Reminder- MK will be in Portland, OR @The Alberta Rose Theatre on Monday night to support music industry veteran Jim Bull.  Special performance by “The Survivors”, and great musicians Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons, Wally Ingram, Jenny Conlee and many others!  Click here for more information.

Thanks to everyone who came out to Tahoe on a gorgeous day to catch the show.  Setlist follows:

Thanks to our friends at the Crystal Bay Casino, we will play a FREE SHOW this Thursday 3/31 at 10 pm in the Crown Room.  This show, the finale in the “Rail Jam” series, features snowboard and ski movies on all the screens until the music starts.  Come early, check out the movies, stay for the music!  Please tell your friends….

Facebook event info

Official show info

Fun weekend! Great visuals by Phoenix and Johnathan Singer, and a rare acoustic song or two from MK.  Here are the setlists:

MK will join Kenny Brooks as guests of the Jam Stampede @ The Brooklyn Bowl on 4/19.  More in this article from Relix Magazine:

Jambands.com – Need We Say More? News RatDog Duo and The Jam Stampede.

You were a beloved, soulful musician. You will be missed.

This was taken in 2006 at Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale, Mississippi when I played with Delaney Bramlett.  I had the honor of meeting him again at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco just a year ago, when Jemimah Puddleduck opened for the Perfect Age of Rock n Roll Blues Band (with Pinetop, Hubert Sumlin, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, “Steady Rollin’ ” Bob Margolin, and other blues greats).

MK will perform at a benefit for Seva Foundation, featuring:
Bob Weir & Mickey Hart with Barry Sless, Bobby Vega, Henry Kaiser, Jeff Chimenti, John Molo, Mark Karan, Nicki Bluhm, Pete Sears, Steve Kimock & Robin Sylvester,Zero, The Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Hot Buttered Rum, Ace of Cups, Clown Conspiracy and surprise guests! Hosted by Wavy Gravy.

Saturday May 14, 2011 at Craneway Pavilion, Richmond, CA. Doors open at 7:00pm. Showtime is at 7:30 PM. General admission tickets are $50.00 per via mail order and $55.00 per via credit card.

MK makes his first appearance in years in Portland, OR at a VERY special fundraiser for our friend Jim Bull, a fellow cancer survivor:

April 4 @ the Alberta Rose Theatre in Portland, OR
6:30 doors, 7:30 show 21+
tickets $12 advance/$15 door
SHOW INFO

Jim Bull was Jerry Joseph’s sound guy for many years. He is also a friend to a lot of other Portland bands. A huge number of those musicians are banding together to raise money for Jim, as he is kicking cancer’s ass right now. Come and bring your friends!

Here is the full list of acts who have agreed to perform:

Jackmormons
Mexican Gunfight
Freak Mountain Ramblers
Bart Ferguson Band
Caleb Klauder
Lewi Longmire band
Hillstomp
Fernando
Little Sue
Freak Mountain Ramblers
RC Branders
Brad Rosen Band
Parson Red Heads

with very special guests:
Wally Ingram (Stockholm Syndrome)
Mark Karan (Ratdog, Jemimah Puddleduck)
Jenny Conlee-Drizos (The Decemberists)

MK & JP will perform Friday, May 20 in Santa Rosa for the Kinkaid Foundation, in the company of many talented musicians:

“The Mark Karan Experience” will perform LIVE on air to support KPFA’s annual Grateful Dead Marathon.  Please call in to support this wonderful radio station! Performing Saturday night @ 6:30 pm PST are MK (guitar), Billy Lee Lewis (drums), Robin Sylvster (bass), Rajiv Parikh (tablas), David Phillips (pedal steel)…a few familiar songs, a few new ones, and new instrumentation… call 510-848-5732 and 1-800-439-5732 to support KPFA!  more info

Listen LIVE on 94.1 fm (KPFA) or KFCF 88.1 in Fresno.

Webcast LIVE on kpfa.org, kcfc.us, dead.net, nugs.net and gdradio.net

Special thanks to our host David Gans for his continuing support of us, our community, and KPFA radio!