Join us Saturday, June 10th for an evening of songs and stories with some of our country's best Americana, bluegrass and country songwriters at the Ozark Folk Center's 1,000-seat indoor music venue, Ozark Highlands Theater.
You'll hear the stories behind their greatest songs featuring 10x multi-platinum songwriter Keith Sykes, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member Roger Cook, and Grammy award-winner and Arkansas native Shawn Camp. [To learn more about each performer, see their bios below.]
The theater box office opens at 5 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. The show starts at 7 and ends around 10 p.m.
Purchase your ticket to Songs & Stories
Music & Craft Season Passes are honored at this event. Season Pass holders gain admission to all OFC-produced music festivals, contests, and evening concerts at the Ozark Highlands Theater. (A $250 value for $79.) Passes also include unlimited visits to the Craft Village at the Ozark Folk Center for live mountain music, craft demonstrations, shopping at 20+ artisan shops, and old-fashioned fun every Tuesday through Saturday during the season (Apr. 11 through Oct. 28).
About the performers:
Keith Sykes is an American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. More than 100 of Sykes' songs have been recorded by John Prine, Rosanne Cash, The Judds, Jerry Jeff Walker, and George Thorogood, though he may be best known for co-writing "Volcano", the title track of Jimmy Buffett's 1979 album.
Sykes has released at least fifteen albums and his songs have sold more than 25 million copies worldwide. He owns and operates a recording studio, The Woodshed, in Memphis, TN.
Shawn Camp was raised in Perryville, Arkansas and moved to Nashville where he wrote his first #1 hit song in early 1998, when Garth Brooks reached the top of the Billboard country charts with "Two Piña Coladas". Later that year, Brooks & Dunn reached number one with "How Long Gone”.
Since then, he’s written hit singles for Blake Shelton, Josh Turner, George Strait, Billy Currington, and his songs have been recorded by Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn, Ricky Skaggs, Guy Clark, Alan Jackson, Ralph Stanley, and Porter Wagoner among others.
Camp is an songwriter, producer, vocalist and musician whose performed/recorded with a virtual who’s who list of country, folk, bluegrass and Americana artists. He’s won national acclaim and numerous awards including a GRAMMY for Best Bluegrass Album with his band The Earls of Leicester and Folk Album of the Year for Guy Clark’s “My Favorite Picture of You” which he co-produced.
Roger Cook is an English singer, songwriter and record producer, who has written many hit records for other recording artists. He has also had a successful recording career in his own right.
Cook's songwriting career has two distinct chapters. The first was as a prolific British pop composer with his collaborator Roger Greenaway. His best-known co-compositions include "You've Got Your Troubles", and the transatlantic million-selling songs, "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" and "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress".
After moving to Nashville in 1975, he started his second career as a country songwriter which included hits for Crystal Gayle, Don Williams, and George Strait among others. In 1997, Roger Cook became the first and so far, only British songwriter to enter the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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Need a place to stay? The Cabins at Dry Creek, located at the Ozark Folk Center, offer modern duplex rooms to meet a variety of needs including pet-friendly rooms, suites, and family-style rooms.
Call the Ozark Folk Center with questions about planning your stay in Mountain View, Arkansas at 800-264-FOLK (3655) or 870-269-3851.
