Mark Ransom and The Mostest

Genre: Singer/Songwriter
Secondary Genre: Jam Band Bend, Oregon USA Contact

Bend, Oregon singer/songwriter/guitarist with jam band tendencies... Mark Ransom's music explores heavy americana and funky, guitar-driven rock n roll. Solo-acoustic or with Mark's band, The Mostest...

Artist Information

Biography

For a more elaborate history, discography and biography of Mark Ransom & The Mostest please visit http://www.markransom.com.
The links at the bottom of this page may also be helpful.
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MOSTEST ROCKY MOUNTAIN TOUR TO CULMINATE WITH CD RELEASE PARTY BACK HOME IN BEND, OR...

The Mostest is excited for the release of their new record, ZARA DREAMS, and for their annual spring tour of the Rocky Mountains. The disc is a collection of eleven new original songs from Mark Ransom & the Mostest including two co-writes with Virginia-based lyricist Mark Fesche (God Bless The Taco Stand).

Anchored by core members of The Mostest Music Collective including Lindsey Elias (drums), Shireen Amini (percussion and vocals) and Julianne Southwell (violin), the production team of [bassist] Patrick Pearsall, [songwriter/guitarist] Mark Ransom, and [engineer/producer] Linken Olsen has created an original work of art, rhythmic and thick with texture.

On Zara Dreams (Ransom's seventh effort in the studio and The Mostest's third release since the band's inception in 2006) drummers Elias and Amini are joined by percussionist Dale Largent (Taarka/Moon Mt. Ramblers) to create what Ransom calls "...a wide-spectrum, polyrhythmic music bed, and common thread running through the songs."

Guitarist Gabe Johnson lends a hand evoking vintage Steely vinyl on tracks one and two; while later in the record the soulful piano lines of Scott Hersh weave in and out of three part harmonies constructed with Southwell's violin, Amini's voice and the melodies of woodwind master Marcello Bernardes. The feel of Zara Dreams is uniquely orchestral.

Lyrically, song themes move from romantic to divine love and loss; and look at the longing of humans, the nature of karmic retribution, and Ransom's enduring quest to live well in the high mountains of the West.

For a preview of the new CD click the player at the top of this page. The first two selections, Wyoming Song and The Gift come off the new release.

Elias, Ransom and Pearsall hit the road June 13th (with several copies of their new disc in hand) for The Mostest's annual Rocky Mountain Spring Tour. The trio will be joining up with Denver-based Afro-Cuban percussionist Ido Ziv for a string of shows in Colorado. Several dates are up already, with a few more expected to be confirmed and posted soon. Just click on the "Calendar" link above for a full list of dates, times and venues.

If you are lucky enough to live in Oregon or near by... Don't miss the Mostest's CD Release Party: June 27th at McMenamin's Old Saint Francis School. 7 PM start. The show is family friendly, free and will feature The Mostest Large Band: Pearsall, Ransom, Elias, Southwell, Amini, Hersh, Largent, and more...

Check the links below for press about Mark Ransom, The Mostest & a history of the Bend Roots Revival (Mark and Patrick's 7-year old community music festival): Bio, Discography and lots of Audio!

Booking/Management
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Contact: Kimberly Sanderson
Meridian Artist Group
kim@meridianartistgroup.com
(719) 588-9804

Instrumentation

Mark Ransom - Guitars and Vocals
Patrick Pearsall - Electric Bass and Vocals
Lindsey Elias - Drums
Julie Southwell - Violin, Percussion and Vocals
Scott Hersh - Electric Piano, Organ and Vocals
Shireen Amini - Percussion and Vocals

Discography

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1998 Mark Ransom Man of My Word
1999 Rhythm Beans Ocean in the Air
2002 Mark Ransom Stride
2006 Mark Ransom Champion of Mystery
2007 The Mostest The MOSTEST
2009 The Mostest Masala Mostest
2012 The Mostest Zara Dreams

Links

Audio

Lyrics

Video

Photo Gallery

Press

  • On the web at: [+ Show ]

    REFERENCES: Venue Owners/Managers ------------------------------ Jeff Dearing Parrilla Grill...

Setlist

A typical set consists of between eight and fifteen songs and runs forty-five minutes to one hour and twenty minutes. Usually play two or three sets. Many shows are 95% original, some shows are up to 40% cover material.

Typical cover material includes songs by the Allman Brothers, Bob Dylan, the Band, the Grateful Dead, Little Feat, John Lennon, Paul Simon, Widespread Panic, the String Cheese Incident and Michael Franti to name a few.

Sample Set:

Champion
Great Big World
Don't Think Twice (Dylan)
Give Us Light
In The City
Kilealoha
First Impressions
Friday Harbor
I Know You Rider (Old Traditional)
All The Love It Brings
Little Oasis
Thinktank
Joni's Song
Ripple (Grateful Dead)

Basic Requirements

Calendar

DateTimeVenueCity
May 27, 2012 Sunday 6:00 PM Three Creeks Brewing LLC Sisters, OR, US
Jun 13, 2012 Wednesday 7:00 PM Crusty's Pizza - McCall, Idaho Mccall, ID, US
Jun 15, 2012 Friday 8:00 PM DERAILED SALOON Durango, CO, US
Jun 16, 2012 Saturday 6:00 PM Telluride Mountain Resort Telluride, CO, US
Jun 17, 2012 Sunday 6:00 PM Tommyknocker Tavern Creede, CO, US
Jun 19, 2012 Tuesday 7:00 PM Kip's Grill Pagosa Springs, CO, US
Jun 21, 2012 Thursday 9:00 PM Quixotes' True Blue Denver, CO, US
Jun 22, 2012 Friday 8:00 PM Avogadro's Number Fort Collins, CO, US
Jun 23, 2012 Saturday 4:00 PM Shook's Summer Solstice Celebration Carbondale, CO, US
Jun 27, 2012 Wednesday 7:00 PM McMenamins Old St Francis School Hotel Bend, OR, US
Jul 4, 2012 Wednesday 6:00 PM Black Butte Ranch Black Butte, OR, US
Jul 6, 2012 Friday 6:00 PM Brasada Ranch Powell Butte, OR, US
Jul 11, 2012 Wednesday 6:00 PM Black Butte Ranch Black Butte, OR, US
Jul 18, 2012 Wednesday 6:00 PM Black Butte Ranch Black Butte, OR, US
Jul 20, 2012 Friday 6:00 PM Angeline's Sisters, OR, US
Jul 21, 2012 Saturday 7:00 PM Parrilla Grill Bend, OR, US
Jul 22, 2012 Sunday 4:00 PM 10 barrel brewing Bend, OR, US
Jul 25, 2012 Wednesday 5:30 PM Flatbread Community Oven Bend, OR, US
Jul 27, 2012 Friday 6:30 PM Jackson's Corner Bend, OR, US
Aug 18, 2012 Saturday 6:00 PM Mid-Summer Party with the JZ BAND Terrebone, OR, US
Aug 29, 2012 Wednesday 5:30 PM Flatbread Community Oven Bend, OR, US
Sep 14, 2012 Friday 9:00 AM Hotel Telluride Telluride, CO, US
Sep 15, 2012 Saturday 9:00 AM Hotel Telluride Telluride, CO, US
Sep 16, 2012 Sunday 9:00 AM Hotel Telluride Telluride, CO, US
Sep 28, 2012 Friday 12:00 AM Century Center Bend, OR, US
Sep 29, 2012 Saturday 12:00 AM Century Center Bend, OR, US
Sep 30, 2012 Sunday 12:00 AM Century Center Bend, OR, US