Mark Graham

Subject: RE: Mark Graham
From: open mike
Date: 18 Dec 02 - 08:20 PM

welcome to the mudcat community, orville.
i see you are a fellow 1953 baby--mee too.
we are approaching our 1/2 century mark!!
and i would love to hear stories about your
times on the julie belle swain! I wonder if
you have played on any boats, ships, ferries
in the Pacific north west?! Have you seen the
video of John Hartford of him on the river
boat that he captained? i think it was called
the general jackson...perhpas your paths crossed
on the river? I think it is connected with the
grand old opry...or is that grand ole opry?

Subject: RE: Mark Graham
From: open mike
Date: 18 Dec 02 - 08:00 PM

o.k., o.j. you must be the mongrel orville johnson
who i mentioned in the blurb about you guys playing
in Chico. I am in the folk music society..I believe
your performance there was filmed for showing on a
local music t.v. show..i do not get that channel,
but did you ever get a copy of the film?? I suspect
they may air it occasionally...hope you were contacted
appropriately for permission, release, etc. I was at
a comtra dance recently (playing bodhran) where there
was a film guy who just showed up and started shooting
without asking or anything...then i find out he sells videos
over the internet...or us??!!
i hope not...cameras steal your soul...

Subject: RE: Mark Graham
From: Murray MacLeod
Date: 18 Dec 02 - 07:05 PM

oj shares the website with the funny songwriting harp blowing Mark.

It has always puzzled me that with so many Mark Graham songs on the Digitrad, his funniest one never made it there.

Murray

Subject: RE: Mark Graham
From: Hollowfox
Date: 18 Dec 02 - 05:08 PM

So, oj, which Mark do you share the website with?

Subject: RE: Mark Graham
From: GUEST,oj
Date: 18 Dec 02 - 03:30 PM

yes there are two different mark grahams. at least! i can testify that the funny song writing, harp blowing one is not the christian songwritng one. and i share the website @ mongrelfolk.com with mark. it includes his and my cds as well as our projects together as The Kings of MongrelFolk™. come by for a visit. happy holidays!!

Subject: RE: Mark Graham
From: Joe Offer
Date: 18 Dec 02 - 01:42 PM

I wondered about that, too, Pete.
Do the Marks have a Website, and are they one or two persons, or a Trinity?
Looks like you can buy three of his albums here (click), and here (click) is a review of his "Natural Selections" album.
Looks like http://www.mongrelfolk.com may be Graham's Website, and a very cool website it is.
-Joe Offer-

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In my search, I came across this list (click) of funny folk songs. It's too good to pass by.

Subject: RE: Mark Graham
From: GUEST,Pete Peterson
Date: 18 Dec 02 - 08:56 AM

Are there two people named Mark Graham, one of whom writes serious gospel songs (Song in the Night, Great God who Made the Universe) and the other the harmonica player who wrote Festival Love & the rest of the list above? Or do we have a serious case of schizophrenia here? Inquiring minds wish to know. . .

Subject: RE: Mark Graham
From: open mike
Date: 18 Dec 02 - 02:24 AM

We have had Mark Graham perform in Chico, CA-with a band called Open House (i think) he also has performed with Sandy Silva dancing - he on harmonica, AND she a percussive dancer. They went by the name of Hoof and Mouth. He also plays clarinet, I believe. Bryan Bowers (autoharp) does quite a few of mark's songs. He also has performed with Orville Johnson. Very inventive lyrics!!

Subject: RE: Mark Graham
From: Joe Offer
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 01:40 PM

Click here for the Mark Graham Song "Honest Al."
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Mark Graham
From: Joe Offer
Date: 28 Sep 98 - 09:44 PM

Hi, Lillian - a request for this song just came up a week or two ago. I wonder why requests come in batches like that. Were you both listening to the same program? Click here for the previous thread and the lyrics.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: Mark Graham
From:
Date: 28 Sep 98 - 07:58 PM

Looking for the words to the song, Life is Hard When You're Dumb. Written, I think, by Mark Graham around 1987. thanks again. Lillian