Regular attendees of Everest Rising shows will recall that long-time band friend Mark Baptiste frequently joins us to add powerful vocal harmonies during our set closing tunes, and that last summer (2021) Mark performed with us during each of our host sets at the Howlin’ at the Moon Concert Series.
We are thrilled to announce that Mark is now an official member of Everest Rising! Mark’s vocals and mandolin add so much to what we do, and he is quite possibly one of the nicest people you could ever hope to meet and play music with.
Living in beautiful Upstate New York, Mark plays acoustic and electric guitar and mandolin. He’s influenced by such artists as Simon and Garfunkel, Neil Young, Mark Knopfler, Robin and Linda Williams, The Band, Bob Dylan, and the Beatles. He is a talented singer-songwriter and also performs solo throughout the Albany, NY, area, singing a mix of folk, traditional and American popular songs, as well as original songs.