Brian Martin with special guests, The Creek Rocks!

This will be an indoor show on Saturday night with Mark and Cindy, of The Creek Rocks, opening the show then Mark playing guitar with Brian Martin. Remember The Rock House Center for the Arts building is just south of The Rock House on the same side of the street (22173 Main Street). Park anywhere downtown...the post office parking lot is just 2 buildings south. Also, come a little early and join us for a potluck before the show. Doors open at 6 pm. Music at 7 pm. BYOB! Hope we see you all there! Tickets are $20 and available on our website rockhousecenterforthearts.org/calendar-tickets.

Brian Martin While keeping one foot planted firmly in the roots of American music, Arkansas-based singer/songwriter Brian Martin is forging a distinct path into its future as well. Interweaving old-time country blues and mountain folk music with southern soul, funk, and gospel, Martin seamlessly creates a style that he simply refers to as "front porch soul." His burly voice and down-home witty tales result in music that is both alluring and enduring for generations young and old.

Primarily performing as a solo artist since the early 2000s, Martin released his debut album “No Rider” in 2011, a self-described bare-bones collection of intimate folk songs. He is also a founding member of Sad Daddy, a critically and commercially heralded string band based in the Ozark region and gaining traction well beyond. Since their 2010 inception, the band has released three studio albums and a live album, their most recent, “Way Up In The Hills,” debuting in 2022.

In addition to performing solo listening room concerts throughout the region, Martin has spent the last few years assembling “Brian Martin’s Mess,” featuring an all-star revolving cast of supporting musicians. Together, they are creating the soundscape for newer songs that thrive in a full band setting, as well as “thickening the sauce” on many older fan favorites. Along with “the Mess,” Martin is currently working up new material for his sophomore album, as well as preparing for an early spring studio session to begin work on Sad Daddy's fourth studio release.

The Creek Rocks

"Wolf Hunter” is the debut CD by The Creek Rocks from Springfield, Missouri. The title is an amalgam of the names of the two folklorists whose collections provided the raw materials for the songs on the album -- John Quincy Wolf of Batesville, Arkansas and Max Hunter of Springfield, Missouri. Cindy Woolf was raised in Batesville, along the southern foothills of the Ozarks Mountain region, and Mark Bilyeu hails from Springfield, located atop the Ozarks Plateau. They began their musical collaboration in 2003 with Mark at the helm for Woolf’s debut CD “Simple and Few.” They married each other in 2013, shortly after the release of Cindy’s third solo CD, “May.” Joining them on Wolf Hunter are bassist Jason Chapman, also known from The Chapmans, the award-winning family bluegrass band; and percussionist Jay Williamson, who is a sixteen-year veteran of another family band, Big Smith, of which Mark was a founding member as well. Big Smith released seven CDs during their tenure, and Mark has a solo album to his credit, 2005's "First One Free." 

We'll begin the music at 7 pm, Gates open at 6 pm for a potluck happy hour, BYOB.

Tickets are $20 (no extra fees) and are available at rockhousecenterforthearts.org/calendar-tickets. If you want to pay at the event please contact me at rockhouse41@gmail.com, for reservations.

Tickets are on sale for our backyard Rock House Music Festival and Cookout, on June 1st. This is limited to 100 tickets so get yours soon before we sell out https://rockhousecenterforthearts.org/calendar-tickets