Mark Doyle
has had an interesting and varied career in the music business. Raised
by musical parents, he studied extensively in classical and jazz piano,
appearing on local TV and radio shows by age ten. Mark seemed destined
for a career in jazz piano until The Beatles appeared on Ed Sullivan,
whereby he switched to guitar. His first band, Jukin' Bone,
was signed to RCA when Mark was still in his late 'teens. They went
on to make two obscure albums hailed by Creem Magazine as seminal
classics of early '70's hard rock.
After the
breakup of that band in 1973, Mark found his niche as lead guitarist/arranger/right-hand
man for a series of brilliant and eccentric singer/songwriters. Highlights
of this period include two albums each with Andy Pratt ("Resolution"
and "Shiver In The Night") and Cindy Bullens ("Desire Wire"and
"Steal The Night"), and three albums with David Werner ("Whizz
Kid," "Imagination Quota," and "David Werner"), along with a number
of tours as lead guitarist and bandleader for these artists. Concurrent
with this activity were numerous session dates as a guitarist for Daryl
Hall & John Oates, Judy Collins, Leo Sayer, and many others.
The '80's saw Mark embark on many world tours and TV appearances as
lead guitarist for Meat Loaf; another high point was arranging
and singing the background vocals on "Straight From The Heart" by Bryan
Adams. An avid interest in record production saw Mark perfecting
his craft on many independent label productions, as well as major label
productions for Epic and Casablanca.
A move to Boston in 1988 yielded a new career as a string arranger.
After being introduced to producer Maurice Starr, Mark arranged
strings for virtually all of Starr's acts, including New Kids On
The Block, Rick Wes, Perfect Gentlemen, Tiffany, The Superiors, Seiko,
and The Stylistics, also contributing co-production and instrumental
prowess to many of these records.
A call from producer Michael Beinhorn led to Mark contributing
string arrangements to The Cavedogs' major label debut on Capitol,
"Soul Martini."
Next, Mark traveled to Tokyo to play keyboards and acoustic guitar for
the Epic/Sony and Pioneer labels.
Mark left Boston in 1994 and currently resides in Syracuse, N.Y., where
he continues to actively produce and perform on a regular basis. He
has recently completed two critically acclaimed solo albums of guitar
instrumentals - the moody "Guitar Noir" and the neo-psychedelic "Out
of the Past." Other newer recordings include the double live CD and
DVD of his “Solstice at the Cathedral,” two albums produced
for old friend Andy Pratt, and a brand new collaboration
with original Jukin’ Bone partner Joe Whiting,
“The Truth.”
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