Mark Wilson

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Mark Wilson

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Musician of Reggae, Alternative and Rock

Austin, Texas multi-instrumentalist perhaps best known for playing the Baritone Saxophone. Mark Wilson started playing Tenor Sax at age 12 in San Angelo, Texas. At 13 he switched to the Baritone Sax and has played baritone for Alejandro Escovedo's Orchestra, Wajumbe, House in Orbit, Dino Lee, Atlantic Soul Revue, and still plays with Ted Roddy's King Conjurer Band. He recorded with many other bands as well - Poi Dog Pondering, The Shoulders, Killer Bees, Bad Mutha Goose and the Humpty Dumpty Horns, and Retarded Elf. In 1991, Mark began recording and touring with Burning Spear in Europe, Japan, Brazil, the Caribbean and the U.S. Mark played tenor on Grammy-nominated recordings - Jah Kingdom-91, The World Should Know, Love & Peace - Live in 1993, and Rasta Business-95. His tenor can also be heard on Burning Spear's Living Dub. Vol. 2 & 3, Reggae on the Rocks - 10th Anniversary, and Island Records - Burning Spear Anthology. Currently, Mark plays with several bands, including Bob Schneider.

Instruments

Bariton sax
Flute
Tenor sax
Drums
Alto sax

Genres

Reggae
Alternative
Rock
Pop

Plays With

The Burning Band

Not For Sale

Uncle Lucius

Larry Lange & His Lonely Knights

Hash Brown & The Browntones

Band Members

External Links

Facebook

Discogs

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.