Tad Marks
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Tad Marks (born 1954) is an American folk and bluegrass fiddle player.
Music
[edit]He spent his youth in Ambler, Pennsylvania. Played and performed with Bob Doyle and the Allegheny String Band, the Twigg Brothers,Buzz Busby,Bill Harrell,Whetstone Run, Hazel Dickens, Ola Belle Reed, Wade and Julia Mainer, Del McCoury and many folk, bluegrass and Country artists. He has recorded for soundtracks and worked for a time playing in jingles and Television commercials. Marks studied music composition and arts at Penn State University, won numerous awards for fiddling, and is currently a violin repairman and bluegrass /folk fiddler in the Baltimore/Washington DC area. Marks has performed and toured with many bluegrass, country and Celtic acts and is widely recorded. In addition to his work with the Del McCoury Band;[1] Marks has performed with Lynn Morris, James King, Kate MacKenzie, Charlie Zahm, Bob Perilla's Big Hillbilly Bluegrass.
Discography
[edit]CDs
[edit]- Tad Marks – Callin' in the Dogs
- Tad Marks – Our Crazy Love Affair
- Tad Marks – The Back Road Road
- Tad Marks – The Highlander's Farewell
- The Del McCoury Band – Blue Side of Town
- The Del McCoury Band – High Lonesome and Blue
- The Del McCoury Band – By Request
- Charlie Zahm – Festival Favorites 2
- Charlie Zahm – The Celtic Balladeer
- Charlie Zahm – A Walk in the Irish Rain
- Charlie Zahm – The White Snows of Winter
- Charlie Zahm – Americana
- Charlie Zahm – Out of the Mist
- Charlie Zahm – Lighthouse on the Shore
- Charlie Zahm – The American Scrapbook
- Charlie Zahm – Among the Heather
- Charlie Zahm – Recent Journeys
- Charlie Zahm – Songs of Highlands, Islands and Home
- Esther Haynes
- Danny Doyle – Spirit of the Gael
- Seamus Kennedy – A Smile and a Tear
- Seamus Kennedy – Party Pieces
- Seamus Kennedy – Sailing Ships and Sailing Men
- The King Brothers
- David Massey – Blissful State of Blue
- Bob Perilla's Big Hillbilly Bluegrass-Big Hillbilly Bluegrass
- Bob Perilla – Chesapeake Moon
- Kevin Marvelle – Love's the Reason
- Marti Brom – Not For Nothin'
DVD
[edit]- Bob Perilla's Big Hillbilly Bluegrass – A Bluegrass Band's Tour of Armenia
- Charlie Zahm – Lighthouse on the Shore
References
[edit]- ^ Erlewine, Michael (1997). All music guide to country: the experts' guide to the best recordings in country music. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 299–300. ISBN 9780879304751. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
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