Singer-Songwriter Marc Cohn to play sold-out concert at Stone Mountain Arts Center in Brownfield

For ’90s hit-maker Marc Cohn, there are scarier things than a bullet to the head.

“I’m kind of through the storm,” said the singer-songwriter, who was shot in a 2005 carjacking after a show in Denver. The bullet bounced off his skull and he walked out of the hospital the day after the attack.

“The anxiety was worse when my first record broke,” said Cohn in a recent phone interview from his home in New York City. “I found it very difficult.”

In 1991, he endured the kind of swelling fame that comes with a hit song and a Grammy award. His self-titled debut album sold more than a million copies and the song “Walking in Memphis” made him a star.

“I was 29 or 30,” he said. Record executives sent him on a nonstop tour to capitalize on his success. “I wasn’t allowed to go home for a year. You’re life does change in a big way.

“I don’t know what it does to someone who is 18 or 19 or 20 years old,” he said.

Now 47 and touring a combination of small arenas, clubs and theaters, Cohn has found a niche playing for the singer-songwriter crowd that likes his thoughtful lyrics and increasingly raw sound.

“I have a very loyal and patient audience,” said the musician, who is scheduled to perform Saturday in a sold-out show at the Stone Mountain Arts Center in Brownfield.

In part, it’s a reference to the few records he’s made. There have only been four. And a drought of nine years preceded the release of his most recent, last fall’s “Join the Parade.”

The record, which he made independently, grew out of a musical rebirth that followed his 2005 attack. In its wake, he spent about five months off the road, dealing with the trauma. He talked with a counselor and re-examined his life.

“That experience brought me back to realize that music was really important to me,” he said. His new CD’s 10 tracks include a mixture of introspection, gospel and rock.

The songs will be part of his set at Stone Mountain. His typical show mixes early songs such as “Silver Thunderbird” and “True Companion” with new tunes like his homage to The Band’s drummer and vocalist, Levon Helm.

It’s called “Listening to Levon.” He hopes the gospel-flavored song becomes a fan favorite.

Every night people tell him how his songs are touchstones. That’s why, though his popularity has waned, he still performs.

“I’d rather touch a few people deeply than affect a million people in a shallow way,” he said, his voice catching some of that raspy Memphis quality. Then, he paused.

“I’d rather touch a million people deeply.”