Mark Fair, Lead Vocals and Acoustic Guitar Mark has had a love of music since his childhood days growing up in Gordo, Alabama Mark's folks bought his first guitar at the age of 9.It was a "GIBSON", it came from Gibson's Discount Center in Tuscaloosa and cost $12.95, tiger stripes included."My "Gibson" had Black Diamond Strings on it and would turn my fingers green when I played it.""I thought it to be the best thing since sliced bread. " Mark started writing poetry in junior high school.Then he heard a song on the radio one summer, James Taylor's "Fire and Rain" "I think
this is what really inspired me to learn the guitar and try to write
my own compositions."A few years after high school Mark and a friend
Billy Cargile started a band called "Mellow Feel.""We played in bars
and coffee houses at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama."
Friend and "Musicologist" Rick Wright exposed Mark to such music as, Around 1976 Mark moved to Montgomery, Alabama and started playing in a band called "Grace."Steve Maness on mandolin, Danny Raines on bass, Steve Garst on banjo and guitar.Mark also met his wife Susan through music.Mark and Susan played in a band called "Crossover""Susan is a great singer and artist and is the inspiration for a lot of my writing. "While playing as a single act at the BrierField Bluegrass Festival in Montevallo, Alabama, Mark had the good fortune of meeting John Starling, lead singer in the famous bluegrass band, the Seldom Scene Through John Starling, Mark met songwriter and publisher Paul Craft. Paul's
songs include, Mark and Kathy Mattea 1992
Update 4/6/07 Mark just purchased his dream guitar! A Taylor DDSM...
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