These country rock pioneers found platinum success early in their career, and four decades later Rusty Young, who wrote and sang the massive hits “Crazy Love” and “Heart Of The Night,” still leads this incredible band. Other hits include “Keep On Tryin’” and “Good Feelin’ To Know." The band continues to record and release new material including an unplugged CD “The Wildwood Sessions” and a critically acclaimed 40th Anniversary DVD.

Special guest Craig Bickhardt is a legendary Nashville songwriter whose songs have been recorded by Ray Charles, B.B. King, Johnny Cash, Tony Rice, Alison Krauss, Art Garfunkel, Kathy Mattea, Vince Gill, and Willie Nelson.   With POCO's Jack Sundrud, he leads the band Idlewheel.  

Tickets: $25

I ain't missing you at all, since you've been gone away...

British singer/songwriter John Waite has come a long way since his #1 Billboard hit "Missing You." He formed the supergroup Bad English, put out five solo albums, had a hit duet with Alison Krauss, and established himself as a brilliant and engaging stage performer. We expect a thoroughly entertaining acoustic evening with one of rock's most charming and accessible troubadours.

Special guest Suzie Vinnick is a force-of-nature Canadian blues belter and guitarist whose big voice and virtuoso playing lead often to comparisons to a young Bonnie Raitt.   

Tickets: $25

TICKET ALERT:  Fewer than 100 seats are available for this concert.  Please consider purchasing in advance. 

"One of the real, real geniuses." -Sammy Cahn

"One of the most innovative and proficient songwriters of our generation." -Billy Joel

There is no shorthand way to sum up the first 35 years of Jimmy Webb's career. He's known worldwide for the instant classics he wrote for Glen Campbell (“By The Time I Get To Phoenix,” “Wichita Lineman,” “Galveston,” “Where’s The Playground, Susie”), Richard Harris (“MacArthur Park,” “Didn’t We”), the Fifth Dimension (“Up, Up and Away,” “This Is Your Life”), The Brooklyn Bridge (“Worst That Could Happen”), Art Garfunkel (“All I Know”), Linda Ronstadt (“Easy For You To Say”), Joe Cocker (“The Moon’s A Harsh Mistress”) and countless others from Tony Bennett and Rosemary Clooney to Urge Overkill, Reba McEntire, and R.E.M..

He's the only artist ever to receive Grammy awards for music, lyrics, and orchestration. He's been elected to the National Academy of Popular Music Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, the Nashville Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Songwriters. “By The Time I Get To Phoenix” and “Up, Up and Away” are among the fifty most-performed songs of the past fifty years ("Phoenix" is Number Three).

As a performer of his own songs, he's recorded ten albums and appeared in theaters and high-end cabaret rooms around the world. And, he brings with him a lifetime of stories and the passion and playfulness of his own compositions. There is nothing like hearing Jimmy Webb sing Jimmy Webb.

Special guest Mara Davi is an actress and singer who has starred on Broadway in A Chorus Line (as Maggie), The Drowsy Chaperone (replacing Sutton Foster) and No, No, Nanette (with Sandy Duncan and Rosie O'Donnell).  She will be performing with pianist/composer Adam Waite.   

Tickets: $25 `

In this once-in-a-lifetime double bill, Tom will be joined by master songwriter and Sanctuary all-time favorite Michael Smith ("The Dutchman," "Spoon River").  Michael's beloved songs range from the poignant ("Sister Clarissa") to the wildly hilarious ("Dead Egyptian Blues," "The Princess and the Frog").

 

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Grammy nominee Ruthie Foster can burn down any stage with her combustible blend of soul, blues, rock, folk and gospel. Rich with honest spirituality and possessing vocal abilities that have critics comparing her to Ella Fitzgerald and Aretha Franklin, Ruthie’s passionate music-making leaves no one unmoved. 

Paul Thorn comes from the back-country of Mississippi, has rambled down back roads and jumped out of airplanes, worked for years in a furniture factory, battled four-time world champion boxer Roberto Durán on national television, signed with and been dropped by a major label, opened for Bonnie Raitt, Mark Knopfler and John Prine among many other headliners, and made some of the most emotionally restless yet fully accessible music of our time.  The Star-Ledger said: “Paul Thorn's gruff voice has gotten him compared to Springsteen and Tom Waits.  But when he sits down to write, he’s more like John Prine.”

Their red-hot band propels a fiery gumbo of raw emotion and heart-stopping soul.  This will be an unforgettable musical experience at The Sanctuary.  To see more, click "Watch," above.

Tickets: $25 `