Well-Played: A Songwriters' Night

The Saint Matthew Haiti Ministry proudly presents…

Saturday, September 27, at 6 p.m.
Saint Matthew Courtyard
21+ Event

For the past 25+ years, Saint Matthew has ministered to the Haitian community of Gobert through a partnership with Our Lady of Miracles parish and sister chapels. These parishes serve approximately 25,000 people and are located in a northern, rural area of Haiti.

Our continued support, alongside the leadership of Father Nicolas Floréal, and Dr. Librice, the doctor at the Gobert clinic, is helping the community meet its medical, physical, spiritual and educational needs.

Our largest annual appeal and fundraiser is Well Played: A Songwriters’ Night, which is now in its 15th year. We are hoping to build on the success of last year’s event, which raised over $44,000. We have an exciting line up featuring country music songwriters Bobby Tomberlin, Lance Miller, and Mark Narmore. They collectively have written songs for some of the biggest names in country music including Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Luke Bryan, Cody Johnson, Thomas Rhett, Reba McEntire, Rodney Atkins and more! Click on the artists’ names below to learn more about each of these iconic songwriters.

This event is adults only as beer and wine are included with your ticket.

Join us on Saturday, September 27, for a night of music, fellowship and fun! Tickets will be on sale shortly!

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Our Songwriters

Bobby Tomberlin

CMA, ACM & Grammy nominee, Bobby Tomberlin, was raised in Luverne, Al, where he was a disc jockey at the age of 11, interviewing icons like Johnny Cash, Waylon and Tammy Wynette. Bobby was discovered by Mel Tillis and recently celebrated his 30th year as a staff songwriter for CURB Word Music. Bobby co-wrote “One More Day”, recorded by Diamond Rio, Darryl Worley’s Top 10 hit, “A Good Day To Run,” and the 2023 Grammy-nominated “Someday It’ll All Make Sense”, recorded by Dolly Parton and Bill Anderson.

Bobby has also had songs recorded by Blake Shelton, Willie Nelson, Barbra Streisand, Faith Hill, Josh Turner, Kenny Rogers, Joe Nichols, Dolly Parton, Rodney Atkins, Joe Diffie, Dylan Scott, Pam Tillis, Mo Pitney, Jamey Johnson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Vince Gill, The Oak Ridge Boys, The Isaacs, Thompson Square, actor Chris Pine, Terri Clark, John Schneider, Lee Greenwood, Jeannie Seely, Rhonda Vincent and many others.

Bobby was one of the cast members of the CMT hit series, The Singing Bee, for four seasons and has appeared on numerous television shows including Country’s Family Reunion, Opry Backstage and Authentic America. Bobby has also been featured in several films including Wheeler, co starring with Stephen Dorff and Kris Kristofferson. Bobby has done voiceover work on projects by Trace Adkins, Michael McDonald and Peter Frampton and was featured on Righteous Brother, Bill Medley’s DVD project, Damn Near Righteous, where he interviews Medley in the legendary Capitol Studios Hollywood.

Bobby’s 2016 release, Out Of Road, featured guest vocals by Vince Gill, Bill Anderson and Bobby Bare. Like his song says, Bobby really has lived Country Music.

Learn more about Bobby Tomberlin at his website, bobbytomberlinmusic.com

Lance Miller

ACC Award nominated singer/songwriter Lance Miller has toured as a solo artist with Tim McGraw & Faith Hill. As a songwriter, he is credited for the #1 country hits “Drink To That All Night,” (Jerrod Niemann), “I Called Mama” (Tim McGraw) and “Everywhere But On” (Matt Stell). “Drink To That All Night” also won the 2014 SESAC Song of the Year Award! He has also had songs recorded by Luke Bryan, Justin Moore, Thomas Rhett, Lee Brice and many more.

Miller has also made several guest appearances as a background vocalist on various major label records. One of his personal career highlights was singing background vocals on “A Horse Called Music,” featuring Merle Haggard on Willie Nelson’s “Heroes” album. You might also remember Lance from Season 2 of the hit USA Network series Nashville Star in 2004 when he finished fourth.

Learn more about Lance Miller here.

Mark Narmore

Mark Narmore was raised—and still resides—in Center Star, Alabama, in the shadow of the legendary music mecca Muscle Shoals. Immersed from a young age in the rich musical heritage of the Shoals studios, Mark developed a deep love for the region’s soulful sound and has spent over 37 years building a career as a successful and respected songwriter.

A 1983 graduate of Brooks High School, Mark went on to earn a degree in Commercial Music from the University of North Alabama in 1988. Early in his career, he also worked locally as a radio announcer.

Mark’s songs have been recorded by a wide range of artists across country, gospel, blues, and Americana, including Josh Turner, Reba, Brandy Clark, Alabama, Shenandoah, John Michael Montgomery, Neal McCoy, Terri Clark, Craig Morgan, Blackhawk, Carly Pearce, Tonja Rose, Chris Golden, Bernard Allison, Tenille Arts, Big Daddy Wilson, Sandy Carroll, and many more.

His breakthrough came with his first cut—“Moon Over Georgia,” recorded by Shoals supergroup Shenandoah. The song, which Mark solely penned, became a Top 5 national hit. He also co-wrote the No. 2 country hit “Like There Ain’t No Yesterday” with Walt Aldridge, recorded by Blackhawk.

Mark’s most widely recognized success is “That’s What I Love About Sunday,” recorded by Josh Turner. The song spent five weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard country chart in 2005, was named the most performed song at country radio that year, and ranked as the No. 8 Billboard country song of the 2000s decade. It also achieved gold sales status.

Over the course of his career, Mark has had songs appear on nine gold or platinum albums. He’s been a staff writer for esteemed publishers including FAME, Jody Williams Music, Reba McEntire’s Starstruck Music Group, March Music, Sony ATV Tree, and Noble Vision Music Group. He is currently affiliated with Sandmark Music Group in Muscle Shoals. Notably, he has co-written and had 16 songs recorded by Josh Turner.

In 2016, Mark was credited as a songwriter on Grammy- and Dove-nominated projects by Brandy Clark and Shenandoah. He has also released three albums with Andreas Werner on Crazy Chester Records: This Ol’ Wurlitzer, Soul Fillin’ Station, and Country Soul Funk.

In recognition of his contributions to music, Mark was honored with a Bronze Star on permanent display at the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. In 2022, he received the George Jackson Contemporary Songwriter Award from the Muscle Shoals Music Association.

Learn more about Mark here.