Subject: [Harp-L] Sad News /Mark Sallings

[EGS1217@xxxxxxx]

Hi Rob:
 
I'm sorry Mark's friend gave you such garbled information.  Unfortunately 
Mark was killed on his way to a gig back on February 25 (nearly 4  months 
ago).  It was mentioned here with quite a few of us remembering  Mark's SPAH 
gig.  (Here are a couple of the posts made in early  April).  Most likely you 
were away at the time.  Am so sorry you found  out this way.  I remember his 
son was seriously injured in a car crash just  three years ago.
 
 I've just reread Mark's obituary from his myspace page:
and am listening again to his 'Mighty Oaks'....what a great song....  
outrageously good. I can't believe it isn't getting anywhere near the same  
amount of play as the other songs on his site.
 
www.MySpace.com/marksallings   
 
Elizabeth
 
Message: 3
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:38:57 -0400
From: "Rob  Paparozzi" <Chromboy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Sad News
To:  "Harp-L" _harp-l@xxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx) 

Steve Cropper informed me he just played a benefit for Mark Stallings who  
died in a car accident 3 weeks ago. Sax and Harmonica player from West  
Plains Missouri.

I was wondered if anyone here has heard of  him...

thanx Rob Paparozzi  



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Message: 4
Date: Mon,  15 Jun 2009 07:25:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: Phillip Franklin  <pbf@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Sad News
To: Rob Paparozzi  <Chromboy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx

Rob, Mark Sallings was  a tremendously talented musician, and played great 
harp.  He performed at  the SPAH here in Kansas City (2005 or 2006?).  He 
was actually from  Arkansas, and played the Tunica casinos quite a bit, as 
well as other Midwest  venues.  For about two years he had a regular gig at a 
casino here in  Kansas City, and I was fortunate enough to see him play every 
2-3 months.   He released four albums, and the best was his last, Temporary 
Life.  I'm  only sorry the title referred so unexpectedly to his own  life.




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Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Mark Sallings link
 
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    *   Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:35:15 EDT 
 
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You're right...'Mighty Oaks' is a great song.  I love that slow  Blues too. 

This one verse alone...

 

"now the sun don't shine on Johnny,

and all the Lightning left the sky

the lights went out on Little Walter

Downhome Blues has said goodbye..."

 

WONDERFUL blues song.

 

For those who don't yet know, Mark's myspace page has become an 'In  

Memoriam' site (April 11 was his birthday), with a mention of SPAH and his  
band's 

appearance there in 2005.  I didn't get to enjoy his playing at  that SPAH 

due to what I thought of as excessive volume (at the time) while  having a 

very bad headache...but I'm glad I listened to this..it's gorgeous  blues. 

I've completely revised my opinion of Mark and the band.

 

Elizabeth

 

Message: 6

Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 22:09:58 -0500

From:  "steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <swebb@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Subject: [Harp-L]    Mark Sallings link (Resend, sent to wrong address

at  first)

To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx





I don't usually post links, but I  have always been a Mark Sallings fan and 

moreso after meeting him in Kansas  City at SPAH. 

He has a MySpace page with some tunes... I would highly  recommend 

listening to 

Mighty Oaks.. Man, I love this kind of blues.  

Steve Webb in Minnesota, where I seldom get to play the  blues.

www.MySpace.com/marksallings   





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