MK will be a special guest with the Donna Jean Godchaux Band @ A Bear’s Picnic 8/14 (8pm) and Bella Terra Festival 8/19 (6:30pm).  Tickets are still available through the festival sites.

TMPshows.com presents: “Ghosts of Electricity, an all-electric tribute to Bob Dylan”, featuring:

Mark Karan (RatDog, The Other Ones)- vocal and co-lead guitar
Stu Allen (JGB) – vocal and co-lead guitar
Robin Sylvester (Ratdog) – bass
Greg Anton (Zero) – drums
Mookie Siegel (David Nelson Band, RatDog) – keys
Pat Nevins (Workingman’s Ed) – vocal and rhythm guitar”

This exceptional group of allstars takes its band name from Bob Dylan’s “Visions of Johanna”, and delivers a night of all-electric Dylan music. These rare performances are filled with soulful, rockin’ versions of your favorite tunes, and this band has played to sell out crowds in Oakland and Berkeley. Catch this first time performance in Santa Cruz or Saturday night in SF!

8/5 Santa Cruz tickets: $15 advance/$18 door    21+
8/6 SF tickets:  $18 advance/$20 door   18+

CHECK OUT THESE VIDEOS FROM PAST SHOWS:

Highway 61 with Mark Karan
Visions of Johanna with Stu Allen

Special thanks to Shane Grogg for the killer artwork!

Saturday night MK and Robin Sylvester, Mookie Siegel, and Billy Lee Lewis will be @ the Trinity Tribal Stomp in Junction City, CA for our favorite festival of the year!  We play Saturday night from 9pm-10:30, and Jonathan Singer/Spectrum Visuals will be doing sharing amazing eye candy!  Day passes and overnight camping multi-day tickets are still available.  See you at the STOMP!

Thanks to Caspar Inn for a wonderful getaway last Sunday night in Mendocino County.  beeeoootiful.

05/17/11 (Tue)  Caspar Inn – Caspar, CA 
Set 1: Rock Your Papa, I Wish I Knew, Walk Through the Fire, Monkey Speaks his Mind, Six Days on the Road (1), Loser, Window Shopping, Roll In It, Hollywood (1), Lazin’ on a Sunny Afternoon>Tiko Tiko, Annie Don’t Lie, 2:19>Smokestack Lightning tease, Memphis Radio, Bait the Hook, She, Fiyo on the Bayou

Comment: (1) Bob Gross vocal

Lineup: MK- guitars, vocals, Bob Gross – bass, vocals, JT Thomas- keys, Billy Lee Lewis – drums

Last night’s show in the Cloverdale Plaza was tons of fun! Thanks to the huge crowd out there dancing and enjoying yourselves- we had a great time.  Setlist below.  MK & Jemimah Puddleduck will be in Caspar (south of Ft. Bragg, north of Mendocino) on Sunday night at the Caspar Inn.  Tickets $15, show 8:30 pm.  A great way to round out this weekend!

07/15/11 (Fri)  Cloverdale Plaza – Cloverdale, CA 
Set 1: Annie Don’t Lie, Leave a Light On, Wild About My Lovin’, Monkey Speaks His Mind, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Rock Your Papa, Soul Island, Roll In It, Hollywood (1), Lazin’ on a Sunny Afternoon>Tiko Tiko

Set 2: I Wish I Knew How, 2:19, Come Up and See Me Sometime, Walk Through the Fire, Memphis Radio, Cross Cut Saw (1), Think It’s Gonna Rain, Into the Mystic, It Takes a Lot to Laugh It Takes a Train to Cry, Fiyo On the Bayou>Slippin’ into Darkness>Get up Stand Up (tease)>Fiyo

Encore: Easy Wind
Comment: (1) Bob Gross vocal

What a magical time.  MK played with Greg Anton, Dan Lebowitz (“Lebo”), and Paul Lamb @ Chez Ray’s stage on Friday night and on the main stage Saturday afternoon.  Setlists follow:

Chez Ray Stage:  It Takes a Lot to Laugh It Takes a Train to Cry, (Lebo tune), Rock Your Papa, Try, (??)>Stir It Up (Tide is High Tease), Friend of the Devil, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl> (Beatles tease), Do It Again, You Can STay But the Noize Must Go, I Wanna Feel It, Shenandoah, Sympathy for the Devil (w/ Matt Butler for rest of show), Mona> (Wanna be startin’ something tease), Ballad of A Thin Man, Beautiful Day, Highway 61

Main Stage:  Rock Your Papa, Try, The Weight>Further On Down the Road, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Roll in It>Tear Tags, Goin’ Down the Road Feelin’ Bad (w/ Scott Law for rest of show)>Drums>Highway 61.  E: It Takes a Lot to Laugh It Takes a Train to Cry (with Bonnie Payne from Elephant Revival)

Heading up to the Oregon Country Fair? Check out “The San Francisco Underground Stone Collective” with Greg Anton on drums (Zero), MK on guitar/vocals, Lebo (ALO) on guitar/vocals, and Paul Lamb on bass.  They’re on the Main Stage Saturday @ 3:45-5:45.  For those onsite overnight, you might also see a surprise performance on Friday night late night!

Next weekend Friday 7/15 is Friday Night Live in the Plaza in Cloverdale, CA.  MK & Jemimah Puddleduck (JT Thomas, Bob Gross and Billy Lee Lewis) will be playing 2 sets from 7-8:15 and 8:45-10pm.  FREE SHOW!  ALL AGES!    Sunday 7/17 we’ll be on the Mendocino coast @ the Caspar Inn @ 8:30pm.  Tell your friends on the coast to come down!   Tickets are $15 and available at the door.

Friday night MK will sit in with Lansdale Station at a benefit for the Judge Murphy Wellness Fund.  As many of you know, Judge has been battling liver cancer, is awaiting a transplant, and has incurred a lot of medical costs.  Come out to hear some great music, see good friends, and support a worthy cause.  Special guests Nicki Bluhm, Chip Roland, and Carlos Reyes will also join in the fun!  doors @8, show @9.  ALL AGES.

On July 9, MK joins Greg Anton on drums, Lebo on guitar, and Paul Lamb on bass for a special set (or two) at the Oregon Country Fair.  For those that know this incredible event- it’s more than a fair, it’s an experience.  Look to the main stage on Saturday at 4pm for musical magic.  (Or mayyyybe a spontaneous stage with friends on Friday).

Mark Karan’s Buds will play the Marin Art Festival Saturday June 18 from 4:15-6pm at the Civic Center Lagoon in San Rafael.  The Buds are Robin Sylvester (RatDog) on bass, Billy Lee Lewis (Roy Rogers, Tommy Castro) on drums, and David Phillips (Tom Waits, Charlie Hunter) on pedal steel.  Art, Dance, Music, Food and Wine –A Lawn Party for the Arts.  Over 250 fine artists! Admission only $10.

Thursday, June 16, MK will be sitting in with our friends The Roy Jay Band when they open for Cubensis at Ashkenaz in Berkeley.  Tickets $10, doors 8:30, show 9pm.

Use this coupon to bring a friend this weekend!

Saturday night post-Furthur fun in the Bay!  Join the Pranksters, Cast of Clowns, the Mermen and more from midnight to sunrise.  MK will join in the musical mayhem- see you there!

Thanks to everyone for coming out Saturday night!  Setlist follows: