Mark Virgilio - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Mark had a very prolific few years of writing songs in the early to mid 70s while a part of the Middle Earth Coffee House and was influence by other songwriters there. Then he got married became fat and happy and didn't really write another song until 2006. In the late 90s he started playing open mics, especially the Broadway Beanery until it burned down in 2001. He then lay dormant until 2005 when he discovered the open mic at the Nawlins Grill and met a whole bunch of talented music people who became friends. In November of that year, he went to play there and found that the Nawlins had closed. Luckily, in the Spring of 2006 he learned that most of those people had moved to the open mic at Jessie's Lip Smackin Roadhouse, and he has been playing with his friends there ever since. Hopefully he will record his Getting Back to Normal CD soon, as it is now 30 years in the making.

My Interests

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Member Since: 2/26/2005
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Influences: Steve Goodman, John Prine, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, John Sebastian, of course the Beatles and just about everyone I've ever seen or met
Sounds Like: Nobody who has a voice ;-)
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Can I Have A Better Weekend

A couple of weekends ago I had what might have been my best weekend ever...or, at least, my most tiring. Friday night we went to see Red Molly, which is always a joy. Saturday, I accompan...
Posted by Mark Virgilio on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 03:04:00 PST

4 Days of Sun, Rain & Music

Had a wonderful 4 days at Falcon Ridge seeing old friends and making new friends and I even got to perform on stage....OK, it was the Performance Workshop but I also got tips on things I am doing wron...
Posted by Mark Virgilio on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 02:31:00 PST

A Guitar Tribute

It was just a couple of months ago that I learned that my high school friend, Bob Capel had died of a heart attack in December. He had been the guitar manager for the Sam Ash store in Manhattan....
Posted by Mark Virgilio on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 04:56:00 PST

Whatta weekend!

Whatta weekend......what with the Huntington Folk festival, hear my friend Judith sing a song from our old Middle Earth coffehouse days in the 70s and then getting blown away by Red Molly at night.&nb...
Posted by Mark Virgilio on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 08:04:00 PST