Paul Mark - Roadside Americana

PAUL MARK/'ROADSIDE AMERICANA' (Radiation 5851) An all-acoustic guitar, no-vocals set from New York-based guitarist Paul Mark combining elements of country blues, ragtime and old-timey Americana. The sound marks an introspective U-turn away from the roadhouse uproar of Mark's root's rockin' band, 'Paul Mark & The Van Dorens.' This solo effort is a beautiful and quirky departure that's oddly rhythmic and sweetly melodic. After fronting Paul Mark & the Van Dorens for ten years, who'd a thunk the wild-eyed front man would head for the tranquility of the backwoods?

1) If on a Ferry to My Home
2) Hill O'Greenie
3) Runaway Wagon Wheel
4) Outlaw Sunset
5) Land or Sea Blues
6) Once Upon a Time in America
7) North Madison Alarm
8) This Old Acre/Froggie Went a Courtin'
9) In the Bleak Midwinter/Once in Royal David City
10) Nantucket Lullaby
11) Dirt Road Reel
12) Cross Interior
13) Praying on the Old Campground