Mark Bezanson

Bio

It’s really all about the blues. It is the constant that has run through the music journey that Mark has taken. While not a classic blues man it is undeniable that the Blues runs deep in Marks singing, bass playing and songwriting. Mark wrote the music on his CD to reflect what he was seeing, hearing, and feeling at the time. He read something a friend once said,” a song is a gift that you need to polish and regift to others”. Mark’s music is a mix of styles that combines elements of Sting, John Mayer, and Keb Mo. Love, relationships, the water, and politics, are themes that permeate the songwriting. What is common? They are all bluesy, they are all delivered with soul and they all come from a very real place. In October of 2013 Mark Bezanson released his first CD of original material called Half Lies Half Truths.

“Mark Bezanson’s CD, “Half Lies Half Truths”, lives up to the ambivalence of its title. The record’s themes and music seem frequently at odds: catchy pop riffs deliver biting political exposés, funk rock tunes contain painful psychological narratives, and jazz sections interrupt rock ballads on the emotional vagaries of love. The result? Exhilarating, beautiful, perturbing.” -The Grapevine, Wolfville N.S.

When not performing his own tunes and choice covers, Mark splits his time playing with The Mark Bezanson Trio; a great Rock and Soul trio that can also deliver on a set or two of Jazz Standards, and playing bass and singing for Jokers Right. Singer, songwriter, bassist, and music teacher , Mark Bezanson mixes jazz, blues, soul and funk influences to create a style that is as familiar as it is diverse.