folk." A South Carolina native,
Tanya Savory moved to Nashville from San Francisco in 1992, feeling inspired
by seeing Nanci Griffith perform at Music City's famous Bluebird Café. Soon
after arriving in town, Tanya met pianist Kim House, who collaborated with
Tanya on her first independent release, "Better Shade of Green." Tanya's
dedication to her musical career led to victories in songwriting competitions
at MerleFest and the Napa Valley Music Festival, and being a New Folk
finalist for three years at the Kerrville Folk Festival. In 1996, Tanya took
one more go at the New Folk prize in Kerrville, and she was a winner that
year. Tanya released her "Town to Town" album in 1998, and the album was
re-released a year later by Rounder Records/Philo. Her new CD is "Where We
Live."

Tommy Byrd has won many songwriting awards sponsored by Austin Songwriters
Group, Houston Songwriter and Performing Arts, Fort Bend Songwriter
Cooperative and Louisville Songwriter Cooperative. He wrote the winning song
in the "Official Song of Austin" Contest sponsored by the Austin Chamber of
Commerce in 1986. He was a top finalist in a national songwriting contest in
1998 sponsored by TNN. Kathy Street's background includes folk and
contemporary vocal groups since the late 1960s. She also has performed in
musicals, including the roles of Elsa in Zach Scott's "The Sound of Music,"
Eliza Doolittle in "My Fair Lady" and Adelaide in "Guys and Dolls." Tommy and
Kathy joined forces in the spring of 2001 and have played and sung their
original music at various venues in and around Austin. Tommy and Kathy
recorded "We Must," Tommy's response to the September 11 tragedy.

Doors open at 7 p.m. on Friday, September 13, at the Live Oak Unitarian
Universalist Church, located at 12310 Ranch Road 620 North. For driving
directions, visit the church's Web site at www.liveoakuu.org or call 219-9008.

Performers, dates and charities for the remainder of the Fall 2002 season are
as follows:
OCTOBER 11: Darryl Purpose with Beth Galiger; Doug Clark Steiger of Austin to
open. Benefits La Leche League.
NOVEMBER 8: Tom Kimmel of Nashville; John Walker of Dallas to open. Benefits
Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.
DECEMBER 13: Sarah Pierce Band of Austin; Jealousy Motel of Tyler to open.
Benefits Austin SafePlace.

In addition, the Live Oak Coffeehouse has booked a very special concert for
Friday, September 20 with Kat Eggleston and Kate MacLeod. The show will be at
7:30 p.m. at the Live Oak UU Church. Admission is $10; no season passes
accepted.

THE LIVE OAK COFFEEHOUSE - GREAT MUSIC FOR GOOD CAUSES.
NOW IN OUR FIFTH YEAR.