Sundilla Friday Night
Friday, January 13th, 2012Few husband-wife musical duos provide audiences with the complete entertainment package that Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart dish out in a live performance. Armed with clever acoustic guitar interplay, autobiographical songwriting, lovely harmonies, and humorous storytelling, this couple captivates your attention from the first moment they come on stage. Based in Tennessee, Stacey and Mark draw from blues, pop, country, rock, and more in their heartfelt music. Years of touring the folk/Americana circuit (playing 170 concerts a year) have given them a knack for reaching out to the audience in an intimate “come in to my living room” fashion. Stacey and Mark own their own record label, Gearle Records, and have made eight CDs over the years. Since meeting in 1992 and marrying in late 1993, they have toured the USA, Canada, and Europe repeatedly. They left the environment of pursuing a major label deal in Nashville in 1998 to target small intimate venue crowds in theaters, coffeehouses, festivals, clubs, and house concerts. This has become their home, and they are a recognized fixture on the folk music trail they’ve blazed. (more…)
It was goodbye to an old friend, if you can call a Tavern an old friend, last night. Eighth and Rail is now a pleasant memory for those that called this one of their favorite watering holes. The building is officially under new ownership and that owner is looking for a tenant. Those that attended the final night, some in Black Tie, got something to take home at the end of the night. You’ll probably see a few of us sporting our Eighth and Rail Goodnight Opelika Shirt. On the back, forming a big number eight, names of bands and individuals that have played that stage over the years and the front with an old bi-wing airplane, looking a bit like a train. Some final words from owner Richard Patton brought a tear to many eyes and the countdown to a new year with a final toast for all brought the evening to a close. Well, actually, many stayed to talk and dance a bit longer. Thanks Richard for a great night, good friends, having Miller Lite for a guy on a diet and for years of good times at The Rail! Goodnight Opelika!
Big Weekend in Opelika with On The Tracks to kick off some things Friday Night from 6PM til 11PM. This years Wine Trail includes Frou Frou, FlipFlopFoto, Sips N Strokes, Heritage Gifts and Gourmet, White Lotus, Yarnhouse Studio, Ma Fia’s Ristorante and Pizzeria, Southern Crossing, Machen, McChesney & Chastain, Sid’s 8th Street Cafe, Taylor Made Designs, Fringe, L&M Interior Design, Cheesecake Cottage, Lakeman, Peagler, Hollett & Alsobrook, Jane Sweet Jane, Transformations, KC’s Healthy Hair Salon, Opelika Observer, The Gallery, Museum of East Alabama, North Rail Artist Studio featuring Jonathan Simon, ESH. You see some new names on the list and several addresses on the North Side of the Tracks for the Trail.
This week at Eighth & Rail is full of wonderful musicians, and we don’t want anyone to miss out on them!
