The Storytellers at the Joint with songwriters Steve Azar & Wynn Varble

301 Main Street,North Little Rock AR 72114

31 March, 2022

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An intimate musical story-telling evening hosted by Steve Azar with guest hit songwriter Wynn Varble. We are back with #4 in this hit songwriter series with the talented and witty Wynn Varble . Steve and Wynn have shared the stage many times and it's always a lot of fun.......you don't want to miss! General Admission: Pre-Sale Tickets - $50/person Ticket Price at the Door $60/person WYNN VARBLE - Growing up in Georgia, Wynn became a huge fan of country music at an early age. By age 15, he was strumming an old silvertone guitar and writing songs. By the time he had finished high school, he'd already formed a couple of country and bluegrass bands. They played local VFW clubs and hotel lounges. In the early 80's, he ventured to Nashville for a summer, where he met several songwriters, including Dave Gibson with whom he became friends with and did his first co-writing with. Wynn left that next fall to work a horse show circuit with some buddies . He soon got back into music though playing clubs from Florida to Texas. Finally, making the move to Nashville permanently in 92' he landed a publishing deal with Reba McEntire's Starstruck Music, where he had his first songwriting success with Sammy Kershaw's recording of " Fit To Be Tied Down". Since then his songs have been recorded by Darryl Worley, Montgomery Gentry, Lee Ann Womack, Gary Allen, Easton Corbin, Kelly Pickler , Jon Pardi, William Michael Morgan, Brad Paisley , Garth Brooks and many others. In 2009 he was named Nashville Songwriter's Association's "Songwriter of the Year". His songs "Waitin' On A Woman" , "Have You Forgotten" and "A Little More Country Than That" were all nominated for Song Of The Year by either the ACMs and CMAs. Wynn appeared for four seasons on "The Joey and Rory Show" and now writes for BMG music and tours regularly. Steve Azar, a Mississippi delta native, is a hit songwriter, recording artist, and music producer. He has released seven critically acclaimed studio albums including Waitin’ on Joe which rendered a hit title track and #1 music video as well as the smash hit “I Don’t Have To Be Me (‘Til Monday)”, a recipient of three coveted BMI Million-Air awards. The hit single “Sunshine” (also a #1 video) and the album Slide On Over Here were featured in the 2011 “Oprah’s Favorite Things” edition of O Magazine. The Steve Azar & The Kings Men album titled Down At The Liquor Store is backed by veteran bandmates of B.B. King, Elvis Presley, and other icons of music with a feature documentary, Something in the Water, chronicling the making of the record. His latest, My Mississippi Reunion, winner of the 2021 Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters award for best contemporary album, features a collection of past and new songs inspired by Azar’s roots. Steve and his wife Gwen founded the Steve Azar St. Cecilia Foundation in 2006 which produces the annual Delta Soul Celebrity Golf & Charity Event raising funds for arts and educational organizations. An accomplished golfer, Steve has been ranked one of the top five musicians that play golf by Golf Digest Magazine numerous times, and he is a frequent guest at charity golf tournaments across the country. He currently serves as brand ambassador for the award-winning Dancing Rabbit Golf courses in the rolling hills of Choctaw, Mississippi as well as Mississippi based food company Sherin Foods Azar is the official Music & Culture Ambassador of Mississippi and is an in-demand keynote speaker. He hosts his own radio show and podcast titled In a Mississippi Minute with Steve Azar, available on all podcast platforms. For more information visit: www.steveazar.com