Mark Fosson

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Mark Steed Fosson (May 16, 1950 – November 2, 2018) was an American singer-songwriter and

In the late 1970s, he sent some song demos to John Fahey's West Coast-based Takoma Records, and Fahey, impressed with what he heard, offered Fosson a recording deal. Fosson lost no time in relocating to Los Angeles and began recording, but as bad luck would have it, Takoma was in some difficulty, and the label soon folded. Fahey allowed Fosson to retain the master tapes of the sessions, however.^[3]

Now located on the West Coast, Fosson met fellow songwriter Edward Tree, and the two began working together, forming the Bum Steers, a country-tinged group, in the late 1980s, eventually being invited to play the Grand Ole Opry at the request of

On November 2, 2018, Fosson died of cancer in Catonsville, Maryland.^[6]

Discography

• The Bum Steers – Western Beat Records, 1995
• Live At Cafe Voltaire – The Bum Steers – Voltaire Records, 1996
• The Lost Takoma Sessions – Drag City Records, 2006
• Jesus On A Greyhound – Big Otis Records, 2007
• Imaginational Anthem Volume 3 – Tompkins Square Records, 2008
• Hillbilly Hucklebuck – The Bum Steers – Western Beat Records, 2008
• Digging In The Dust – Tompkins Square Records, 2012
• kY – Big Otis Records, 2015
• Solo Guitar –
  Drag City Records
  , 2017

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