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Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart
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Gearle Records (US), Funzalo (US),
Evolver/Instinct (US),
 Love To Art (Spain), True North (CAN),
Southbound (UK), Proper (UK)
SESAC / ASCAP
Buoy Publishing-Blue Water Music-Ten Ten Tunes

Stacey Earle and Mark

Gearle Records 2008 release, “Town Square”,
available at shows and E-store only.
Stacey and Mark have recorded 32 acoustic versions of songs performed over the last 16 years.
It comes after receiving an overwhelmingly warm response to the acoustic version bonus CD of their 2003 duo release, “Never Gonna Let You Go”. Stacey and Mark: “We are thinking, maybe, it is what the audience wants and we aim to please. Folks come to the show; they ask if we have something that sounded like us that night. Let’s call it a souvenir .It seems we have become songwriters, live performers, then recording artists in that order.” While, no doubt, each still remains an individual solo artist with solo releases (such as the new 2008 release of Mark Stuart “Left of Nashville” and Stacey Earle “The Ride” due later 2009), it is through the respect of each others work and years of playing together they have created their sound. And, that sound allows each individual to shine through.  Their stage plot is as basic as it gets. No tricks, no gadgets, just two vocals (workhorse SM58s), two XLRs (guitar lines). Mix vocals even (think Everly Brothers), set the board “flat”, mix Mark’s guitar slightly hotter then Stacey’s (so the base notes can be felt while leaving the bite of the lead licks in Mark’s hands). With that, the dynamics are controlled by the artists.

They know the band thing is great fun and can lift the bar, as Stacey and Mark is each veteran Dukes (of Steve Earle and the Dukes) and Mark toured in Freddy Fender’s band and others. Stacey and Mark: “We know the economics, its tough out there. We had to learn how to be the whole twang dang.”
     A show not to miss, Stacey and Mark reach back and grab songs of the past, then fast  forward to present and into the future. They will be performing from their own new solo releases as well during their tour.