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Mark Thornton Music

About Me

I write music in an attempt to communicate my thoughts and emotions. I rarely play shows and record with one microphone in my living room. I Love music and the friendships I've made in the process of making it/performing it. If you've taken something from the music on this page, let me know. You're the reason I bother recording it. I also have developed a new Love for Jameson Irish whiskey. It pairs beautifully with my front porch and a pack of camels.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/27/2006
Band Website: This is the one!
Band Members: ***Mark Thornton: guitar, hammered dulcimer, and vocals ***Erik Hustad: bass ***Sam Stutzman: drums ***Todd Laird: guitar ***Andy Butler: keys/organ
Influences: David Gray, Johnny Cash, Case Maranville, Damien Rice, Coldplay, Willie Nelson, U2, David Crowder Band, Derek Webb, Iron and Wine, Bob Dylan, Counting Crows, Jars of Clay...
Sounds Like: I sound like myself.
Record Label: Record Label?

My Blog

Update...

I ran into a man I haven't seen in 8 or 9 months on Friday afternoon and thought I would pass the update on his life along to you all. Here's a section of the blog that talked about him to help you r...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:24:00 GMT

Los Angeles.

Los Angeles. Wow.  I'd been here once before when I was 10.  We were on the way back from the Philipenes and we had a long layover that gave us the opportunity to go and shower at somebody's...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:02:00 GMT

Flagstaff.

This morning we woke up and headed west once again.  We stopped at a rest area/tourist center after a couple hours of driving and I saw a poster for the Arches National Park.  I asked the ni...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:02:00 GMT

Grand Junction.

I don't exactly know what it's the junction of, but we've arrived.  After 12 hours of driving we've stopped to rest our weary selves until they kick us out in 7 hours.   I've been excited fo...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:01:00 GMT

Go west, young man...

Tomorrow my Dad, Brother, and myself are headed to LA for a week. We're stopping by the Grand Canyon on the way and are going to a conference at the "Dream Center".It's going to be a great time.Pleas...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:50:00 GMT

I am a whore, I do confess.

Well, here's the low-down.I just finished my first night of playing the dulcimer downtown. It's been years since I've had to do it, but my current circumstances have brought me back to what feels lik...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:12:00 GMT

Update...

Thank you to everyone for your prayers and gifts that have been sent since the last blog posting. I'm excited to let you all know that Tuesday afternoon I got to take Dave down to the court house wit...
Posted by on Thu, 01 May 2008 11:54:00 GMT

Call to prayer, call to Love.

I know a lot of the people that read this pray for myself and the people I know and write about. I wanted you to know that I'm incredibly appreciative of that and also wanted to update everyone of so...
Posted by on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:23:00 GMT

Living in Destiny.

It was 6:00 pm and the sun was beginning it's journey to that place where we can no longer see it's beauty and feel it's warmth. I was smoking a cigarette and speaking with my sister Jenny on the pho...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:32:00 GMT

6.00 am.

Did I mention I'm not a morning person? Or, at least I never have been? This seems to be changing along with a lot of other things in my life. I'm working days now and find myself up at 6.00 am eve...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 18:18:00 GMT