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Mark James Wood

Born to parents Richard Douglas Wood and Phyllis Edna Morse-Wood in Denver, Colorado 1956. Married in Westerville, OH to Christie Larason in 1978. They have one daughter, Lacey Marie Wood born in 1986.

Musician and Composer

Mark began performing professionally at the age of eleven and has virtually grown up on stage. With a repertoire of over 2000 songs, he covers a wide range of popular music styles including Pop, Country, Rock and Standards. He was recently featured in a thirty-minute television special on PBS, performing original music from his two latest CDs, The Lessons of Life and Now That You’re Gone. LINK

Mark’s guitar virtuosity has been compared with that of Leo Kotke and his work on the piano adds a unique dimension to his performance that is reminiscent of early Elton John and Billy Joel. With a four octave vocal range and an incredible gift for recreating a variety of singing styles, Mark amazes, as well as entertains his audiences. Mark has always been known in the club, concert and corporate event scene as a one-man band with a big, full, rhythmical sound (with no sequencers or drum machines), always performing an incredible energetic, non-stop set full of everyone's favorite songs. From small, intimate all acoustic shows, to huge sell-out crowds the result is always the same; he always takes the audience on an incredible and memorable journey with plenty of sing-a-longs, crowd participation and even dancing with everyone having a great time! LINK

Mark has been featured as the opening act for recording artists such as Jimmy Buffett, Bruce Hornsby and the Range, Don McLean, Kenny Rankin and platinum-selling country music star, Sammy Kershaw, just to name a few. LINK

Among many other venues all across the country, Mark has headlined shows at the world-famous Roxy Theatre and the Whisky A Go-Go on the Sunset Strip and the Coach House Concert Hall in Orange County, California in front of sellout crowds, performing his original songs to rave reviews.

Mark has also played the pre-show for Jimmy Buffett at Verizon Amphitheater in Orange County CA with his band Mark Wood and the Parrot Head Band.

Mark James Wood Bands: 1. Mark Wood Solo LINK 2. Mark Sings Jimmy LINK 3. Mark Wood and the Parrot Head Band LINK 4. The Pianomen LINK 5. Mark Wood and the West LINK 6. The Mark Wood Band LINK 7. The Calypso Kings LINK 8. Mark Wood and Paul Navidad LINK 9. The Mark Wood and Friends Annual Holiday Show LINK 10. The Mark Wood Jazz Sextet LINK

President and CEO of Mark Wood Entertainment, Inc. Mark began Mark Wood Entertainment in 1992. Originally created as a sole proprietorship, Mark utilized the company to book his solo act, bands and several other friends and their acts including the Zydeco Party Band LINK, Swingtown LINK and Einstein Brown and New Caribbean LINK. After an accelerated period of growth in the early 2000s, the need to incorporate arose. In 2004 Mark incorporated as a California S-Corporation and then in 2006 opened the corporate offices of Mark Wood Entertainment, Inc. in the Southern California area - Irvine, CA. MWE now has over 300 artists on their roster including musicians, bands, entertainers, headliners, cirque performers and much more. MWE also provides production for clients globally. LINK

Songwriter, Music Publisher and Record Company Mark has been composing and performing original songs since 1974 under the the name Mark James Wood LINK LINK. Mark is a BMI songwriter and has his own publishing company Kanu da Gila Music which was established in 2002. He is also President and CEO of Kanu da Gila Records which was established in 2002 as well.