NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Singer-songwriters Tony Mullins, Kent Blazy and Monty Holmes will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, July 8, at Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory as part of the Bluebird on the Mountain concert series.
Gates will open at 6:30 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.
Mullins is a Grammy-winning songwriter who is still going strong after having more than 700 songs published since arriving in Nashville in 1991. Eight months after settling in Music City, he landed a job as a staff writer with Pride Music Group and has written three No. 1 songs, including “How Forever Feels” by Kenny Chesney, “Angel in my Eyes” by John Michael Montgomery and Tim McGraw‘s “All I Want is a Life.”
Mullins recently wrote the title track for Rascal Flatts‘ highly successful album, “Me and My Gang,” and Montgomery Gentry has recorded three of Mullins’ songs for their new album due out later this summer.
Blazy has written several songs with country superstar Garth Brooks, including the No. 1 hit “If Tomorrow Never Comes.” Brooks has co-written eight other songs with Blazy, including four more that went to the top of the charts: “Somewhere Other Than the Night,” “Ain’t Goin’ Down (‘Til the Sun Comes Up),” “It’s Midnight Cinderella” and “She’s Gonna Make It.”
Other artists who have recorded songs written by Blazy are Gary Morris, Chesney, Diamond Rio, Terri Clark, Donna Fargo, Kenny Rogers, Julie Roberts and Patty Loveless.
Holmes has released a solo album and another as part of the Pythons group in 2002. He has penned several songs for George Strait, including “I Know That She Still Loves Me” and the Top 10 hit “When Did You Stop Loving Me.”
Holmes also has written songs for John Michael Montgomery and Lee Ann Womack.
Bluebird on the Mountain presents artists from the stage of Nashville’s 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 gaze at the stars using the observatory’s Seyfert telescope. The next Bluebird on the Mountain show is scheduled for 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12.
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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