Meet Mark Gothard

Bio

Award-winning musician and artist Mark Gothard has been writing and recording for more than 30 years, airing his wares across the nation as a traveling troubadour across the East Coast with stops in New York City, Washington, D.C. and Boston, as well as the Santa Cruz Mountains and Jackson, Wyoming. Now based in Joshua Tree, Mark has written more than 300 songs and performed at many of the music capital’s renowned venues, including House of Blues, Largo, B.B. King and The Troubadour.

Mark is very pleased to announce his latest achievement, Vegas Baby. This is the sequel to Word Up and Mark is thrilled to be able to comment on it:

Vegas Baby is the younger brother of Word Up. A different child than Word Up...deeper, dreamier hazel eyes, a Mohawk haircut, Lou Reed Punk t-shirt, so strong yet vulnerable, and with a wicked sense of humor. Vegas Baby can stand on his own, or just chill with Word Up in the front yard throwing rocks at passerby cars. I hope you'll enjoy Vegas Baby...I love him so much.

Meanwhile, Mark’s feature story—which features his song “Dive Bar Lawn” from his sixth indie CD “Fly The Coop”—has marked more than 1 million marketing impressions among readers of publisher Marquix Global Network’s syndicates.

In January 2015, Mark was awarded the Akademia Music Award for Best Folk/Americana Song, honoring “Dive Bar Lawn.” The song was also nominated for an HMMA in the Americana/Folk/Acoustic category. Adding to his kudos, Mark’s track “Timbuktu”—recorded by Nashville’s Paramount Group Inc.—won the 2013 Director’s Award in the Nashville International Song and Lyric Contest, while his “Jesse James” was nominated for a 2012 HMMA in the Folk/Acoustic Category.

In his younger years, Mark was a Varsity Tennis player attending Princeton University. When a teammate showed him how to strum a few chords on the guitar, his career fate quickly transitioned from a strung racket to six strings. He has also earned a Master’s in Education, with teaching credentials, but his roots remain firmly planted in song.

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