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CD HAS BEEN HONORED AS

Best Blues-Rock Albums 2010 • ABOUT.COM BLUES

Top 10 Blues Album 2010 & Best Debut Artist USA 2010 • BLUES UNDERGROUND NETWORK

Best Blues Albums 2010 • BLUES VAN

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From the REVIEWS

“Rock and soul variations on his grounding in Chicago, Delta and Mississippi hill country blues. Revealing a strong musical intelligence, the Nashville musician stays front and center as a capable singer and a focused, expressive guitarist ... ” —DownBeat

"An outstanding new album ... very special and very cool. Mark Robinson simply ROCKS." —Roots Music Report

“Excellent debut ... a nuanced mix of blues, soul, and twangy roots-rock in its grooves. ... serpentine guitar play ... Expect big things in the future from this 'self-employed' singer/songwriter.” —Blues Revue

"Top quality blues guitar … This white boy sure can play the Blues ...” --Maverick

"Robinson is a master on the guitar ... a great debut release ... the world should be happy that Robinson has not only decided to make music but write some songs and give us a great record to listen to." --Broken Jukebox

"The strong point of this CD is Robinson’s versatile guitar playing, which drives his thoughtful and passionate songwriting and tough vocal style. He tackles a number of songs, mostly originals, rambling through rootsy blues, gritty Americana and country-flavored songs. He wields a nasty slide along the way … It’s a tasty first effort … with plenty of style and sass. Not to mention fine guitar work.” --Blue Notes, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.com

"The career advice in the title applies nicely in [Robinson's] case, thanks to his ability as a songwriter, vocalist and particularly as a guitarist — lap steel, dobro, you name it." --Chicago Sun-Times

"I would heartily recommend the album, a fine collection of blues-rock, Chicago blues, roots-rock, and Memphis-styled soul."— Rev. Keith A. Gordon, About.com Blues

“Hard-hitting, emotionally charged music that strikes the heart. Well written originals and well chosen covers—immaculately played, well orchestrated ... does it with class and a timeless style … melds blues, rock, soul, country and more for a sound that is fresh as a spring breeze.” --Billtown Blue Notes

"Mark Robinson ... has put out a very good CD here, with a hatful of different influences and styles." --Blues Bytes

"A gem of an album ... really fine Guitarist, Writer, and Vocalist ...Highly recommended, thoroughly enjoyed." —John Vermilyea, Blues Underground Network

"Almost a brilliant album." --Blues Matters!

"Robinson picks and gets a groove going so thick and juicy that you think it's fresh from a Tennessee smoker." --Long Island Blues Society News

"Roots-based blues, Americana, rock ... all Mark Robinson. His musical soul is poured out on the Memphis-inspired ballad 'Try One More Time,' with Johnny Neel on the B-3 and great backup vocals by Vickie Carrico and Tracy Nelson. ... This CD is for blues lovers everywhere." --Nashville Music Guide

“ … scorching guitar work … Just give him a guitar, give him The Blues, give him a lyric he believes in, and Mark Robinson can bring it with the best of them.” --Music News Nashville

"Robinson rambles, strums, picks and packs Blues, Americana, Soul, Zydeco, Roots and Rock into his songs ... the man is a natural guitarist, his playing an extension of his soul. ... Vocally, his gruff growl brings the blues to all it touches ... Throw out the alarm clock and start tuning." --The Alternate Root

"This CD turns the roots-based blues, Americana, rock landscape into an undertaking not to be missed." --Rootsville

“Mark Robinson has himself one hell of a debut disc here and if it should be heard by the right ears, he could possibly have himself a ‘Best New Artist Debut’ nomination come the 2011 Blues Music Awards.” —Peter “Blewzzman” Lauro, Blues Editor, Mary4Music.com

"Mark Robinson ... isn't looking back ... his music spans a much broader spectrum of music than just the Blues or the music that Nashville is traditionally known for. This musician and songwriter is most definitely not a 'one trick pony.' " --Ken Utterback, Nashville Music Examiner

“Robinson officially and defiantly flips the bird at the conventional don't-quit-your-day-job wisdom ... ”--Nashville Scene (Critic's Pick)

"Beautiful guitar solos ... [the CD is] full of great songs ... " --Rootstime

"Mark lets the guitar be the star without making it hog the spotlight ... plays with enough reservation that the album never becomes tedious, as guitar albums can get at times ... it's a really good listen, so check it out." --NineBullets.net

"Near Perfect ... worth the money to any Blues fan and should be in your collection." --Rock Thiz Magazine

Ask your favorite DJ to give it a spin!

