Mark Heard

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Nod Over Coffee 04:36 Tools
The Dry Bones Dance 03:47 Tools
I Just Wanna Get Warm 03:52 Tools
Strong Hand of Love 03:04 Tools
Another Day in Limbo 04:29 Tools
Look Over Your Shoulder 03:28 Tools
Everything Is Alright 04:23 Tools
He Will Listen to You 02:58 Tools
Love Is So Blind 03:13 Tools
Well-Worn Pages 02:44 Tools
House of Broken Dreams 04:12 Tools
Love Is Not the Only Thing 04:57 Tools
Eye Of The Storm 03:00 Tools
Treasure of the Broken Land 06:20 Tools
Rise From the Ruins 03:03 Tools
Lonely Road 04:12 Tools
Lonely Moon 04:52 Tools
I'm Looking Through You 03:39 Tools
All She Wanted Was Love 04:19 Tools
Long Way Down 04:41 Tools
Orphans of God 06:20 Tools
Worry Too Much 04:12 Tools
Our Restless Hearts 03:42 Tools
No 03:17 Tools
What Kind of a Friend 02:41 Tools
Nobody's Looking 03:26 Tools
Satellite Sky 03:47 Tools
Mercy of the Flame 04:58 Tools
How Many Tears 03:00 Tools
She Don't Have a Clue 03:45 Tools
The Winds Of Time 03:57 Tools
Waiting for a Reason 03:30 Tools
Language of Love 04:05 Tools
Talking in Circles 04:04 Tools
We Know Too Much 05:56 Tools
Nothing but the Wind 03:30 Tools
A Broken Man 05:40 Tools
Tip of My Tongue 04:50 Tools
Stuck In The Middle 04:35 Tools
Heart Of Hearts 03:06 Tools
It's Not Your Fault 03:22 Tools
Fire 07:15 Tools
Another Good Lie 05:37 Tools
Awake in the Nighttime 03:29 Tools
Castaway 03:29 Tools
Freight Train to Nowhere 04:28 Tools
Hammers And Nails 04:39 Tools
All Too Soon 03:55 Tools
Big Wheels Roll 04:01 Tools
Moonflower 02:25 Tools
One of the Dominoes 04:24 Tools
Stranded At the Station 04:24 Tools
Gimme Mine 03:22 Tools
Threw It Away 04:04 Tools
Lost on Purpose 04:19 Tools
The Way of Men 05:08 Tools
Victims of the Age 03:17 Tools
Dancing at the Policeman's Ball 03:49 Tools
Nothing Is Bothering Me 04:27 Tools
In the Gaze of the Spotlight's Eye 03:57 Tools
True Confessions 03:30 Tools
The Pain That Plagues Creation 03:57 Tools
Faces in Cabs 03:11 Tools
Shaky Situation 04:06 Tools
Nowadays 03:23 Tools
What Kind of Friend 02:00 Tools
Age of the Broken Heart 04:14 Tools
These Plastic Halos 03:02 Tools
No One But You 02:28 Tools
I'm in Chains 03:38 Tools
Call Me the Fool 03:12 Tools
With Broken Wings 04:17 Tools
The Golden Age 04:10 Tools
Can't See the Light 02:48 Tools
In Spite of Himself 03:08 Tools
We Believe So Well 03:33 Tools
My Redeemer Lives 02:57 Tools
Washed to the Sea 03:21 Tools
I'm Crying Again 03:30 Tools
One Night Stand 02:54 Tools
Epistle 02:50 Tools
Brown Eyed Sue 03:19 Tools
All Is Not Lost 02:52 Tools
Everybody Loves a Holy War 04:26 Tools
I Know What It's Like to Be Loved 03:37 Tools
You Could Lie to Me 03:52 Tools
To See Your Face 03:36 Tools
She's Not Afraid 03:55 Tools
All the Sleepless Dreamers 03:29 Tools
Top Of My Tongue 04:21 Tools
Straw Men 03:59 Tools
Some Folks' World 04:35 Tools
Family Name 04:07 Tools
Schizophrenia 03:45 Tools
Appalachian Melody 04:24 Tools
Heart On the Line 04:09 Tools
Remarks to Mr. McLuhan 02:04 Tools
Season Of Words 04:38 Tools
He Plays the Game 03:08 Tools
It Will Not Be Like This Forever 04:20 Tools
Just the Same 03:18 Tools
I Always Do 04:11 Tools
I Want You 03:51 Tools
Hammers & Nails 04:32 Tools
Miracle 04:52 Tools
Lonely One 04:38 Tools
One More Time 03:01 Tools
On The Radio 03:41 Tools
Bless My Soul 04:08 Tools
I Hang My Head 04:04 Tools
Es tut mir leid 01:55 Tools
