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Mark Selby

Mark Selby Radio

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  • Genre: Blues / Country / Rock

    Location Nashville, US

    Profile Views: 50296

    Last Login: 12/18/2011

    Member Since 1/26/2007

    Website markselby.com

    Record Label ZYX/Pepper Cake

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    .. .......... ...... .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... ..      ..       Mark Selby is a native of Oklahoma and Kansas now based in Nashville. He has established himself as a rare triple-threat talent: a gifted songwriter with serious guitar chops and a voice to match. ..      ..      Songwriter: Selby has written more than 10 top-40 singles and 4 1 hits, including the Dixie Chicks' Grammy-winning There's Your Trouble and Kenny Wayne Shepherd's Blue On Black -- Billboard magazine's1998 Rock Track of the Year. Wynona, Trisha Yearwood, Lee Roy Parnell & Keb Mo, JoDee Messina and many others have recorded Selby's songs. ..      ..      Recording Artist: Selby's 2008 CD Nine Pound Hammer on the ZYX label garnered critical raves in Europe and the U.S., and a live-in-concert DVD and CD, One Night in Bonn, Live at Rockpalast will be released in Septemvber 2009. He has released two internationally acclaimed blues/rock albums for Vanguard Records -- More Storms Comin' (2000) and Dirt (2003) and contributed to the Grammy-nominated Avalon Blues: A Tribute to Mississippi John Hurt (2001). His single She's Like Mercury was the first charting rock single for the Vanguard label. A solo acoustic CD, Mark Otis Selby...And The Horse He Rode In On was released in 2006. His discography as a session musician includes releases by Wynona, Johnny Reid, Kenny Rogers, Jamie O'Hara, Ronnie Milsap, and the Keni Thomas album Flags of our Fathers, which Selby co-produced with Brent Maher. ..      ..      Live Performer: A virtuoso guitarist and dynamic live artist, Mark Selby has shared the stage with B.B. King, Jeff Beck, John Fogerty, Robert Cray, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Delbert McLinton, John Hiatt, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Collective Soul, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Levon Helm, Junior Brown, and many more. Selby has appeared on notable radio and television music programming including World Cafe, Mountain Stage, and Woodsongs, and continues to perform with his stellar backup band, as an acoustic solo artist, and in a duo with his wife and frequent collaborator, Tia Sillers. ..      ..      “As a singer/songwriter, Mark Selby’s in the same league as Bruce Springsteen, with meaty words, a compelling voice, and tracks that have more groove than a vintage vinyl record." ---AMERICAN SONGWRITER ..      ..      "An electrifying performer." --BLUES REVUE ..      ..      "Selby earned his moment in the spotlight with his excellent debut, More Storms Comin'...his exceptional sophmore CD, Dirt, indicates that album was no fluke. No need for bells and whistles here -- the music does the talking." --ROLLING STONE ..      ..      "Mark Selby makes some of the most soulful noise coming out of Nashville." --THE TENNESSEAN ..      ..      "Simply put, 11 tracks of the best rock and roll we'll hear this year..." --VINTAGE GUITAR ..      ..      For more information and to purchase Mark Selby Albums please visit www.markselby.com ..      ..      .................. ..      .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..      .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

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