Phil Vassar has scored hits with Alan Jackson Right On The Money, Tim McGraw For A Little While, Jo Dee Messina Bye Bye, I'm Alright) and BlackHawk Postmarked Birmingham. His self-titled artist debut bowed in 2000 on Arista/Nashville, and the hits continued to pile up. He has been named ASCAP's songwriter or writer/artist of the year multiple times.

Those who best understand Phil Vassar - good-time, whirling-dervish-on-the-piano, hardest-working-man-in-country-music Phil Vassar - also understand the ongoing evolution of his mostly self-penned music. And Prayer Of A Common Man, his fourth studio album, adds several more layers of artistic expression to his deepening repertoire.

The Virginia-born singer, songwriter and musician took his seat as country's leading piano man with the success of songs like Just Another Day In Paradise and Six-Pack Summer, and his penchant for pure musical escapism continues. Vassar's heart-swelling embrace of life's richest blessings is also apparent, especially on lead single Love Is A Beautiful Thing. At the same time, his writing has grown more introspective and personal and like light through a prism, the hues of Vassar's muse are both seamless and distinct. Those shades are a direct reflection of the many forces at work in the life of a maturing recording artist.

He'll laugh a little, dance a little, cry a little and, this time around, he's not afraid to speak up a little, too. At this point, music fans should expect nothing less.

This will be his only Australian show!