Go Big or Go Home

Go Big or Go Home

Editorial Reviews
<"b00005awbo5020"> Creative Loafing, Charlotte NC
"A trashy, raucous trio, as irreverent as they're consistent and tight...a non-formulaic blues band with urgency."

<"b00005awbo2999"> About the Artist
The music of Paul Mark & the Van Dorens explodes with raw songwriting talent and an all-for-one live band sound. Music videos and six-figure publicity budgets can't synthesize the attitude of PM&VDs. It's' live and it's raucous, a sensation bred from years of road work and hundreds of three-sets-a-night gigs. Mark's songwriting vision includes a broad mix of American popular music while imposing a quirky individuality, rich with profound irony and humor, over every note. The overall sound is of... read more

<"b00005awbo4999"> Album Description
The band's powerful first CD, recorded in Memphis and produced by Grammy-winner Jim Gaines. All Mark originals along with a killer rendition of Merle Travis' Sixteen Tons. The CD that put the band on the map, it's a roots rock diamond in the rough and a rawcuss portent of things to come. Includes The Drinks Are on Me, Only Man in Leavenworth, and What I Learned from You, some of the band's most requested numbers. A cool and twisted debut from the streets of New York City.