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A Blast from the Past: Thirty Miles by Michael Green and Johnny B. Goode at The Torch Club |
I forgot to post this after Audrey and John's wedding. Robbie Carlton (Lindsay's boyfriend) is on accordion.
Audrey and John's rescue pup Otis provides some background vocals near the end.
Good show at Luna's Saturday Night...smaller crowd due to virus precautions....very enthusiastic though!!
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Mark Chrisler and the Band return to Luna's Cafe in Sacramento on Sat. March 14 8pm $10 at the door.
Sutter Lawn 100 Year Gala Concert |
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Opening song at Luna's Last Saturday Night: Blue Angel |
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Full House Last Sat. Night at Luna's
Photo Credit: Ann Chrisler
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Coming Saturday September 15 7pm Mark Chrisler and His Band Invite You To an Evening at Luna's Cafe in Sacramento
$8 at the door
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Blue Lamp show went great....great venue, super nice staff!! Photos courtesy of Ann Chrisler and Tony Vanneman
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Mark Chrisler headlines the Rock and Roll Dance Party at The Blue Lamp Friday January 12 7pm $10 at the door. Don't miss this one!!!
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Last Sat. at Luna's was a big hit. Some said it was our best show ever...just sayin....
Mark your calendars for Saturday October 7 7pm. We will be playing Luna's Cafe 1414 16th St. Sacramento $8 at the door
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Come to the show to welcome our two newest members of the band, Peter Thick: Bass and Beth Arnoldy: Background Vocals
We return to the Starlite Lounge Thursday July 27, 2017 8pm
Our producer, Craig Thomas is working his magic with our new music.
Michael Greene between takes in the studio
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Great show at the Starlite Lounge in Sacramento last night. Michael Green (on the left) stole the show playing lead guitar!!! Video on right got reversed showing Mike playing his song "30 Miles to Sacramento" left handed!
Looking forward to the show at The Starlite. As usual we will present a two hour all original show featuring 6 different musical styles. Go to the Music section to hear full song samples.
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Our next Sacramento Show: The Starlite Lounge Thursday January 12, 8pm 1517 21st St. Sacramento, CA
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Come see the return of Troy Vorse at the Starlite Lounge Show January 12!!!
June 2016: Cocktail Party by the Sutter Lawn Pool...first private gig in several years....a rare occurrence.
Chamber's Landing 2016 Always a good time!
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It's Official: Summer Tour 2016 kicks off on Memorial Day weekend Sat May 28 4pm at historic Chamber's Landing on the shores of Lake Tahoe in Tahoma, CA
Chamber's Landing 2014 with local "weekend hippies" Walt and Wendy Frese. |
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Taking a photo break during rehearsal. From left to right: Evan Mahoney: Bass and Mandolin, Danny Miller: Drums, MC, Micheal Green: Guitars. Next show is set for Luna's Café in Sacramento Saturday April 16 @ 8pm 1414 16th St. $6 at the door
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Here are the boys in the band rehearsing for upcoming shows this May. Details available soon. As you can see they are all (almost all) working hard.
Rehearsing in the Studio
I am pleased to welcome Michael Green of Half Step Down to the band. Great player and good guy. He loves the acoustic stuff as well as rock and roll and blues. This young man is one serious player and artist!
Acoustic Show at Lunas's was a big hit. Sasha Tkacheff loaned us her considerable talents for the evening!!! Danny Miller, pictured below gave a superb performance.
Don't miss this one!
Almost Solo Acoustic Show coming up at Luna's on 16th St. in Sacramento Saturday October 10 8pm I will be joined by Sasha Tkacheff, two time Jammie Award Winner on Violin and former Sacramento City College Jazz Ensemble drummer :Danny Miller.
Almost Solo Acoustic Show coming up at Luna's on 16th St. in Sacramento Saturday October 10 8pm I will be joined by Sasha Tkacheff, two time Jammie Award Winner on Violin and former Sacramento City College Jazz Ensemble drummer :Danny Miller.
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Torch Club Show Sat. July 25, 5:30pm Thanks to Lindsay Chrisler who has designed all of my posters over the years!!
