Mark Karan and His Buds
Saturday June 18 4:15 - 6:00
Marin Art Festival Music Stage

Mark Karan is best known for performing with the extended Grateful Dead family.  For the last twelve years, he has anchored the lead guitar slot in Bob Weir & RatDog, playing hundreds of shows to thousands of fans year-round.  Before crossing over into the land of the Dead, Mark worked his guitar and vocal voodoo for the likes of Dave Mason, Delaney Bramlett, the Rembrandts, Paul Carrack, Huey Lewis, Jesse Colin Young and Sophie B. Hawkins.

Mark also tours with an array of amazing musicians on his own, where his soulful blues-based vocal stylings and inspired guitar work meld with the remarkably creative and responsive playing of his friends in a passionate delivery of the psychedelicized sounds of Americana. This is where rock meets R&B and country and mixes with the soul of New Orleans… with healthy portions of reggae, folk, funk and whatever else the muse might bring.  In addition to his originals, as well as those of songwriter friends, Mark covers a range of eclectic songs from Johnny "Guitar" Watson's "You Can Stay (But the Noize Must Go)" and Peter Tosh's "Don't Look Back", to the Kinks’ “Lazin’ on a Sunny Afternoon” or Joe Jackson’s “Fools in Love” -- his unique musical taste and song choices are the hallmark of these shows, and always crowd pleasers for his nationwide, loyal fanbase.

 

“Karan is a tremendous talent” - San Jose Mercury News

“A first-rate jamband guitarist” -Washington Post Express

“Sensational axe-man” – Oakland Tribune

“A skilled interpreter of roots music” -An Honest Tune magazine

“a supremely talented musician and a remarkable human being” -Blair Jackson, author (Garcia: An American Life)

“one of rock’s most respected sidemen” – Marin Independent Journal

“Karan the singer can pull off everything from New Orleans funk…to classic blues…to sultry ballads.” –
Hittin’ the Note magazine

 

Here is one very good video, it is in high def .. Easy Wind