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MARK ALLEN KOCH

About Me

MARK ALLEN KOCH IS OUT OF THE JAMES JAMERSON, DUCK DUNN SCHOOL OF BASS PLAYING. UTILIZING VARIOUS OTHER INFLUENCES HE CREATED HIS OWN STYLE OF PLAYING. HE HAS WORKED FROM NEW YORK TO CALIFORNIA IN DUMPS AND STADIUMS (AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN). AT TIMES PLAYING LEAD GUITAR WHEN ADEQUATE GUITAR PLAYERS WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO WORK. THAT BEING SAID, HIS FIRST LOVE IS THE BASS. HE OWNS GOOD PROFESSIONAL EQUIPMENT AND HAS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE PLAYING IN FRONT OF LARGE CROWDS. THE MUSIC HE ENJOYS PLAYING MOST IS HOUSEROCKIN' BLUES, BUT HE CAN GET INTO ANYTHING THAT IS PERFORMED SKILLFULLY. RELOCATING TO NASHVILLE HAS RENEWED HIS DESIRE TO ONCE AGAIN PLAY MUSIC FOR A LIVING (NO MORE DAY JOBS). CURRENTLY WORKING AS THE BASS PLAYER FOR BABY BLUES & THE NO ATTITUDE BAND. IF YOU WANT TO HEAR SOME BABY BLUES MUSIC GO TO WWW.MYSPACE.COM/BABYBLUESTHENOATTITUDEBAND OR CLICK ON THEIR SITE IN MY FRIENDS BELOW. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR SOME MUSIC BY SONNY HUNT (NOW WITH BABY BLUES) GO TO WWW.MYSPACE.COM/SONNYHUNT OR CLICK ON HIS SITE IN MY FRIENDS BELOW. BUT REMEMBER YOUR BEST BET IS TO COME SEE THE BAND LIVE.Formerly with: International Recording Artist Van Preston, Moxie, The Bullet Band, Shaken Smith Blues Band, The Virginians, Front Page News, Rock Bottom Band, Sierra, Cottonmouth, The Banned, and The Bucklin Blues Band to name a few.

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Member Since: 5/12/2007
Band Members: Her are some samples of Baby Blues live show. For additional videos and better quality versions click on "View My: videos" above. If your in the Nashville area and like the quality of these videos they were done by Elliott Harsh.
Influences: IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER: BERRY OAKLEY, TIM DRUMMOND, BOZ BURRELL, TIM BOGERT, LELAND SKLAR, ALAN SPENNER, ROGER GLOVER, CARL RADLE, ROSCOE BECK, JAMES JAMERSON, JOHN MCVIE, MEL SCHACHER, NOEL REDDING, BILL CHURCH, GREG RIDLEY, LEON WILKESON, KENNY GRADNEY,JOHN PAUL JONES, DUSTY HILL, CHRISSIE STEWART, TOMMY SHANNON, PETER "MARS" COWLING, STU COOK, ANDY WEST, JOHN ENTWISTLE, BILLY SHEEHAN, DAVE LARUE, GLEN CORNICK,VICTOR WOOTEN, STANLEY CLARK, JACO PASTORIUS, DUCK DUNN, THOMAS J. CALANDRA, JOHN STONE AND ABOUT 1000 MORE I CAN'T THINK OF RIGHT NOW.
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Record Label: Unsigned

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