Saturday November 15, 2025

www.piercepettis.com RETURNING FOR HIS UMPTEENTH APPEARANCE ON OUR STAGE (previous were sellouts) Pierce Pettis is an American singer-songwriter who began his career at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Alabama. His music incorporates elements of rock, folk, country, and R&B, according to the Pierce Pettis website. He is praised by critics and audiences alike as a master songwriter, capturing universal human experiences through the lens of everyday life's humor and struggles. He has had songs recorded by artists such as Joan Baez, Garth Brooks, Art Garfunkel, and Dar Williams. Highlights of his career include: "Song at the End of the Movie" was covered by Joan Baez for her 1979 album "Honest Lullaby". Several albums were released with High Street Records and Compass Records, including "While the Serpent Lies Sleeping" and "Father's Son". He won the New Folk songwriting competition at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas. He received a 1999 ASCAP Country Music Award for "You Move Me", recorded by Garth Brooks. He was a staff songwriter for PolyGram/Universal Music in Nashville for a decade. Pierce continues to perform and offer songwriting workshops around the country.