Mark Searcy - Ground Zero (2022)

American musician, songwriter, and Arkansas native Mark Searcy Middleton has a unique and diverse musical background. He picked up the guitar for a brief 5 years and put it down for 15 to raise a family. Mark began playing again as a form of rehabilitation after a work accident severely damaged several fingers, and soon immersed himself in the pre-war blues of the 1920s and 30s. His solo recording of Blind Man's Blues earned his first nomination as "Musician of the Year" at the 2007 Texas Music Awards; he later won the award for his 2014 release of the CD "Hazepipe". To date, Mark has released 16 albumss, 4 music books, and made multiple appearances at the International Blues Challenge on Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee. He has also performed at Club Ebony, the oldest juke joint in Mississippi; the Historic Victory Grill, the oldest blues club in Austin, Texas; and Telluride Colorado as a Top 5 national finalist in the nationwide Acoustic Blues Challenge.