Chances

are you've read his featured weekly column in The

Citizen every Wednesday. Perhaps you've even seen

an editorial of his in the Atlanta

Journal-Constitution from time to time.

Now,

you can go and see him live. Billy Murphy will be

playing the Cruse Coffee Co. in Peachtree City

Friday from 8:30-11 p.m.

His

brand of music is folk style, acoustic music,

blended in with his special brand of humor.

Murphy describes himself as a lazy musician, but

promises that he relies much heavier on his humor

than his musical talent.

Not

that he can't play the guitar - he can. He

has been playing the instrument and performing in

front of audiences for 12 years, although he

toured with two different partners for the first

10 years and has been on his own for the last

two.

His

act is that of a musical advice columnist and

whether the song is serious or funny, the

material mostly comes from personal stories about

relationships. Those in attendance can expect to

hear his signature song, "Blind Date

Blues," as well as his version of acoustic

karaoke. Acoustic Karaoke is just like it sounds.

He plays a song and brings up audience members to

sing it with him.

Recently,

Murphy has served as the entertainment for large

corporate functions and he has also played

schools, churches and festivals in the past. This

is his first time at a coffee house in a number

of years and he hopes the audience will be ready

for a raucous good time. Performing at a coffee

house, Murphy knows that at least the crowd will

be awake.

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