Mark Brislin - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Hello. I was born & raised in Ashland, KY, and attended Holy Family school for "12" grueling years lol. I started playing drums and guitar when I was around 14-15 yrs old, and later played in a few bands. You can hear a few old tracks of 2 of those bands on the left-side player, with some retro photos in my pics area. Although I was mainly a drummer in those days, I still write and play a little guitar, and have begun learning the keyboards. Guess I'm too old or lazy to start a real band, lol. In my blog area you will find brief stories about some of my original tunes, particularly talking about the friends, and family I have recorded songs with in the past few years, and to tell a little about the songs themselves. Have a great day, and thanks for stopping by.

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Member Since: 7/30/2006
Band Website: MarkBrislinMusic
Band Members: Just me for now, writing and recording in "Happy Hollow" on some less-than-perfect equipment lol, enjoying re-doing some of my older tunes, and starting to write some new ones. I have also been fortunate to collaborate with some friends and my niece along the way: Webster Struthers of Selma, NC plays mandolin and sings harmony on my "Folkgrass" tunes, James Moore of Lexington, KY played electric bass & acoustic guitar on "Nothin In The World", while niece Amy Watkins of Nashville co-produced and sang with me on the tune. And Chris Kitchen of Ashland, KY added his guitar talents to "Might Be Me". The first 4 cuts below are from my 1970s bands ROACHE and QUIET REIGN. Thanks to J.B. Hodges who has preserved these tracks for over 30 years. ..
Influences: Pretty much every Top 40 or AOR hit I listened to from the age of 8(um, that would be the 1960s), and any bands who recorded songs with unique and/or challenging rythmns. That would include of course, everyone from The Beatles to Chicago to ZZ Top. I like to listen to most any style of music: jazz, blues, southern rock, classic rock, pop, acoustic, some metal, some current rock, some country, etc. It's like my idol, jazz drummer Buddy Rich once said,"There's only 2 kinds of music...good, and bad."
Sounds Like: REST IN PEACE GUYS! And, thanks for the memories. ************************************************************ **************************************** Chris Kitchen/Bill Fraley(Ashland, KY) STORMCROW(Nitro,WV)
Behind the Scenes/Dem. Convention **************************************************
Record Label: Happy Hollow Productions :o)
Type of Label: None

My Blog

"East Kentucky"

This is another "Folkgrass" tune of mine, also on the left-side player, written around 2003. This tune may also eventually be redone with Webster, but until then, this is my solo version. I wrote...
Posted by Mark Brislin on Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:33:00 PST

"Scotia"

(Two gas and coal dust explosions, the first at approximately 11:45 a.m., March 9, 1976, and the second at approximately 11:30 p.m., March 11,1976, occurred in the 2 Southeast Main area of the Scotia ...
Posted by Mark Brislin on Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:19:00 PST

"Kentucky Calls To Me"

I've posted this tune and a blog about it before, but decided to bring it back for an encore, lol. Friend Webster Struthers plays mandolin and sings harmony with me on this song that I wrote when we b...
Posted by Mark Brislin on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:07:00 PST

"ROACHE"

You'll find 2 songs on the left-side player as part of the oldies section, Heartbreaker(Grand Funk RR), and Mammy Blue(Stories). These recordings are from my first band "ROACHE" as we performed live&n...
Posted by Mark Brislin on Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:35:00 PST

"Nothin In The World"

I wrote this song around 1989 while living in Missouri. It became part of the weekly "folkgrass" jam sessions I had with friend Webster Struthers, as we were at that time both teaching at the same sma...
Posted by Mark Brislin on Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:23:00 PST

My Mother

My dear mother Phyllis, passed away on 2-25-08 at the age of 89, and I just wanted to honor her memory by sharing a bit about her. It is fitting that I speak of her on my music site, as she ...
Posted by Mark Brislin on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:15:00 PST

"Lovelights in your Eyes" & "A Day at the Fair"

These 2 songs were recorded by our band Quiet Reign in the winter of 1977, at what is now called The Recording Workshop in Chillicothe, OH, and were both engineered by Mr. Joe Waters. The band ha...
Posted by Mark Brislin on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 07:18:00 PST

"Lovelights in your Eyes" jazz version

This song is friend Chris Kitchen's excellent jazz guitar version of a song I wrote while in the band Quiet Reign back in 1977. Shortly after Chris and I reconnected through Myspace last year, he...
Posted by Mark Brislin on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:06:00 PST

"Might Be Me"

Might Be Me was a song I wrote on acoustic guitar back when I was about 18 or 19 yrs old (1975), and playing in my first band Roache. We performed the tune in the band several times, but that was the ...
Posted by Mark Brislin on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:04:00 PST

"Memphis"

My original song, Memphis, was written in tribute to a singer-songwriter friend of mine who was kept from performing at an open mic night in a Lexington, KY club back in the mid nineties. She wa...
Posted by Mark Brislin on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:31:00 PST