I've just received your strong & good music album Well, thank U I do not know what way you sent me that stuff, or by whom so you got my address, but it's a good thing, really.. I listen to loop from the CD with a very exciting pleasure There's a haunting atmosphere, a great groove and blues everywhere... Roots but with a touche a modern sound A lot of vibrations, hypnotic sensations and big feeling I love your guitar playing and the subtlety of the other two instruments, sometimes discret, sometime with very presence I love the energy, the slide & saturated guitar, your voice, soul, deep, hard Well, I am bewitched :-) You know, I'm the Chairman of the french speakin joint blues radio DJs, Collectif des Radios Blues (CRB, 50 stations in France, Belgium, Québec, Africa) and a blues & rock journalist (specially into the great french monthly rock mag 'Crossroads') And I follow my feelings to my DJ members with your contact on our forum Thanx Mark and I hope you come one day in France

an Aussie from Gold Coast, Queensland. Who always makes me curious. Who is Mark Easton? In an earlier life he was a professional punk. In many bands. Somewhere in the beginning of this century he and his pal bassist Peter Copeland and drummer Jared Harrison, formed the power trio Mark Easton Limousine. In 2002 he recorded a 6 song EP with the title "Coast to Coast". Bluesrock driven by the slide guitar of Easton. Raw, hot and tight. He has crossed Australia from north to south and from east to west following in the footsteps of other slide players from down under, blues rockers like Dave Hole and Gwyn Ashton. In 2004 following the full CD "Greener" which had a lot more mature and original sound than the first. the acoustic National Steel starts to feature from here on. With his third CD "Band Wagon" of 2006, he towers above the heads of some of his colleagues. He is nominated in two categories at the Australian Blues Music Awards for Best New Talent and Best Album. And on the Blue Star Awards nominations within three he, Best Australian Blues Band, Best Album and Best Electric Guitarist. After two years his solo act expanded and strengthened he has extended to Gigs in the turbulent and lush smoky pubs of country areas, city and outback, he decided to release his first solo album which is is forth album, which were created while on tour. "Money Is the Root of All Evil" is a compilation of his live songs, and believe me, ladies and gentlemen, this very much works, acoustic or semi-acoustic, pounding primal-blues. The album is already a couple weeks in my possession, and although my circumstances and too much work that I don’t want to discuss, I listened to the album frequently and repeatedly, and I'm still not tired of it. This is the pure essence of the concept of blues. Like his countryman Ash Grunwald, while he plays guitar, blues and a lot of sharp percussion elements, but both musically and instrumentally he is way above. His originality and passion invoked the memory of Chris Whitley, who is another wanderer of the lonesome blues. From the first song, the title "Money Is the Root of All Evil", you understand. These are songs that were born on the street as if it were a part of his life, instead of stuff you read in the local newspaper. All songs from Easton are a rare quality. The flip side is that radio could find some songs unacceptable because of the gritty nature of the lyrics. But some songs show we can all survive in this dirty pool. "Party Time" is full of Quentin Tarantino's allegories. And sometimes he even bares all his feelings, as in "Cry in the Rain". The three covers on this album, are not just covers for the sake of doing covers. They are so designed that you would think they were by him. Never have I heard it more than in Percy Mayfield's "Hit the Road Jack". If I was Jack, "I would never come back, no more, sure. And "Blind Willie" Reynolds' "Outside Woman Blues" gets a memorable interpretion Just like 'Hound Dog' Taylor's "She's Gone". This is a strong album, damn, how often should I have to say this. If you only get this for the tasty and piercing slide of Mark or his tormented voice, his harmonica wailing and meaningful songs. Heuh .. .. heuh why would you not want to buy this cd ? That's what I did witteMVS rootsville.be

Ahhh..It's that blues time of year.. Blues and roots festivals take over the east and west coast, rocking Byron and Perth, and blues get pushed forward into the spotlight again. Not that it doesn't belong there, but we do take more notice of it around now. And a nice little blues collection has made its way into my hands. This is an interesting accoustic selection from Mark Easton, recorded, in his words, "in bedrooms, hotel rooms, toilets and basements around Australia". This hard-working Gold Coast one man band growls and croons his way through an assortment of fourteen tracks- eleven originals, full of guitar slides and harmonica, with a bit of drum thrown in to fill it out.The vocals are raw and real, and there's no bells and whistles with this album. And hardworking is an understatement with this man. Take a look at his calendar of gigs for the next few months, he's playing all over NSW and Queensland, with a few dates in WA thrown in for good measure. But to me, a decent song length is about three minutes. By the time they hit five, I'm wondering when they'll end. The opening title track lasted almost six minutes. Roll The Dice, Cry In The Rain and Happyman are just below five minutes. Good songs, but I just felt I would have enjoyed some of them more if they were just a little shorter. Party Time was one of my favourites. The pace was a slight variation on the other songs, and he actually seemed to be enjoying the song. Often Mark sounds a little too forced and serious for me to enjoy his music too much. Cry in the Rain is beautiful. It's a little slower and more emotive than other songs on the album. While I enjoyed this album, and can appreciate the musical prowess and skill employed by this musical genre, it didn't really make me want to run out and buy a whole heap more blues to add to my collection. I liked it, but didn't love it. Blues fans give this a listen. This man is an amazing musician.

You have recorded one hell of an album! Your music is fresh sounding and foot tapping, it hops and grooves all the way. The way you use guitar as a rhythm instrument is quite unique, I haven’t heard many other players using it like that. Plus, you have a deep, resonant voice that is tailor made for blues and roots music. Together with memorable lyrics and some good taste when it comes to choosing covers “Money Is The Root Of All Evil” is a winner. Speaking of covers, your version of “Hit The Road Jack” with this atmospheric slide is just wicked!