Mark Riley
Mark started in music when he was in the third grade. He played drums into high school performing with the Shamrock Drum & Bugle Corps.
At twelve, he started playing the guitar. He recorded in Nashville at age 19 and in Los Angeles at 27 with the popular Christian Rock Band Jericho.
Mark has opened for:
Sonny Landreth
BB King
Taj Mahal
And played with:
Sam Andrew (Big Brother and the Holding Company)
Kathi McDonald
Merrilee Rush
Little Bill & The Bluenotes
Seattle Women in Blues
Mark is an award winning Blues Guitarist-Singer-Songwriter in the NW regional area, winning fourteen Best of Blues Awards from the Washington Blues Society for:
Songwriting
Band
Traditional Act
CD
Blues Songwriter
Guitarist
Best Blues Man of the Year from the Tacoma Music Association
Mark has taught guitar, slide and bass at Pacific Music since 1997.
