Mark Allan Atwood

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From Merriam Webster: Troubadour - Wandering artists, commonly associated with themes of chivalry, high ideals, and courtly romance. They were often seen as trailblazers and romantics, who defied social conventions. Having spent most of his life sharing songs across the Lone Star State, Mark Allan Atwood has been a part of TX's musical landscape since the early 80's. In 1981, he began trekking to Dallas from his home in Ennis, and became a regular at songwriter showcases. As the works of Kristofferson, BW Stevenson, Willie, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, and more, captured his imagination as a kid, hanging around the songwriter haunts of the Dallas scene at 19 gave him a chance to watch and learn from a community of gifted storytellers. Over the years, he's shared stages with, and been tour support for, a number of artists across all genres, including the biggest names in Red Dirt, 80's and 90's Rock, Mainstream Country, Classic Rock, and Americana. A 4-time Texas Music Awards recipient (Rising Star 2010, Founder's Award 2011, Male Vocalist of the Year 2013, and Live Artist of the Year 2014), Atwood scored a handful of regional Texas radio hits from 5 full-length albums of original work, including his debut How Country in 2009, the Atwood-Childs duo album Trading Pains in 2010, two albums with Mark Allan Atwood & Brimstone, Burned At The Crossroads and Alive & Well 2012 and 2013 respectively (both produced by Grammy Winner Adam Odor), and his latest, Old Scars & Sandbars, in March of '23. "Happy Thoughts" and "Pedal Down Life," from Old Scars, were both popular singles, reaching new heights in spins and streaming numbers. A resident of South Padre Island, aka "Almost Mexico," since 2016, he's still out on the roads traveling across TX and OK, sharing a lifetime's worth of songs and stories, as a solo artist, and with his band, MAA & Texadillo Revue.

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