Hey there!
I stumbled across this site searching for classic christian music
cds. I haven't had much success finding some of the artists though :(
I remember seeing Mark open for Phil Keaggy in the early eighties at
Cony High School in Augusta Maine. I immediately bought his album,
Appalachian Melody...Happy Cornbread Anniversary :) I saw Mark again
around 1990 give or take at Eastern Nazerene College. He had a full
band with him then. I remember The bass player Fergusen Marsh? He
was playing what was called a Chapman Stick for a bass. I may have
pics of that concert. Anyways, Mark Heard was a prolific songwriter.
My bro-inlaw will be hanging with Bob Bennett at a songwriter's
competition in West Virginia soon. There seems to be a movement, if
you will, to deepen songwriting skills and return to that artform of
building the song around the lyrical content and not just the music.
Thus I believe Mark Heard's legacy will grow to a wider, newer
audience. God bless