Meet our new drummer: Danny Miller who brings his powerful and sophisticated style to our band. We are busy rehearsing for our summer schedule which includes a Memorial Day concert outdoors at Lake Tahoe and a Sat. July 25 return to the Torch Club in Sacramento
Two of the Original Weekend Hippies Walt Frese and his lovely wife Wendy dropped by our show at Tahoe this last weekend. They among others were the inspiration for Tahoe City Blues, one of my first songs in 1975 I think. They arrived in their fishing boat leaving their sailboat at home. Also there from this era the amazing Russ Hanson who is a hell of a guitarist himself.
Mark Chrisler brought the band to historic Chamber's Landing for a Sat. Labor Day concert. We played in the boat house bar on the pier out over beautiful Lake Tahoe. More that 200 people were drinking, dancing, and listening (in that order) to our show and we got lots of great feedback. Look for another show there Memorial Day weekend 2015. Bartenders said it was the best show of the summer!!! Photo Credit: Ernest Rusu-Carp
Good News Tahoe Fans: The Mark Chrisler Musical Experience comes to Chamber's Landing on Saturday August 30th. 4 PM outdoor show on the lake!! Don't miss this one and Larry bring your harmonica and guitar!!
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Video Credit: Charles Alloway Productions
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The Torch Club Sacramento, CA July 2014 ....... Full house and lots of dancing....heaven...
Photo Credit: Charles Alloway |
Photo below by Audrey Chrisler
Opening for Laney Lou and the Birdogs , Four Corners outside Bozeman, MT. What a cool band...young and plenty talented. Joined them for a couple tunes as well. They wanted permission to cover Good Old Fashioned Modern Day Mountain Man which I happily granted.
Band members below are Lena Schiffer guitar and vocals, Ethan Demarais, bass, Matt Demarais, banjo, and Brian Kassay, fiddle. Google the band name and check them out.Its hard to get a photo of Brian because he is always dancing around but I have a better picture coming shortly.
The Band returns to the Torch Club Saturday July 19 at 5;30pm for the early show. A 2 hour all original music show featuring wild ass rock and roll, singer-songwriter tunes from the 70's to the present, and even a few piano ballads for the romantic ones!!! SN&R called the Mark Chrisler Musical Experience a "Don't Miss". Joining Mark will be "Mr. Cool" Brad Brubaker on drums and young virtuoso Troy Vorse on bass and lead guitar. No Cover Charge so you will have money left for dinner afterwards.
We rocked The Torch Club last night (Feb. 11). We were the main attraction at a band showcase and we had a full house waiting for something special. Most of the comments I received said they got that and more. Feeling good about all the hard work we put in so that we can meet the standards of the better clubs. Special thanks to band members Brad Brubaker (Drums) and Troy Vorse (Lead Guitar and Bass).
We are Playing the Torch Club Tuesday Night February 11
8pm No cover 50 minute set
904 15th St Sacramento, CA
8pm No cover 50 minute set
904 15th St Sacramento, CA
Photos courtesy of Charles Alloway
Troy's Version of Interacting with the Audience
Full House at Luna's Cafe Saturday Night
Photo credit: Audrey Chrisler
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Meet the New Band
Brad Brubaker on drums and Troy Vorse on guitar and bass. Come see the new show. The folk rock and ballads you like along with blues and badass rock and roll. Don't miss our show at Luna's Cafe Sat. Sept. 21 7pm $8 at the door. 1414 16th St. Sacramento (across from Simon's)
Mark Chrisler Returns to Luna's Cafe
Saturday September 21 7 pm
$8 at the Door
Mark, pictured here at last year's show, brings his new band this time with Brad Brubaker on drums and 19 year old bass and guitar whiz Troy Vorse.
John Ascuaga's Nugget Show in the Celebrity Ballroom
Click links below for high quality video samples of the performance.
Leo Kottke and Little Rev from New York headlined. It was a great time!! Dominic slayed the crowd!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3wzeNGp0dI - We Could Have a Time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3wzeNGp0dI - We Could Have a Time
Summer Shows Coming Up
Friday June 21 5-7pm Holiday Inn Auburn CA
Friday July 12 7-9pm Street Stars at the Fountains in Roseville
Friday Aug. 23 7-9pm
Winery Concert in Newcastle, CA Coming Up
I will be performing with Dominic Pieranunzio on Saturday March 16 at the Dono Dal Cielo Winery in Newcastle, CA. The show starts at 2pm and goes until 5pm. Admission is free and it is a nice setting for sipping wine and hearing some good music. We will do some of my songs and a bunch of cool cover tunes including Bill Withers, George Benson, and Santana. If you are lucky you might get to hear Dominic play "Thriller " on his ukulele!! I hope you can come!! Visit www.donodalcielo.com for more info and directions.
