Mike Cullison and The Regulars Perform “The Barstool Monologues” Nov 9th at The Building

Mike Cullison and The Regulars
The Barstool Monologues Album Release Show @ The Building
“A Honky-Tonk Canterbury Tales”
Friday, November 9, 2012
7pm / $5 cover
The Building, 1008C Woodland St, East Nashville TN 37206
More info: 615-975-9465
“… one of Nashville’s most respected tunesmiths” –Chuck Dauphin, Music News Nashville
“He does a great job painting this picture of this little roadhouse and the lives of its regulars. It draws the listener in, allowing us the opportunity to see behind the curtain of the world from where he draws his musical inspiration.” –Brent Fleury, Bold Life
(Asheville, NC)–   The Regulars will join Mike Cullison for this special staged presentation of the songs and stories from the new album The Barstool Monologues. All songs from The Barstool Monologues are written or co-written by Cullison, who has been hailed by critics as country the way country used to be. Mike plays the role of the Bartender “Hollis”, while the cast of “The Regulars” is performed by a variety of singers and musicians, all listed below. The show will be videotaped—and, of course, the bartender will be kept busy. Mark this special event on your calendar–it’s not every day that Music City plays host to “honky-tonk Canterbury Tales.”

In The Barstool Monologues, Nashville-based Cullison weaves the lives of bar patrons into songs, then threads those songs together with short spoken-word narratives to create a vivid musical tableau: There’s the heartbroken lover, the fracturing couple, the other woman, the lonely imbiber … each introduced by a bartender named Hollis who sees and hears it all.  Various singers inhabit their personas, spinning musical novellas.

The Barstool Monologues will take place at The Building in East Nashville on Friday, November 9th at 7pm.
Audience Specials for the evening include souvenir scripts as well as ”Barstool Monologues” drink coasters while supplies last!

Musicians and Cast:

Mike Cullison (aka “Hollis”, Owner/Bartender at “The Oasis”), Vocals / www.theroadhouserambler.com (has written with Johnny Neel of The Allman Brothers, No. 1 country hit writer Don Goodman, and Crosby Stills & Nash veteran Mike Stergis)

Mark Robinson, Guitar and Vocals / www.MarkRobinsonGuitar.com (also Producer of the CD; debut album is critically acclaimed ‘Quit Your Job – Play Guitar’; has played and guested with Tommy Womack, Davis Raines, Walt Wilkins, Johnny Neel, Tracy Nelson)

Daniel Seymour, Bass / http://danielseymour.wordpress.com/ (also Associate Producer of the CD; plays with Tommy Womack, David Olney, Matt Urmy, Otis Gibbs)

Justin Amaral, Drums / https://www.facebook.com/justin.amaral (has played with Junior Brown, The Half Brass, Amelia White)

Randy Handley, Piano and Vocals / http://bigsisterproductions.com/randy_handley (has written songs for and/or played with John Mellencamp, Garth Brooks, Lee Roy Parnell, Hal Ketchum, John Cowan, John Denver)

David Wood, Steel Guitar (has played with Lorie Morgan, Joe Diffie, and Doug Stone)

Ben Graves, Harmonica, Saxophone and Vocals / https://www.facebook.com/ben.graves.311 (jazz-rocker extraordinaire; has played with Kid Rock, James Otto, Rebecca Lynn Howard)

Jon Byrd, Vocals / www.jonbyrd.com (most recent album is the critically acclaimed “Down at the Well of Wishes”: “Americana the way it was and the way it should be” –MOJO Magazine)

Davis Raines, Vocals / www.davisraines.com (well known Nashville songwriter with cuts by Walt Wilkins, Kenny Rogers, Pam Tillis; his most recent album “Santa Maria Hotel” has been called “a gem”)

Tiffany Huggins Grant, Vocals / www.tiffanyhugginsgrant.com (this award-winning songwriter’s new album is “Sing Sigh Kitty”)

Travis Lamb, Vocals / https://www.facebook.com/pages/Travis-Lamb/267214746632470 (has worked with, among others, Jim & Jesse and The Oak Ridge Boys)

Lisa Oliver-Gray, Vocals / https://www.facebook.com/lisa.olivergray.7 (sings with Tommy Womack and many others, including Will Kimbrough, Bonnie Bishop, Marshall Chapman; new CD “Dedicated to Love” has been called “compelling and distinctive”)

1 Comment

  1. Thanks for helping spread the word — this is going to be a terrific show, and something darned unique for Nashville. Full disclosure: Mike and many of The Regulars are good friends, so I’ve had the privilege of hearing this wonderful project throughout its stages, and it really is very, very good!

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