Hello Brewster2,
The Mark-Almond Band was formed in 1970 and broke up for good in 1978.
Here is an excerpt from their biography:
?British session musicians Jon Mark and Johnny Almond met while
playing together in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and left in 1970 to
form Mark-Almond, sometimes referred to as the Mark-Almond Band.
(. . .)
?Both joined the Bluesbreakers in 1969 and appeared on the albums
Turning Point and Empty Rooms; they left in 1970 and recruited bassist
Rodger Sutton and keyboardist Tommy Eyre. The group built something of
a following through touring, with their live shows often featuring
lengthy instrumental jams. The group's roster grew to seven members by
1973 before disbanding that year. Mark, despite losing a finger in an
accident, recorded the solo album Songs for a Friend in 1975. He and
Almond reunited that year and released To the Heart in 1976; they got
a deal with A&M in 1978 and released Other People's Rooms, but neither
LP was successful and the duo broke up for good?
Artist Direct: All Music Guide
http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/bio/0,,463434,00.html#bio
Timeline
Formed: 1970
Disbanded: 1978
http://wwwp.musicmatch.com/artist/artist.cgi?ARTISTID=352968&TMPL=LONG
Jon Mark
?After the group dispersed in the late '70s, Mark moved to New
Zealand, where he has so far produced two albums of impressionistic
synthesizer pieces?
All Music Guide
http://www.mp3.com/jon-mark/artists/2244/biography.html
JON MARK & JOHNNY ALMOND.....
?Jon is in fact in New Zealand and is a part of the White Cloud music
company. He is still recording but it is all ambient type stuff,
musical interpretations of places he has been. He has made approx. 10
albums as a solo artist?
?Jon Mark lives in New Zealand and Johnny Almond lives in San Francisco.?
?Johnny Almond was on "The Turning Point" "A Hard Road" "Blues
Breakers with Clapton" "Empty Rooms" We don't know of his other
recording history. He resides in San Francisco bay area.?
http://www.johnmayall.com/fanmail_classic.html#markalmond
?Jon Mark, with Johnny Almond, wrote and played in the Mark-Almond
Band (no relation to singer Marc Almond) and some of the most
interesting music of the early '70s.?
?After the band broke up, Jon released a solo album, "Songs For A Friend,"
one of the most intensely emotional albums I have ever heard. I have been
thinking about submitting his (long out of print) album to the Taping
Project, backing it up with excerpts from Mark-Almond albums.
(. . .)
?Unfortunately, something happened to him (musically) after that. A couple
of years ago I happened upon 3 cds of his released in Australia around
1990, but he does not sing on them at all, and the music is newagey
instrumental and extremely boring to me. Even "Alhambra," music based on
Spanish roots, is barely interesting. A friend who has a large newage
collection, who positively loves the genre, says that the albums are not
very good at all. Repetitive, etc.?
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John ALMOND biography
http://www.musicweb-international.com/encyclopaedia/a/A173.HTM
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I hope this is helpful.
Best regards,
Bobbie7 |
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