The Official Boys in Hats Web Page

Boys in Hats is a folk duo consisting of Eric Anderson and Paul Bryant-Smith, two ordained ministers with delusions of musicianhood. They are best known for playing favorites--their own favorites--from the traditional folk literature and new folk music. Most fans report that they are very funny, without specifying whether the humor is intentional!

Fans say:

"They're cute." --wife

"Those wild and wacky Boys in Hats." --friend (who hadn't heard us play)

"I was having so much fun I forgot to take pictures." --photographer

"Daddy, play frogs." --son

"I don't DETEST folk! I'm just overly focused....." --church organist

"I really loved your show." --said to Paul after a funeral (hmmm)

"I wish I had one of those hats that makes you funny." --fellow musician

"The true successors to The Weavers." --not actually about us

	Paul Bryant-Smith is an ordained minister who has made the exciting and more and more frequently accomplished transition from the Southern Baptist Convention to the United Church of Christ. He plays guitar, banjo, pennywhistle and bodhrán, and is a fan of Irish instrumental tunes, sea chanteys, and modern acoustic music. Paul is married to Kimberly and they have a son, Ian.
Eric Anderson is an ordained minister who was actually raised and ordained in the United Church of Christ, in which he continues to serve. He plays guitar. He is a fan of the sixties folk revival and of contemporary acoustic music, and has written a few songs which, so far, have earned him neither a great deal of money nor a great deal of embarrassment. Eric has two children, Brendan and Rebekah.

Booking Information

Boys in Hats is a volunteer venture, available for coffeehouse fundraisers and church events. Their repertoire includes music of:

• Stan Rogers
• John McCutcheon
• Si Kahn
• Eugene Podansky
• Traditional

Appearance Information: Boys and Hats are next playing: November 17, 2007, at the First Congregational Church of River Edge, NJ. That means there's lots of open dates for those interested!

Boys in Hats have appeared at:

• Silver Lake Conference Center, Sharon, CT (repeated engagements)
• South Congregational Church, Waterbury, CT
• North Haven Congregational Church, North Haven, CT
• Salem Lutheran Church, Naugatuck, CT
• Seymour Congregational Church, Seymour, CT
• Northford Congregational Church, Northford, CT
• Whitneyville United Church of Christ, Hamden, CT
• Saugatuck Congregational Church, Westport, CT
• Higganum Congregational Church, Higganum, CT
• First Congregational Church, Meriden, CT
• New England Conference on Mission, Geneva Point, NH
• Mystic Congregational Church, Mystic, CT
• Coffeehouse, New London, CT
• Green's Farms Congregational Church, Westport, CT
• Touch Music Series, Graffitti Coffeehouse, New York City
• First Congregational Church, Portland, CT
• Zion United Church of Christ, Stroudsburg, PA
• Elmwood Congregational Church, West Hartford, CT
• First Night, Torrington, CT
• Christ Episcopal Church, Stroudsburg, PA
• Rally for Women's Resources of Monroe County, Coolbaugh Township, PA
• First Congregational Church, River Edge, NJ

There have been visits to this page since January 27, 1999. Such strange things you find wandering the World Wide Web...

For more information, call Eric Anderson at (860) 342-1155 or email ESAnderson@computerseraph.com.