Backing up the great Tracy Nelson on Alternate Root TV—watch here.

Had a blast working with all these fabulous musicians. (And look for The Alternate Root TV's Christmas Special coming soon.)

Jammin' at Music City Roots with Tommy Womack and The Rush to Judgment Band—watch here

NEW GEAR! That's the Jetstream 290 from Reverend Guitars and the Royal Bluesman Amp from Burriss Amps. Mark is a proud endorser of Burriss and Reverend—as well as of Rocky Mountain Slides and the Mark Robinson Signature Slide. (Photo (c) Paul Needham/Mohawk Visuals).

Featured on the covers of the . . .

German magazine BLUES NEWS
issue 65 / June 2011 (lower right, click to view). Interview begins on page 31.

And on the October 2011 cover of THE ALTERNATE ROOT.

Click here, scroll down & check out the cool video (if you see a black box, just double-click!).

Blues Boulevard Records Signs Mark Robinson

[NASHVILLE, TN • November 10, 2010] Mark Robinson, who quit his job to play guitar in Music City, USA, has signed with Blues Boulevard Records, of the Music Avenue Group of Labels in Europe. Blues Boulevard will be releasing Robinson's new CD, "Quit Your Job - Play Guitar" worldwide, with distribution in more than 20 countries by some of the finest independent distributors around, including Allegro Media Group in the United States. The European release is set for Friday, February 18, 2011, with the U.S. release scheduled for Tuesday, March 8, 2011.

Blues Boulevard President Alfie Falckenbach, after receiving notice from Radio Submit of new blues music available, went online to listen, liked what he heard, and contacted Robinson about coming over to Blues Boulevard.

To Robinson, it looked like a match made in blues heaven: Blues Boulevard's catalog includes classic blues re-issues from masters such as Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Solomon Burke, and Howlin' Wolf, and new acts which represent the future of blues and blues-rock, including Delta Moon and Alvin Jett & The Phat Noiz Blues Band.

A European tour is in the works for late 2011, with a follow-up Mark Robinson CD on the horizon for 2012.

Quit Your Job - Play Guitar was self-produced and put out in September 2010 on Robinson's own Blind Chihuahua label. The reception from the roots and blues world, and now the deal with Blues Boulevard, proved to Mark Robinson that sometimes dreams do come true, and he looks forward to working with Blues Boulevard.

With the band at the CD Release Show at The Basement, September 4, 2010. (Photo: Gordy Collins)

THANKS. "Quit Your Job - Play Guitar" was lucky to have the talents of some of Nashville's best musicians working and represented on the project. (Which, if I had to describe the music in 10 words or less: soul & blues-based roots. By a musician who plays guitar.)For tracks and credits Quit Your Job - Play Guitar

Thanks to so many folks who made the album possible. These are just a few:

Jim Burnett • Randy Handley • Dave Roe • Paul Griffith • Johnny Neel • Tracy Nelson • Vickie Carrico • Lisa Young • Whit Hill • Kathy Hussey • Mike Cullison • Davis Raines • Dennis Taylor • Rick Mitchell • Steve Smartt • Ben Graves • Andi Renfree • Alicia Adkerson • Paul MKS Mahern

Special thanks to Rich Voorhees (that's his photo of me at the top of this page, taken at a jazz gig in Rochester, Indiana; we used it for the CD cover, too. Speaking of the CD cover, it was designed by Adkerson Designs - great!)

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