Mark Edgar Stuart Album Release Show at Crosstown Arts

1350 Concourse Avenue,Memphis TN 38104

04 March, 2022

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Crosstown Arts presents Mark Edgar Stuart in an album release show in The Green Room. TICKETS: $12 plus fees Doors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm Join us for a very special evening to celebrate the release of Mark Edgar Stuart's brand new album, "Until We Meet Again," from Madjack Records. Mark will be playing a full band show with Memphis' finest, including Reba Russell, Will Sexton, Art Edmaiston, Landon Moore, and Shawn Zorn, plus a few surprises. There will also be a very special guest opener, critically acclaimed, singer-songwriter and former Memphian Kelley Mickwee from Austin, TX. About Mark Edgar Stuart: You can learn a lot about a person by the company he keeps. As a sideman, Mark Edgar Stuart has toured and played on dozens of critically acclaimed records, including an appearance on “The Late Show with David Letterman.” With little fuss or fanfare, he became the go-to bass player for an elite group of record producers and artists. His no-nonsense style always played a supporting role that was close to the spotlight, but not too close. Cancer changes things, and so does losing your father. When all of these things happened in rapid succession, Mark took some time to heal and reevaluate. In 2010, he put down his bass, picked up a guitar, and started writing songs he never thought anybody outside his family would ever hear. It’s possible nobody ever would have heard them either, if not for the encouragement of his colleagues. His debut album earned him Memphis Flyer “Record Of The Year.” Soon, he was opening for all his heroes including Leon Russell, Chuck Berry, Levon Helm, and Billy Joe Shaver. His recent albums have been featured in Garden & Gun, No Depression, NPR, and Paste Magazine. The story you’ll hear over and over again as people discover Mark’s music is how it was triggered by this period of sickness and sorrow. Mark’s stories are sweet but never saccharine, even-keeled but deeply affecting. His songs are at once sad, nostalgic, knowing, funny, even cheerful. He's lovable and literary, smart yet plain-spoken, heartening, funny, and always memorable. He sounds new and familiar, fresh yet timeless. His songs sound like your favorite stories, retold by a friend. Crosstown Arts is a contemporary arts organization dedicated to further cultivating the creative community in Memphis. We provide resources and create opportunities and experiences to inspire, support, and connect a diverse range of creative people, projects, and audiences. The spaces and programs we manage integrate varying components of exhibition, performance, production, education, and retail.  We welcome anyone in the community to join any of our events or projects, regardless of prior experience or expertise with creative interests.