Marc Black: Life...One Song at a Time at Under St Marks Theater

Marc Black: Life...One Song at a Time $20 UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place) The Music Series will be featuring New York Blues Hall of Fame Inductee Singer/Songwriter Marc Black—Life One Song at a time taking the audience footstep by foot step Marc’s life via song presentation, New York Blues Hall of Fame inductee singer/ songwriter Marc Black , will be performing his collection of new and old classic songs in his new engaging one man show , "LIFE...ONE SONG AT A TIME", an all American, rollicking confessional Marc has performed and recorded with many luminaries including Art Garfunkel, Rick Danko, Richie Havens, Taj Mahal and Pete Seeger. He was chosen by Levon Helm to play one of the Midnight Rambles and was recently named Folk Artist of the Year on ABC Radio. As legendary folk artist, Happy Traum, put it, ‘Marc is a master…spreading the joy of music with story and song’.Marc Black LIFE... ONE SONG AT A TIME Suburban kid from Brooklyn/New Jersey/Florida/Pennsylvania, Guitar addict, High school pop sensation, Pot smoking Woodstock hippie, Homesteader, Madison Avenue tunesmith, Metro North commuter, Fracking activist, Joy merchant, Composer for the New York Mets/ International living room performer. So hang on to your seat as Marc leads us through his life one song at a time… and enjoy the musical ride.http://www.marcblack.com/ Bio Marc Black is an eclectic folk-rocker who deals with life, and all its social and political challenges…one song at a time. Noted for his “timeless songs, deep grooves and excellent playing”, Marc was inducted into the New York Chapter of the Blues Hall of Fame in June of 2014. He’s performed and recorded with many luminaries including Art Garfunkel, Rick Danko, Richie Havens, Taj Mahal and Pete Seeger. He was chosen by Levon Helm to play one of the Midnight Rambles and was recently named Folk Artist of the Year on ABC Radio. As legendary folk artist, Happy Traum, put it, ‘Marc is a master…spreading the joy of music with story and song’. Marc is currently working on a multi-media campaign to help folks who have been gagged by corporate bullying, called Sing for the Silenced (singforthesilenced.org). But his song subjects range from his love for the New York Mets, to good coffee and just about everything in between. His fingerstyle blues is reminiscent of Mississippi John Hurt and Lightnin’ Hopkins. And his recent CD, Pictures of the Highway, reached #6 on the Folk DJ Chart. One of Marc’s youtube videos, I Love You Rachel Maddow, has now been viewed more than 50,000 times. Marc spends most of his time on the road— playing festivals, clubs, arts centers, libraries and house concerts. He was a finalist in the prestigious Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Competition. Sometime a Spark, his song about Mohamed Bouazizi and the Arab Spring, caused an international stir that led to an interview on Tunisian State Radio. He recently completed a duet CD entitled Champions of Love with piano great, Warren Bernhardt. (http://www.warrenbernhardt.com/). While still in high school, his band, the Blades of Grass, reached the top forty and performed along side the biggest acts of the day including the Doors, Van Morrison and Neil Diamond. He has since recorded more than a dozen CDs including one ‘pick hit’ in Billboard Magazine and another that was recognized as a ‘minor masterpiece’ by famed music producer John Hammond Sr. In the 1980s, Marc won the American Library Association Award for Best Children’s Album for producing American Children, a collaboration with such talented artists as Richie Havens, Taj Mahal and Maria Muldaur. ASCAP has featured Marc in performance at the Sundance Film Festival and several of his Youtube videos have been viewed more than 50,000 times! Over the past couple of years, he’s occasionally turned to a more topical songwriting style. One tune, No Fracking Way – recorded with John Sebastian and Eric Weissberg (of “Dueling Banjos” fame), and some 100 Woodstock, NY citizens — has been sung at rallies as far away as South Africa, Ireland and Australia.