MARK CROFT DUO

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With a sound bigger than the sum of its parts, The Mark Croft Duo features the talents of 16-time MAMA Award-winning performer, songwriter and acoustic guitarist Mark Croft. He is joined by violinist extraordinaire, Jon Vriesacker, who also shines on acoustic & electric mandolins, and electric guitar. In his 20 years as a full time musician, Croft has become a premier act in Wisconsin, playing his mix of Roots, Rock & Americana covers and originals & performing over 175 show per year. From Tom Petty & Springsteen, Chris Stapleton & Steve Earle, to Paul Simon, the Beatles & Johnny Cash, he covers all the bases, and puts an original spin on the songs you know and love. He is also an award-winning songwriter and vocalist with six albums (and counting) of award-winning original music to his name. Most recently he was voted "Singer/ Songwriter Performer of the Year" at the 2024 MAMA's!

Jon Vriesacker is a veteran of the live music scene, having played in several bands over the years, and is a member of the Madison Symphony Orchestra. Croft also performs as a trio with journeyman and bassist, Dan Kennedy, and as the Mark Croft Band with percussionist Robert Boyd, & the latest addition, keyboardist Michael Mood.

"He'll play the prettiest thing you ever heard, then do a 180 and start cranking on that acoustic like theres no tomorrow, creating a freight train of a groove that drives right through you. It doesnt matter the genre, Mark can play it." - Isthmus Magazine

"His up-tempo strumming and rapid-fire chord changes fill his songs with energy." - Capital Times

"Wonderful voice." - Peter Gabriel

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Sample Clips

I Won'T Back Down 2

Starting Over -The Mark Croft Duo

No Diggity -The Mark Croft Duo

Sample Song List

ALL YOUR'N - TYLER CHILDERS ANGEL FROM MONTGOMERY - JOHN PRINE CALL ME AL - PAUL SIMON CAYMAN REVIEW - TREY ANASTASIO CHIN UP CHEER UP - RYAN ADAMS CLEOPATRA - LUMINEERS COPPERHEAD ROAD - STEVE EARLE COVER ME UP - JASON ISBELL CRUSH - DAVE MATTHEWS BAND FEELIN ALRIGHT - JOE COCKER FISHING IN THE DARK - NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND FOLSOM PRISON BLUES - JOHNNY CASH FREE FALLIN - TOM PETTY GALWAY GIRL - STEVE EARLE GONE - JOHN HIATT HALLELUJAH - LEONARD COHEN HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN - CCR HEAD OVER BOOTS - JOE PARDI HOTEL CALIFORNIA - THE EAGLES HURT SO GOOD - JON MELLENCAMP I SHOT THE SHERIFF - BOB MARLEY I WILL SURVIVE - CAKE / GLORIA GAYNOR I WISH - STEVIE WONDER I WON'T BACK DOWN - TOM PETTY IF I GO I'M GOING - GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV INTO THE MYSTIC - VAN MORRISON JIMI THING DAVE MATTHEWS BAND THE JOKER - STEVE MILLER LATE IN THE EVENING - PAUL SIMON LAY DOWN SALLY - ERIC CLAPTON LEARNING TO FLY - TOM PETTY LONG HOT SUMMER DAY - TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS MARY JANES LAST DANCE - TOM PETTY MRS ROBINSON - SIMON & GARFUNKEL NO DIGGITY - BLACKSTREET NO WOMAN NO CRY - BOB MARLEY NOT WITH HASTE - MUMFORD & SONS O-BLA-DI O-BLA-DA - THE BEATLES PAY NO RENT - TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS PINCH ME - BARENAKED LADIES PRIVATE CONVERSATION - LYLE LOVETT RING OF FIRE - JOHNNY CASH ROUND AND ROUND - BOB SCHNEIDER RUNNING DOWN A DREAM - TOM PETTY SANTERIA - SUBLIME SHE LIKES THE BEATLES - WILLIAM CLARK GREEN SHE TALKS TO ANGELS - BLACK CROWS TAKE ME TO THE PILOT - BROTHERS OSBOURNE/ELTON JOHN THE STABLE SONG - GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV STARTING OVER - CHRIS STAPLETON STEAL MY KISSES - BEN HARPER STUCK IN THE MIDDLE - STEALERS WHEELS SUMMER OF 69 - BRIAN ADAMS SUPERSTITION - STEVIE WONDER TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS - JOHN DENVER TAKE THE MONEY & RUN - STEVE MILLER THESE ARE THE DAYS - JAMIE CULLUM WAGON WHEEL - OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW WALKING IN MEMPHIS - MARC COHN WATCHING YOU WATCH HIM - ERIC HUTCHINSON WE GOT US - CANAAN SMITH WHAT I GOT - SUBLIME WHITEHOUSE ROAD - TYLER CHILDERS WILD WORLD - CAT STEVENS WILDFLOWERS - TOM PETTY WINDOWS ARE ROLLED DOWN - AMOS LEE WONDERWALL - OASIS YOU ARE THE BEST THING - RAY LAMONTAGNE YOU DONT HAVE TO BELIEVE ME - ERIC HUTCHINSON YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG - AC/DC YOU SHOULD PROBABLY LEAVE - CHRIS STAPLETON ...AND MANY MORE