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Music in The House
Written By: Luke Osteen | Issue: Whats News
Grammy-winning songwriter and road warrior Kendell Marvel brings his unique sound to Highlander Mountain House & The Ruffed Grouse Tavern at 8:30 P.M. Thursday, September 26.
Jessie Baylin | photo by Emily Dorio
Highlander Mountain House Hotel will be staging the latest event in its Salon Series – a performance by Kendell Marvel in its cozy Ruffed Grouse Tavern at 8:30 P.M. Thursday, September 26.
Patrons are invited to make dinner reservations before the show during service hours 5:30 to 8:00 P.M. if they choose, then enjoy an incredible music performance by Kendell Marvel. Parking available on the property or street behind HMH. Seating for the show is first-come first-serve.
Kendell Marvel
So here’s what you need to know about Kendell Marvel — he’s an acclaimed solo artist; Grammy-winning songwriter; and road warrior.
By the time he’d moved into a 200 year-old farmhouse in the Tennessee countryside in 2021, he’d already spent more than two decades expanding the boundaries of modern-day country music.
BJ Barham
Albums like Lowdown and Lonesome and Solid Gold Sounds were showcases for his blend of southern twang and super-sized vocals, filled with songs that split the difference between honky-tonk country and roadhouse rock & roll. Hours after moving in, Marvel unpacked his guitars and quickly got to work in his new space, writing songs that blended timeless textures with contemporary insight. He kept writing during the months that followed, fine-tuning the mix of country-rockers, soul standouts, and bluesy ballads that now fill his third solo effort, Come On Sunshine. Recorded in Dallas, with producer Beau Bedford — ringleader of The Texas Gentlemen, as well as the sonic architect behind albums by Paul Cauthen and Leah Blevins — Come On Sunshine burns as brightly as its name.
photo by Emily Dorio
“I’m 51 years old, which means I’m long past the point of catering to anybody,” Marvel says. “I’m just telling the stories I want to tell, whether it’s a song like Come On Sunshine — which Devon Gilfillian and I wrote at the height of the pandemic, looking to pour some light into the people who were shut in, shut down, and struggling with the doom and gloom we were all seeing on TV — or Keep Doing Your Thing, which argues that the world would be a better place if we just let people be who you are.”
Highlander Mountain House will be staging later entries in its Salon Series – you’ll want to mark your calendar for Jessie Baylin on Saturday, October 26; and BJ Barham of American Aquarium on Thursday, November 21.
For tickets or more information, visit highlandermountainhouse.com/offers-and-events.
