Mark Telesca - Higher Vibrations

Size: 118,5 MB
Time: 50:47
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Acoustic Blues
Art: Front

01. 99 Years (3:07)
02. Black Dress (2:17)
03. Murderin' Blues (3:23)
04. Looking For Some Gold (3:36)
05. Turn On A Dime (3:21)
06. Louise (2:59)
07. Come On In My Kitchen (3:38)
08. It's All Right (2:30)
09. How Long Blues (3:20)
10. Papa's On The House Top (2:31)
11. Life In The City (3:15)
12. The Electric Chair (3:27)
13. Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burnin' (3:07)
14. Been A Long Time (2:57)
15. I'm A Ram (4:05)
16. Somethin' Just Ain't Right (3:08)

Mark Telesca is an American Songwriter / Singer / Guitarist and Bassist. He studied music at Florida Atlantic University and currently lives in West Palm Beach, Florida.
His “HOOK” oriented songwriting style and storytelling lyrics along with his expressive style of bass playing and powerful lead vocal is capturing the attention of music lovers everywhere.

Mark has released his first solo studio CD titled “Heavy Breathing” in January of 2015. It is currently on steady rotation on SIRIUSXM RADIO (Bluesville). The CD is receiving rave reviews and reached the #5 spot on "Blues Power Radio's Top 30" Blues Albums. He has had three singles off the Heavy Breathing CD that has charted on Blues 411 Baker's Dozen of Blues. "If You Got Enough Jack" has reached #5 " Cross the Dog" has reached #2 and "I Don't Need Your Lovin' Anymore" has reached #1 !!!

In January 2015, Mark took his band to Memphis, TN to compete in the International Blues Challenge (IBC) and were semi finalists.

Mark has also started a career playing solo acoustic guitar focusing on Pre-WWII blues, Americana and his own original music.
He has since competed in his local IBC challenge as a solo artist. He has been fortunate enough to win himself another spot in to compete again in Memphis in January 2016. He will be representing The South Florida Blues Society.

Mark is out gigging almost every night promoting the new CD. In addition to his hectic gigging schedule, he is the host of one of the most popular Pro Blues Jams in the Southeast. The Jam takes place every Monday at the Funky Biscuit in Boca Raton, FL. There are many touring artist who make it a point to spend some extra time in sunny Florida just to attend and hopefully participate in this high quality Jam.

As well as being a songwriter, singer, guitarist, and band leader, Mark is a touring bassist supporting many blues / rock artists. He is currently touring with “Blue Mercy” Featuring 2014 Blues Music Award winner and 2015 Blues Music Award Nominee Diunna Greenleaf.

Mark was the bassist along with 2010 Blues Music Award Winner and 2015 Grammy Winner Jason Ricci on Harmonica in The Keith Brown Trio. They later recorded Keith’s album “Down the Line” an acoustic album.

Higher Vibrations

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Mark Telesca - Heavy Breathing

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:36
Size: 93.0 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[3:06] 1. I Don't Need Your Lovin' Anymore
[4:47] 2. Paint It Blue
[4:15] 3. Funky Stuff
[4:12] 4. Evil
[4:09] 5. Tell Me
[3:29] 6. Cross The Dog
[3:14] 7. If You Got Enough Jack
[5:13] 8. Living In The Past
[3:31] 9. Stand My Ground
[4:35] 10. Heavy Breathing

"Heavy Breathing" is Mark's first release as a self named band. The nucleus of the group consists of Mark Telesca on bass and vocals; Robert Allen Gibbs on lead and slide guitars, and dobro; with the drum work being shared by Fred Weng & Rick "Rico" Geragi - also on percussion. On this project they were joined by: Tony Monaco on Hammond B3 and piano; Steve Laudicina on guitar; and Bridget Adderly & Josh Rowand on background vocals. The disc contains nine originals and a Willie Dixon cover. ~Peter "Blewzzman" Lauro

Heavy Breathing

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Mick Kolassa & Mark Telesca - You Can't Do That: Acoustic Blues Beatles Tribute

