Runaway Home Runs To Schroon - Catch Them
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The Schroon Lake Boathouse is gonna be shaking with the sounds Americana roots music on Tuesday when Runaway Home -- Mark Elliott and Gary Culley -- takes the stage.
It's another stellar act presented by the Schroon Lake Arts Council.
Mark is known for his powerful rich tenor voice, once trained as an opera-singer before embracing his troubadour roots and logging countless miles as a solo folk and bluegrass artist.
The Oklahoma native was a protégé of the legendary singer-songwriter, Tom Paxton. After recording his debut album “Common Ground” in 1987, he opened for Paxton.
After studying songwriting under the wing of a master craftsman, Mark found himself relocating to Nashville and signing as a writer with Cherry Lane Music - the first of many publishing houses. As a commercial country songwriter for Bluewater Music, Maypop Music, and Sony Music Publishing, Mark found Top 40 success with artists such as Chris LeDoux and Neal McCoy. Mark also released seven albums on his own. Mark has just finished his first book, a memoir based on 1977, called Starmount.
When Mark isn't on the road with Runaway Home or writing songs, blogs and books, you’ll find him in a Cessna 172 buzzing his friends west of Nashville, in a kayak on a wild river, or hiking down a backcountry mountain trail in East Tennessee. He never leaves home without his Go Pro camera on him, so don’t be surprised if he adds filmmaker to his list of passions soon.
Gary Culley is known for his songwriting, but especially for his exceptional guitar playing. Initially, Gary cut his teeth on guitar and songwriting as a student at the acclaimed Berklee College of Music. The Chicago native moved to Nashville in 1991 finding success as a staff writer for Sony-Edisto Music, recorded his own CD, and became an integral part of the Country Music Hall of Fame’s Words & Music Program.
Gary and Mark connected early on in Nashville and have been playing together so long that they are considered musical “twin sons from different mothers.” That kinship led to a successful album called “Flight of Dreams” and a touring career playing clubs and festivals from coast to coast. The duo went on to win the coveted Kerrville New Folk Award along with many other awards.
