The Classic Wineseller welcomes singer-songwriter, Paul Cataldo (guitar, vocals) to the Friday Night Live music series from 7 to 10 p.m. Feb. 8, at  20 Church Street in Waynesville.

Small plate Italian fare will be served from 5:30 to 9 p.m. from the Classic Wineseller’s kitchen.

Cataldo has been playing music since he was 14 years old, when he heard Neil Young for the first time. He found his adolescent sanctuary in the form of a guitar and poured all his efforts into mastering the instrument with the songs of John Fogerty, Lindsay Buckingham and David Gilmour to guide him. He spent days on end in his room, bent over, back aching, completely focused on drawing all those classic rock songs from his Strat, and, he got good, really good. He landed a job playing lead with Shortbus, a ...