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MarkL

Mark Lawrence

About Me

I first started learning to play guitar in 1989, taking classical guitar with Dave King in Cornwall... The Blues was really my first love - Elmore James, Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters and Clapton took me somewhere I'd never heard before...

...But then I was introduced to John McLaughlin, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Shakti and so on. I've not looked back since! It opened up new and decidedly unfamiliar sounds to me... Leading to Miles, Sco and way beyond...

I'm currently active on the Bristol scene and can't wait for more...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/13/2006
Band Website: mjkl.co.uk
Band Members: guitar / computer : mark lawrence
vox : cress lawrence
bass : phil olds
piano : vyv hope-scott
drums : michael davis
bass : ash smith
drums : pete lloyd

drums : martin bailey
sax : iain houston
keys : john lambert
bass : jim pimpernell
sax : mike davis
drums : tim bowman
Influences: Lots of Johns... McLaughlin , Coltrane, Scofield, Parricelli, Abercrombie, Leafcutter... and Pat Metheny, Miles Davis, Wayne Krantz, Ben Monder, Tony Williams, Zakir Hussain, Derek Bailey, Trevor Wishart, Squarepusher, Herbie Hancock, Phil Robson, Bill Frisell, Paco de Lucia, Trilok Gurtu, James Brown, Jaco Pastorius, Buddy Guy, Dave Holland, Kevin Eubanks, David Binney, Billy Cobham, Grant Green, Pharoah Sanders, LTJ Bukem, Sonny Sharrock, Steve Coleman...

...the list goes on :)
Sounds Like: Me, I hope.
Type of Label: None