Check out the video from As220! The sound is a little rough since the camcorder that recorded this couldn't handle the sound pressures in the room, but if you were there it sounded amazing!
CLICK HERE FOR EVEN MORE GREAT VIDEO!! Recording Line-Up: Mark Bram - Vocals, Guitars, Guitar Synth, Bass, Keyboards. (everything but the drums -and sometimes those, too!) Steve D'Andrea - Drums
Performing Line-Up: Mark Bram - Vocals, Guitars, Guitar Synth, Keyboards. Chris Hallam - Bass Steve D'Andrea - Drums
With the addition of Chris Hallam, the performing line-up of Ruby Topaz is complete. Ruby Topaz has come full circle with three ORIGINAL band members. Both Steve and Chris were in Ruby Topaz with Mark before the first single "Why" was released in 1982.
If you are in the Rhode Island area - be on the look out for some blistering performances near you in the not too distant future!
The Beatles, The Monkees, Hermans Hermits, Queen, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Alice Cooper, David Bowie, Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck, and The Mahavishnu Orchestra.
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This auction was for the 1st printing of the 1986 Azra records release of "All Brand New"
Here is the Magic Moments Video that was produced by
Ruby Topaz in 1988!
Mark Bram, and his alter ego/band Ruby Topaz have a long and colorful history on the Rhode Island music scene.
Mark, along with powerhouse drummer, Steve D'Andrea, record some of todays best power-trio rock. (Mark records ALL instruments except for the drums)
In addition to recording and performing, Mark is a Grandmaster of the Lee Wah Yook Qi Quan system of internal Chinese martial arts, and teaches Yeung style Taijiquan in Providence, Rhode Island.
My name is Buck. I maintain Mark's MySpace page for him.
The fastest way to reach Mark is to email him. Mark is great about answering emails.
He loves comments, but may not respond to them as quickly as email.
mark@rubytopaz.com
Here is a snippit from an online review:
Mark Bram is one of the best guitarists I have ever heard. Vocals
are remeniscent of Robert Plant and Geddy Lee. (even though he states
Rush was not an influence on him) He is no stranger to the music biz,
either. His band - Ruby Topaz(in it's various incarnations)has been
recording since the late 70's. He has a few CDs available at
CDBaby.com
There are a few sample clips available at that site.
At Mark's Ruby Topaz website RubyTopaz.com there are FREE
full Mp3s available of a couple of his songs as well as mp3s of him
demoing equipment. Killer guitar work done in the vein of Jimmy Page
and Brian May on the demos. His guitar work on the original Mark
Bram/Ruby Topaz material stands on its own and is great. Check out
the clips and mp3s on his site. Perhaps you will become addicted as I
have and purchase all of his CDs. ;-)
Mark Bram / Ruby Topaz's Friend Space (Randomized)
I don't seem to be as good at writing the hard stuff. However, as my hero billy joel once said, if you play the piano, you ain't going to be writing "white room" by Cream!
Thanks Mark. I got a lot of very positive feedback on my newest song, This Road. Actually, BJ thomas has listened to it and commented on it several times. Keep on rockin'.
Please stop by and listen to my new song dedicated to one of my musical heroes, BJ Thomas. If you like it, add him, comment him, buy his CD, and support him. He gave us 40 years of his voice and a huge part of the soundtrack to my life.
Here is the Magic Moments Video that was produced by 
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