Size: 102,6 MB
Time: 36:49
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Acoustic Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. I'll Cry Instead (3:25)
02. Can't Buy Me Love (3:49)
03. I Feel Fine (2:58)
04. Fixing A Hole (3:27)
05. You Can't Do That (3:31)
06. Got To Get You Into My Life (3:45)
07. Lady Madonna (3:02)
08. Why Don't We Do It In The Road (3:21)
09. She's A Woman (3:54)
10. Mean Mr Mustard - Polythene Pam (3:56)
11. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (1:35)

I am enthralled by You Can’t Do That! I’ve been a Beatles fan all my life and I can honestly say that I never imagined them this way. Bu oh, how well it works! Mick Kolassa and Mark Telesca are Beatles fans too, and at the 2016 International Blues Challenge in Memphis they started swapping their” bluesified” versions of Beatles songs. They sounded so good that way, they decided to make an album. Jeff Jensen joined the project to produce and add some of his remarkable guitar and they knew they had something. Then they gathered James Cunningham on drums and other percussion, Tommy Borroughs on fiddle and mandolin, Marc Franklin on trumpet and yes, flugelhorn and Eric Hughes on guitar and harmonica and with the help of all these friends, they did something nearly unbelievable.

The title of the album represents the song “You Can’t Do That’ but also what some people told them. You can’t change beloved Beatles songs into blues! But, with love and respect,Mick and Mark proved that you can. Hearing the well-known songs this way really makes the words pop out at you and they made some unusual choices of lesser-known songs that suddenly demanded attention.

You know that you’ve never heard the Beatles this way before when you hear the first notes of “I’ll Cry Instead” and that Dixieland trumpet. Mick then delivers a jazzy vocal that is simply delightful.

Mark then turns “Can’t Buy Me Love,” into a Neil Diamond-like pop blues, with lots of moody acoustic guitar which helps give it even more of that t earnest folksinger vibe that Mark is laying down. ” i Feel Fine” M then becomes a slow blues with Mick singing and occasionally talking it accompanied by great percussion and guitar and lots of tasty harmonica from Eric Hughes.

“Fixing A Hole” made me literally speechless I could not have imagined this song this way. I had thought it was an odd choice, but this version turns a minor song into something extraordinary. Mark’s deeply dramatic delivery and the marvelous guitar picking with a Spanish flare, make this a highlight of an album I was already entirely in love with.

“You Can’t Do That” becomes a country blues with Mick on vocals and Eric Hughes joining in on guitar and a bit of harmonica for atmosphere. “Gotta Get You Into My Life is a swinging blues with Mark on vocals. it has a deliberate bit of a cruise ship atmosphere and a slight rockabilly touch to the guitars. The softly delivered background vocals on the chorus are a delight. This is a fun number!

Mick then turns “Lady Madonna” into a mysterious deep blues enhanced by Tommy Boroughs on fiddle and James Cunningham’s compulsive drumming.

“Why Don’t We Do It In The Road”was the most surprising choice. It was a throw-away song, a chance for the boys to be a bit naughty at the time and for Paul to show off his “Little Richard” falsetto. But here with Mark it becomes a real blues song, even with only 20 words, repeated over and over, in the whole song. “Shes a Woman” gets a growl-y rendition from Mick with a very mellow flugalhorn, played by Marc Franklin, providing jazzy accompaniment. James Cunningham provides some steady, hypnotic drumming.

“Mean Mister Mustard/ Polythene Pam” was another song that never got a lot of attention. In fact, I never heard all the words to this song. They are so much better than I thought! With Mick singing Mean Mr. Mustard and Mark doing Polythene Pam, it’s a fantastic collaboration, with excellent accompaniment from guitar and drums.

The last song,”She Came Through The Bathroom Window” is now a mix of country blues and bluegrass with some amazing mandolin from Tommy Borroughs.

It is astonishing that each of these songs got an arrangement that fitted just right and that suited the vocalist perfectly. I believe all four Beatles would approve of it, and as for me, it already has a spot on my ‘best of the year” list. ~by Rhetta

You Can't Do That

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