Mark Pollock

Mark Pollock Band consists of:.. .... Mark Pollock: vocals, guitar, mandolin, keyboards Emily Barrett: vocals & percussions Marc Leishman: vocals & guitars Kevin Sheppard: bass Mark Darling: vocals & harmonica Joe Fernandes: drums He has been playing professionally since the late 70's. Many club cover bands, several years on the road doing showband for resort hotels and he has done his share of functions too. This type of experience has given him a broad range of playing styles, which he can draw from. .. ....

Mark Pollock: vocals, guitar, mandolin, keyboards
Emily Barrett: vocals & percussions
Marc Leishman: vocals & guitars
Kevin Sheppard: bass
Mark Darling: vocals & harmonica
Joe Fernandes: drums

He has been playing professionally since the late 70's. Many club cover bands, several years on the road doing showband for resort hotels and he has done his share of functions too. This type of experience has given him a broad range of playing styles, which he can draw from. .. ....

Here is a brief resume of bands:.... .. 1978 to 1980: The Flamingos: Notable Doo Whop band circa: 1950's Most famous for songs such as "I Only Have Eyes For You"; "Besame Mucho" and "Love Walked In": High End Show Band - Road gig. U.S. resort hotels, Vegas and Caribbean resort destinations.. .. 1981 to 1984: Ambiance: High energy dance band. Boston based nightclub circuit. .. .. 1984 to 1992: Suite Life: Club & GB: Most local wedding venues, Boston hotels and nightclub. .. .. 1992 to 2005: Common Ground Band: Club & GB: Assumed band leader duties. Most local and Boston wedding venues, Top of the Hub, Hotels and nightclub... .. 1999 - 2006 Lead guitarist and back up singer with original music artist Mark Pollock....... Junkyard Music..

Mark's unique style runs the gamut, from Country to Blues, Rock and R&B combined with intelligent lyric. In this setting he could play lyrical melodic, raunchy blues and slide to straight up rock styles... .... Along with live performances he has also performed on 3 of his original music cd's. Mark Pollock and the Big Spenders: which was released late in 2000, and a 4-song EP CD, "Get What You Deserve," which was released in February of 2002.

With the departure and arrival of new members, the name of the band was changed to Expenders in 2005, and the band entered the studio to record a new CD, which was released in September of 2006. The new CD, entitled Expenders, has 9 new tracks and also includes the 4 tracks from the 2002 EP, Get What You Deserve... ..2009

Influences
.... I draw influence from most of the obvious great guitar players. .. .. .. .. Jeff Beck.., ..Larry Carlton..,..Robben Ford..,..Eric Johnson.., Walter Becker, Drew Zing, Johnny Winter, the list goes on and on....... I'm constantly astounded by the breadth and depth of talent on the local level too. .