For Immediate Release

Granby, Connecticut - As part of the Live at Jackson Hall Presents concert series, Pierce Pettis is scheduled to appear on Saturday, November 5th at 7:30 PM. Tickets for the concert are $12.00 in advance (860-653-3800 #3 to reserve) and $15.00 at the door. Doors will open at 7:00 PM. Desert and beverages will be served. Live at Jackson Hall is located in Pilgrim Covenant Church, approximately 2 Miles North of Granby Center, Granby, Connecticut, on Route 10/202, just before the Massachusetts border. For driving directions click here.

About Pierce Pettis

Pierce Pettis has over 20 years of songwriting and performing behind him, an international following, and the respect of colleagues, many of whom regard him as a songwriter's songwriter. Along the way Pettis has been involved with Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Alabama, Fast Folk Musical Magazine in New York, won the prestigious New Folk competition for songwriting at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas, and was for years a staff songwriter at Polygram and Universal Music Publishing in Nashville. He has received numerous songwriting awards including a 1999 Country Music Award from ASCAP for You Move Me --co-written with Gordon Kennedy and recorded by Garth Brooks on his album, Sevens.

Before releasing his most recent albums (Making Light of It, Everything Matters, State of Grace and Great Big World) on Compass Records, Pettis released three critically acclaimed albums on the prestigious Windham Hill/ High Street label. Pierce Pettis has performed in all 48 continental states as well as in Canada and Europe, appeared nine times on American Public Radio's Mountain Stage, been featured on National Public Radio's E-town, Morning Edition and World Cafe ... appeared on VH-1, CBS News, and the Nashville Network.

Pierce Pettis currently divides his time between touring, writing and recording in Nashville, and his home in the mountains of North Alabama.

Learn more about Pierce and his music at his website.

What the Critics are saying

"A torrent of musical language that speaks to the head and the heart"
-- The San Francisco Chronicle

"Don't miss a Pierce Pettis concert if he is in your area. He is a skilled performer with songs that are profound and beautifully delivered." "Pure dynamic energy and well refined raw talent. Moving lyrics and music that ranges from sensitive to kick-a**. Pierce is awesome!"
-- Concert-goers on Epinions.com

"Across the entire range of his styles, Pettis constantly reinforces the sensation that he is a thoughtful, sensitive, serious poet, a man who looks deep and ponders long."
-- William Michael Smith in Rockzilla World

“… One of the more vital and critically acclaimed folk stars of recent years.”
-- Performing Songwriter Magazine

Performers Coming to Live at Jackson Hall Presents:

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