NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Singer-songwriters Neil Thrasher, Wendell Mobley and Jason Sellers headline the second Bluebird on the Mountain show of the 2006 season at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 10, at Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory.
Gates will open at 6 p.m. Advance tickets are available through Ticketmaster, which will add a handling fee. Tickets are limited, and past performances have sold out prior to the day of the show. The concert will be held rain or shine.
Thrasher originally moved to Tennessee to play college football at Middle Tennessee State University but eventually found his calling in music, and is now one of Nashville’s finest songwriters. His catalog includes songs recorded by Kenny Chesney, Diamond Rio, Reba McEntire, Rascal Flatts and Don Williams.
Voted the 2004 ASCAP Writer of the Year, Thrasher also earned two Country Music Association award nominations for Duo of the Year with Kelly Shiver for their Asylum Records album recorded as Thrasher Shiver. His songwriting credits include Chesney’s No. 1 single “There Goes My Life” and “I Melt” by Rascal Flatts, both penned with Mobley, and Diamond Rio’s “That’s What I Get for Loving You.”
Mobley is considered one of Nashville’s premiere songwriters. He has written songs for many of country music’s biggest stars, including Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Montgomery Gentry and Trisha Yearwood. Mobley wrote Chesney’s “How Forever Feels” and the Andy Griggs hit “How Cool is That.”
Sellers is a singer, songwriter and musician known for his soulful vocals. He spent his childhood on the road with his family’s gospel group, then moved to Nashville at age 18 and quickly landed a job playing bass and singing in Vince Gill’s band.
Sellers has written songs for Pam Tillis, Lee Ann Womack, Lonestar and John Michael Montgomery. His second album, 2000’s “A Matter of Time,” featured cameos from Alison Kraus, Womack and Tillis.
Bluebird on the Mountain presents artists from the stage of Nashville’s renowned Bluebird Café singing on scenic observatory grounds overlooking the city. The series is booked by Amy Kurland, founder and owner of the Bluebird Café.
Tickets are $70 for carloads with a maximum of eight people and $30 per person. No RV’s or buses will be admitted. Visitors are encouraged to bring blankets, lawn chairs and pack a picnic basket.
After the show, visitors can stay to look at the stars using the observatory’s Seyfert telescope. The next Bluebird on the Mountain show is scheduled for 8 p.m. Saturday, July 8.
Dyer Observatory is located at 1000 Oman Drive, off Granny White Pike between Old Hickory Boulevard and Otter Creek Road, near Radnor Lake. A map is available at www.dyer.vanderbilt.edu/directions.htm.
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