Spring 2013 Concerts Being Planned
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I am busy rehearsing for 3 concerts coming up this Spring. I will be playing guitar and singing with Dominic "The Dominator" Pieranunzio who will be doing his nationally acclaimed ukulele show featuring hawaiian music, Dom's original work, some great cover songs, and of course some of my songs as well. We will start off in March at the Dona dal Cielo Winery in Newcastle, CA , and finally in April the two of us will perform in the Celebrity Ballroom at John Ascuaga's Nugget in Reno, NV. I will give you specific dates and ticket prices as soon as they are available. Thanks again for your support in 2012 and I wish you a great Holiday Season!!
Luna's Cafe Show on Sept. 7 Gets Rave Reviews
Our show was magical last Friday. Sasha was a shining star, bringing her artistry to the songs and Dominic was incredible making the show sound so professional and interesting!! We will have more photos for you shortly courtesy of Audrey Chrisler. Stay tuned!!
Also, if you missed last Fri, you can catch Dominic and I at Dona dal Cielo Winery Sat. Sept. 15, from 2-5pm!!
6100 Wise Road Newcastle CA 95658 530-888-0101
Free Admission and Great Wine Tasting in a beautiful setting!!
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Next Performance Friday Sept. 7 Luna's Cafe 1414 16th St. Across from Simon's) Sacramento
8:30pm $8 at the door
Don’t miss this exciting show. Joining Mark onstage will be 2 time Jammie Award winner Sasha Tkacheff on violin and Ukulele virtuoso ukulele virtuoso Dominic “The Dominator” Pieranunzio. Space is limited so it is suggested you arrive around 7:30 to get a table.
Also visit: http://www.dominator.ukeland.com
http://www.sashasviolin.com
Just Added: Saturday September 15 2-5pm Mark will be appearing with Dominic Pieranunzio at Dona dal Cielo Winery in Newcastle, CA
Visit www.donadalcielo.com for more info.
8:30pm $8 at the door
Don’t miss this exciting show. Joining Mark onstage will be 2 time Jammie Award winner Sasha Tkacheff on violin and Ukulele virtuoso ukulele virtuoso Dominic “The Dominator” Pieranunzio. Space is limited so it is suggested you arrive around 7:30 to get a table.
Also visit: http://www.dominator.ukeland.com
http://www.sashasviolin.com
Just Added: Saturday September 15 2-5pm Mark will be appearing with Dominic Pieranunzio at Dona dal Cielo Winery in Newcastle, CA
Visit www.donadalcielo.com for more info.
Recent Shows at 2022 in Oakland
The shows at 2022 Restaurant and Lounge in Oakland went really well. It was a great venue for singer- songwriter type music because everyone there was really close to the music. Both shows had a full house and I must admit we delivered the goods. I gave it my all emotionally and I even tried some new twists to a few songs...not structural changes but more embellishments with the vocals. Bob Eisenman played sax on a bunch of songs with me on both nights and he was very polished, soulful, and very comfortable even with my occaisonal wanderings from our charts! Bob is a veteran jazz and pop player and he really made each show! We rehearsed at the historic Berkeley Tennis Club Ballroom which has a big stage and lots of old redwood walls for amazing acoustics. We will do some more rehearsals there in the next few weeks adding perhaps two recording artists to sing vocals with me. The exciting thing is that both of them are also songwriters so I look forward to hopefully adding their songs to future shows.
By the way, many thanks to my friend Elizabeth Opalenik for her photos of the show. Make sure you visit her website listed below. Elizabeth is one the world's masters at "mordancage", a very specialized and beautiful type of photography.
All 2022 Photo Credits: Elizabeth Opalenik www.opalenik.com/
Mark is interested in performing locally if the venue is right. It must have a good, properly tuned piano and a decent PA system. His shows work best in a venue where people can hear the music. He has played enough loud nightclubs in his time. If you are a club or restaurant manager please go to the contact page and we will get back to you shortly. Mark also plays private parties and charity events.