Mark Cole
Encyclopedia
Mark Cole is a multi-instrumentalist blues
and roots musician based in Gloucester
, England
.
, Cajun
, zydeco
, bluegrass
and country
. He is a singer and plays harmonica
, guitar
, lap steel guitar, mandolin
, piano accordion
and cajun accordion. He has played internationally both solo and in blues act Sons of the Delta
. He is also the front man with the Maxwell Street Blues Band and was front man with roots/rock band The Dockery Boys in the 1990s. He has performed or recorded with many well known blues and roots musicians such as Pinetop Perkins
, Willie King
, Sam Carr, Bill Abel, Kent DuChaine and Mojo Webb
. He has played support for Dr. Feelgood
, Roy Wood
, Steve Gibbons
, Mike D'Abo
, Richard Thompson, Alvin Lee
, Chicken Shack
, Steve Marriott
, Eddie C. Campbell, and Zoot Money
.
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
and roots musician based in Gloucester
Gloucester
Gloucester is a city, district and county town of Gloucestershire in the South West region of England. Gloucester lies close to the Welsh border, and on the River Severn, approximately north-east of Bristol, and south-southwest of Birmingham....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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Music
Cole primarily writes and performs blues music but also writes and performs music influenced by other American roots music genres such as AmericanaAmericana (music)
Americana is an amalgam of roots musics formed by the confluence of the shared and varied traditions that make up the American musical ethos; specifically those sounds that are merged from folk, country, blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll and other external influential styles...
, Cajun
Cajun music
Cajun music, an emblematic music of Louisiana, is rooted in the ballads of the French-speaking Acadians of Canada. Cajun music is often mentioned in tandem with the Creole-based, Cajun-influenced zydeco form, both of Acadiana origin...
, zydeco
Zydeco
Zydeco is a form of uniquely American roots or folk music. It evolved in southwest Louisiana in the early 19th century from forms of "la la" Creole music...
, bluegrass
Bluegrass music
Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...
and country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
. He is a singer and plays harmonica
Harmonica
The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
, guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, lap steel guitar, mandolin
Mandolin
A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
, piano accordion
Piano accordion
A piano accordion is an accordion equipped with a right-hand keyboard similar to a piano or organ. Its acoustic mechanism is more similar to that of an organ than a piano, as they are both wind instruments, but the term "piano accordion"—coined by Guido Deiro in 1910—has remained the popular...
and cajun accordion. He has played internationally both solo and in blues act Sons of the Delta
Sons of the Delta
Sons of the Delta is a UK based blues band formed in 2002 by Mark Cole and Richard Edwards.-Brief history:*2002: Sons of the Delta formed by Mark Cole and Rick Edwards Notable performances include the Gloucester Blues and Heritage Festival.*2003: Notable performances include the Gloucester Blues...
. He is also the front man with the Maxwell Street Blues Band and was front man with roots/rock band The Dockery Boys in the 1990s. He has performed or recorded with many well known blues and roots musicians such as Pinetop Perkins
Pinetop Perkins
Joseph William Perkins , known by the stage name Pinetop Perkins, was an American blues musician, specializing in piano music...
, Willie King
Willie King
Willie King was an award-winning blues guitarist and singer, known for shunning fame and playing at a local bar in Mississippi.-Biography:...
, Sam Carr, Bill Abel, Kent DuChaine and Mojo Webb
Mojo Webb
Michael Robert "Mojo" Webb is a multi-instrumentalist blues musician, based in Brisbane, Australia. On 8 February 2007, Mojo Webb was awarded the Australian Blues Music Chain Award for 'New Talent of the Year'.-Music:...
. He has played support for Dr. Feelgood
Dr. Feelgood
Dr. Feelgood may refer to:In music:*Dr. Feelgood , an album by American band Mötley Crüe**"Dr. Feelgood" , a single and the title track from that album*"Dr. Feel Good", a song by Travie McCoy on the album Lazarus...
, Roy Wood
Roy Wood
Roy Adrian Wood is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He was particularly successful in the 1960s and 1970s as member and co-founder of the bands The Move, Electric Light Orchestra, and Wizzard. As a songwriter, he contributed a number of hits to the repertoire of these bands.-Career:Wood...
, Steve Gibbons
Steve Gibbons Band
Steve Gibbons is an English rock vocalist.-The Dominettes:Steve Gibbons started his professional life as a plumber's apprentice in Harborne. He joined the Dominettes by 1960 to replace Colin Smith, who had left to join Jimmy Powell's backing group...
, Mike D'Abo
Mike d'Abo
Michael David "Mike" d'Abo is an English singer and songwriter, best known as the former lead vocalist of Manfred Mann.-Biography:...
, Richard Thompson, Alvin Lee
Alvin Lee
Alvin Lee is an English rock guitarist and singer. He began playing guitar at the age of 13, and with Leo Lyons formed the core of the band Ten Years After in 1960...
, Chicken Shack
Chicken Shack
Chicken Shack are a British blues band, founded in the mid-1960s by Stan Webb , Andy Silvester , and Alan Morley , who were later joined by Christine Perfect in 1968.-Career:...
, Steve Marriott
Steve Marriott
Stephen Peter Marriott , popularly known as Steve Marriott, was an English musician, songwriter, and frontman of several notable rock and roll bands, spanning over two decades...
, Eddie C. Campbell, and Zoot Money
Zoot Money
George Bruno Money, known as Zoot Money is a British vocalist, keyboardist and bandleader best known for his playing of the Hammond organ and association with his Big Roll Band...
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Album discography
- 1995 The Dockery Boys - Moondog Man (Reckless Orange ROCD702)
- 2004 Sons of the Delta - One For The Road (Blues matters BMRCD20043)
- 2006 Sons of the Delta - Made in Mississippi (Rawtone Records RTR20061 - featuring Pinetop PerkinsPinetop PerkinsJoseph William Perkins , known by the stage name Pinetop Perkins, was an American blues musician, specializing in piano music...
and Sam CarrSam CarrSam Carr was an organizer for the Communist Party of Canada and, its successor, the Labour-Progressive Party in the 1930s and 1940s. He was born Schmil Kogan in Tomachpol, Ukraine in 1906 and immigrated to Canada in 1924, living in Winnipeg and Regina before settling in Montreal in 1925...
) - 2007 The Dockery Boys - Cajun and Zydeco (Music Masters)
- 2007 The Dockery Boys - Rare and Unissued, Studio and Live (Rawtone Records RTR20062)