Mark Lindsay - Life Out Loud (2013)

Back in the late 1960s, Paul Revere & The Raiders were sitting on top of the pop world. With one Top 40 hit after the next, the Raiders featured singer icon Mark Lindsay, the tall, ponytailed rocker who was at the core of the band’s sound. It’s been way too many years since Mark stepped out but he surprises long time fans with the 2013 CD release of Life Out Loud, a 14 track rock ‘n’ roll extravaganza released on Bongo Boy Records. Very much in the spirit of the Raiders’ sound circa 1966, Life Out Loud finds Mark in primo form backed up by a tight band including song writing partner / guitarist Gar Francis and pop maven Richard X. Heyman, here on drums, while Steven Van Zandt also kicks in some backup vocals on a track. Life Out Loud also benefits from solid studio wizardry from Kurt Reil. Liner notes by Mark and Gar Francis seals the deal on this most welcome and quite authentic sounding comeback CD from 1960s pop hero Mark Lindsay.