Mark Monaco
Artist Profile
Texas songwriter and artist Mark Monaco has been honing his
craft for most of his life. Born and raised in San Antonio, Mark discovered
music at age 7 when he convinced local guitar legend, Jack Skiles, to give him
his first lessons, even though there were few guitars on the market small
enough for a child his age. Forming his first band at 11, he avoided the
contemporary bands du jour and tackled music by classic artists like The Everly
Bros, CCR, Buddy Holly, Elvis, and the Beatles.
At 19, he attended Nashville’s renowned Mike Curb School of Music
Business at Belmont University and interned at MCA/Decca Records on Music Row.
He later earned a Business Marketing Degree from Texas Tech University and
released his first album, the critically acclaimed American Highway (rock
legend Tony Kaye of YES praised it as “a gem”), shortly thereafter. Monaco has
continued to tour throughout Texas and the South, building a loyal following
and invaluable radio support with his American Highway, Alternate Frequency,
and Overdrive albums, charting several singles on the Texas Music Chart, and
opening for artists like Willie Nelson, Jimmie Vaughn, Pat Green, Cross
Canadian Ragweed, Junior Brown, and Kevin Fowler. His live shows are memorable
and as Keith Howerton of Americana Music Times put it: “His high-energy
shows and brand of country-rock are truly unique and genuine. No one walks away
from a Mark Monaco show with any doubt that what they just witnessed was a guy
and a band who gave it their all.”
Now on the eve of the release of his 4th studio album,
Monaco will continue to deliver his unique brand of hard-hitting South Texas
Rock to audiences near and far.
For more info visit www.MarkMonaco.com
or www.reverbnation.com/markmonaco
