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Mark Olson

Founding member of The Jayhawks

About Me


"Mark Olson returns like a Grievous Angel...rapturous country soul”
--Paste Magazine
"Welcome back Mark, we’re lucky to have you.”
--PopMatters
“...the triumphant re-emergence of Mark Olson”
“Olson’s best since his Jayhawks days.”

--Harp Magazine
Mark Olson performing "Salvation Blues" at Mo Pitkins, May 2007 :
Video by Ray Foley
Mark Olson was a founding member of The Jayhawks, the most acclaimed band to emerge out of the alt-country scene. He left the Jayhawks in 1996, after the release of the band’s biggest-selling album, Tomorrow The Green Grass, but continued to record music with his new band, The Creekdippers, at his new home in the California desert.
Mark recently finished recording his first true solo album, The Salvation Blues, with producer Ben Vaughn. A deeply personal album, Mark’s voice and poetic lyrics are complemented by Vaughn’s gorgeous musical backdrops featuring the work of some of LA’s best studio musicians. The album also features the long-awaited reunion with his former Jayhawks bandmate and writing partner, Gary Louris, on three songs.
The Salvation Blues is now available!
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Member Since: 2/7/2007
Band Website: hacktone.com
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Influences: "National Express":

Record Label: HackTone Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Mark Olson - some tour press!

Portland Press Herald (ME) - http://entertainment.mainetoday.com/...83407&ac=PHfeaMore Portland Press Herald (ME) - http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/st...d=183359&ac=GoDaily Freeman (Woodstock, NY) -...
Posted by Mark Olson on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:11:00 PST

April 30 NYC show - CANCELLED

Unfortunately, Mark's April 30th show at Highline Ballroom in NYC is cancelled - refunds available at point of purchase.
Posted by Mark Olson on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:59:00 PST

COLONY CAFE - WOODSTOCK - Advance sale!

Hi, everyone - There is a special advance sale on tickets to Mark Olson's Woodstock show - here's the link:https://www.ticketleap.com/Member/event.aspx?event_id=A AAF5113-82A3-449A-BF3A-02F380FCD5DHapp...
Posted by Mark Olson on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:28:00 PST

’The Salvation Blues’ documentary TRAILER

JUST IN!The official trailer for Ray Foley's Mark Olson documentary, The Salvation Blues: ...
Posted by Mark Olson on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:57:00 PST

Nashville Film Festival - **SCREENING**

The Salvation Blues, the Ray Foley documentary about Mark Olson, will screen at the Nashville Film Festival:Nashville Film FestivalApril 23rd4pmDiggin’ Your Roots (83 min.) Three short music doc...
Posted by Mark Olson on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:45:00 PST

More dates + Europe!

They keep on coming - APRIL21  LOUISVILLE, KY  St. Francis of Assisi Church22  COVINGTON, KY  Molly Malone’s23  INDIANAPOLIS  Radio Radio24  PITTSBURGH  Thunderbird Café25  BUFFALO, NY ...
Posted by Mark Olson on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:14:00 PST

NEW DATE & new website!

JUST ANNOUNCED:Sunday, April 27WOODSTOCK, NYColony Café22 Rock City Road$12 adv / $15 doorinfoNEW WEBSITEJason Burton, formerly of Creekdipping.com, has launched a new Mark Olson site full of press, t...
Posted by Mark Olson on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:25:00 PST

Nashville Film Festival / Portland, Maine

Hi, everyone-We just received confirmation that the Mark Olson documentary The Salvation Blues will be showing at the Nashville Film Festival - screening date & time to come soon!Also, we just added a...
Posted by Mark Olson on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:59:00 PST

Documentary screening - Backseat Film Festival

The Salvation Blues (the documentary by Ray Foley) will be screening at The Backseat Film Festival! Ray will be on hand for the screening.Backseat Film FestivalPhiladelphia, PASaturday, March 152pm94...
Posted by Mark Olson on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:47:00 PST

Next round of tour dates announced!

We are happy to announce the next round of tour dates for Mark Olson:APRIL22  COVINGTON, KY  Molly Malone's - info23  INDIANAPOLIS  Radio Radio - info24  PITTSBURGH  Thunderbird Café - info29  ...
Posted by Mark Olson on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:29:00 PST