Size: 114,2 MB
Time: 48:49
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2009
Styles: Blues, Folk, Country, Americana
Art: Front
01. Two Of Everything (4:19)
02. So Hard (3:02)
03. Good As I've Been To You (3:42)
04. Railroad Yard (3:54)
05. The Dress Song (4:52)
06. Exley's Blues (3:36)
07. Before The Flood (5:22)
08. Don't Make Me Smile (2:55)
09. What Good Are Dreams (3:57)
10. Greasy Maggie (3:02)
11. Charlotte Anne (3:50)
12. Knock At Your Door (6:13)
Two Of Everything is the debut release from colourful roots, rock & roll songsmith Jack Marks. Produced by David Baxter at Knob & Tube Studio in Toronto and featuring myriad talented guests, the album captures Marks’ ability to craft music which is immediately timeless. Having garnered praise from both musicians and critics alike, Marks has been described as the “real deal” and already been featured in The Globe and Mail Essential Tracks column as well as receiving radio play on CBC programs Bandwidth and Deep Roots.
Over the past year, Marks has spent time performing in the front room at Toronto’s legendary Cameron House with his seven-piece band, The Lost Wages and has already began work on a follow up to his critically acclaimed first release. “There is always a certain expectation to tour when you put out a record,” says Marks “but I had more songs that I wanted to get down and felt my energy would be better spent in the studio than on the road.” For his next record, Marks has once again chosen David Baxter to produce. “For me there was no question,” says Marks “Bax is a legendary guitarist, a skilled engineer, an amazing producer and the most talented all around music person that I know – his influence can be felt all over my first record.”
Having only just performed his CD release for Two Of Everything on October 9th, 2009 to a packed house at Toronto’s legendary Dakota Tavern, Marks is wasting no time in adding to his growing body of work. “Now that I’ve started a recording career I have no desire to wait a long time between albums” says Marks “for years I put a lot of effort into pursuing my education (Marks holds a four year English B.A. and a B. Ed) but now that period of my life is over and I just want to make records.” People often acknowledge evidence of Marks’ English background in the songs he crafts. Like well written poetry, rarely is there a wasted word among his lyrics tightly packed with imagery, humour and sorrow. If Two of Everything is any indication about the quality of music to be expected from Marks in the future then his fans and critics will not be disappointed.
Over the past year, Marks has spent time performing in the front room at Toronto’s legendary Cameron House with his seven-piece band, The Lost Wages and has already began work on a follow up to his critically acclaimed first release. “There is always a certain expectation to tour when you put out a record,” says Marks “but I had more songs that I wanted to get down and felt my energy would be better spent in the studio than on the road.” For his next record, Marks has once again chosen David Baxter to produce. “For me there was no question,” says Marks “Bax is a legendary guitarist, a skilled engineer, an amazing producer and the most talented all around music person that I know – his influence can be felt all over my first record.”
Having only just performed his CD release for Two Of Everything on October 9th, 2009 to a packed house at Toronto’s legendary Dakota Tavern, Marks is wasting no time in adding to his growing body of work. “Now that I’ve started a recording career I have no desire to wait a long time between albums” says Marks “for years I put a lot of effort into pursuing my education (Marks holds a four year English B.A. and a B. Ed) but now that period of my life is over and I just want to make records.” People often acknowledge evidence of Marks’ English background in the songs he crafts. Like well written poetry, rarely is there a wasted word among his lyrics tightly packed with imagery, humour and sorrow. If Two of Everything is any indication about the quality of music to be expected from Marks in the future then his fans and critics will not be disappointed.
Two Of Everything
Size: 105,6 MB
Time: 44:40
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Blues, Folk, Country, Americana
Art: Front
01. Blues Like These (2:33)
02. Plant Me A Garden (2:52)
03. Song For Me (5:14)
04. Just The Gun & I (1:48)
05. Maggie's Hardware Store (3:03)
06. Milk Thistle (3:53)
07. Now That We've Met (4:28)
08. How The Other Half Lives (2:49)
09. This Is A Stickup (5:19)
10. Stray Dog (4:02)
11. My Good Gal (2:12)
12. Blues I Have (6:21)
I bet Jack Marks often gets asked who wrote the song he just played, because many of his tunes sound like classics, found rather than written. Rest assured he wrote all the material on his third album, Blues Like These, even if some of it (Hammond B3-drenched Maggie’s Hardware Store and Milk Thistle, for example) sounds uncannily like 70s Bob Dylan.?
As you can probably ascertain from the title, this isn’t an upbeat record, though Marks seems to laugh a little during Plant Me A Garden – a tongue-twister of a country ditty love song propelled by drumsticks, accordion, guitar and piano. But sad ballads are what he does best this time around: Song For Me (with Raven Shields singing backup) is already a staple of his live sets, Now That We’ve Met strikes on an unfortunate truth about desire; finally, beautifully produced, confessional-sounding closer Blues I Have, marks an interesting and moving departure for the Toronto songwriter. ~Sarah Green
As you can probably ascertain from the title, this isn’t an upbeat record, though Marks seems to laugh a little during Plant Me A Garden – a tongue-twister of a country ditty love song propelled by drumsticks, accordion, guitar and piano. But sad ballads are what he does best this time around: Song For Me (with Raven Shields singing backup) is already a staple of his live sets, Now That We’ve Met strikes on an unfortunate truth about desire; finally, beautifully produced, confessional-sounding closer Blues I Have, marks an interesting and moving departure for the Toronto songwriter. ~Sarah Green
Blues Like These