Tad Marks (born 1954) is an American folk and bluegrass fiddle player.

Music

He spent his youth in

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. Played and performed with Bob Doyle and the Allegheny String Band, the Twigg Brothers,Buzz Busby,Bill Harrell,Whetstone Run, Hazel Dickens, Ola Belle Reed, Wade and Julia Mainer, Del McCoury and many folk, bluegrass and Country artists. He has recorded for soundtracks and worked for a time playing in jingles and Television commercials. Marks studied music composition and arts at

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, won numerous awards for fiddling, and is currently a violin repairman and bluegrass /folk fiddler in the

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area. Marks has performed and toured with many bluegrass, country and Celtic acts and is widely recorded. In addition to his work with the Del McCoury Band; Marks has performed with

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, James King, Kate MacKenzie,

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, Bob Perilla's Big Hillbilly Bluegrass.

Discography

CDs

*Tad Marks – Callin' in the Dogs *Tad Marks – Our Crazy Love Affair *Tad Marks – The Back Road Road *Tad Marks – The Highlander's Farewell *The

Del McCoury Band The Del McCoury Band is a Grammy award-winning American bluegrass band. History Originally the band was called Del McCoury and the Dixie Pals with Del on guitar and his brother Jerry on bass. The band went through a number of changes in personn ...

– Blue Side of Town *The

– High Lonesome and Blue *The

– By Request *

– Festival Favorites 2 *

– The Celtic Balladeer *

– A Walk in the Irish Rain *

– The White Snows of Winter *

– Americana *

– Out of the Mist *

– Lighthouse on the Shore *

– The American Scrapbook *

– Among the Heather *

– Recent Journeys *

– Songs of Highlands, Islands and Home *Esther Haynes * Danny Doyle – Spirit of the Gael * Seamus Kennedy – A Smile and a Tear * Seamus Kennedy – Party Pieces * Seamus Kennedy – Sailing Ships and Sailing Men *The King Brothers *David Massey – Blissful State of Blue *Bob Perilla's Big Hillbilly Bluegrass-Big Hillbilly Bluegrass *Bob Perilla – Chesapeake Moon *Kevin Marvelle – Love's the Reason *Marti Brom – Not For Nothin'

DVD

*Bob Perilla's Big Hillbilly Bluegrass – A Bluegrass Band's Tour of Armenia *Charlie Zahm – Lighthouse on the Shore

References

Living people 1954 births American fiddlers Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century violinists Del McCoury Band members {{violinist-stub