Hold Me Closer 04:59 Tools
Two Trusting Jesus 04:18 Tools
Shaking 04:34 Tools
We Have Let Freedom Ring 03:58 Tools
I Might Have Felt That Way 04:41 Tools
Negative Charge 03:55 Tools
The Power of Love 03:47 Tools
Growing Up Blind 04:39 Tools
Back Streets 05:02 Tools
When His Luck Runs Out 04:09 Tools
With The Setting Sun 01:46 Tools
Carry On 03:39 Tools
Your World Or Mine 03:32 Tools
Happy Cornbread Anniversary 00:48 Tools
The Last Time 03:18 Tools
Mystery Mind 04:12 Tools
City Life Won't Let Up 03:42 Tools
Here I Am (Once Again) 04:41 Tools
Sidewalk Soliloquy 03:22 Tools
Jericho 04:32 Tools
On Turning to Dust 04:12 Tools
Everbody Loves A Holy War 04:25 Tools
City Lilfe Won't Let Up 03:43 Tools
Hammer and Nails 07:13 Tools
Dinner at Grandma's 02:43 Tools
Cabin in Gloryland 01:11 Tools
Heart OF Heart's 00:41 Tools
Jonah's Sons 05:30 Tools
I'm Crying Aain 03:30 Tools
A Friend 02:55 Tools
One Night Stand 02:54 Tools
The Power Of Love 03:44 Tools
Abba's Lullabye 03:13 Tools
Solid Rock 02:21 Tools
Passion Chorale 00:41 Tools
To Diane 03:03 Tools
All 03:43 Tools
Greensleeves 00:44 Tools
Treasure of a Broken Land 06:21 Tools
Jonah's Song 04:05 Tools
Shaky Situations 04:05 Tools
Mystery Mind (demo) 04:11 Tools
True Love 03:23 Tools
The Sheep Trust The Shepherd 02:18 Tools
What Kind of a Friend [#] 01:58 Tools
Bless My Soul - Demo 03:28 Tools
Brown-Eyed Sue 01:58 Tools
Can You Hear Me 02:26 Tools
Morning Is Gold 03:25 Tools
Call On His Holy Name 02:39 Tools
Jesus Is my Help Nowadays 02:51 Tools
Appalachian Melody - Demo 04:03 Tools
He Is God 03:07 Tools
Heart of Hearts (live) 03:13 Tools
The Saints - Demo 00:46 Tools
Everybody Loves a Holy War (live) 04:36 Tools
Interview One 01:04 Tools
Take Me Home 04:01 Tools
Jonah's Song - Demo 03:38 Tools
I'm Cryin' Again 03:36 Tools
Here I Am 01:04 Tools
Dry Bones Dance 04:18 Tools
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear 04:01 Tools
Forty Day Cruise 02:46 Tools
Saints Are Singin' - Demo 02:25 Tools
Let Freedom Ring (demo) 03:57 Tools
Mercy of the Flame (demo) 03:50 Tools
She's Not Afraid [#] 03:53 Tools
Es Tu Mir Leid 00:00 Tools
Missionary Pie 02:01 Tools
Interview Two 01:40 Tools
Interview Three 00:32 Tools
there is a fountain-coming on down the road 04:42 Tools
Growing Up Blind (live) 04:26 Tools
Night To Night 04:26 Tools
Bless My Soul (Demo) 03:28 Tools
I Just Wanna Get Warm (demo) 03:53 Tools
Jesus Loves You Just Like You 03:27 Tools
Orphans of God [#] 06:23 Tools
Some Folks' World (live) 04:02 Tools
You Can't Hide 02:24 Tools
Two Trusting Jesus - Demo 02:07 Tools
Nothing Is Bothering Me (live) 02:07 Tools
Jonah's Song (Demo) 04:02 Tools
Happy Cornbread Anniversary - Demo 00:34 Tools
Dancing at the Policeman's Ball (live) 00:34 Tools
Everybody Dances 03:59 Tools
Some Folk's World 02:24 Tools
Watching The Ship Go Down 03:45 Tools
Jesus Loves You Just Like You Are 03:59 Tools
How To Grow Up Big And Strong 04:57 Tools
Talk to Me 04:57 Tools
Love is Bigger than Life 02:06 Tools
Why Can't We Just Say No 02:06 Tools
Is it Any Wonder 02:06 Tools
Lullabye 04:57 Tools
Appalachian Melody (Demo) 02:06 Tools
Worrytoo Much 04:57 Tools
There Is a Fountain / Coming on Down the Road 04:57 Tools
All She Wanted Was Love.mp3 work 04:20 Tools
Go Ask the Dead Man 04:20 Tools
I Am an Emotional Man 04:20 Tools
Two Trusting Jesus (Demo) 02:06 Tools
O Come All Ye Faithful 02:06 Tools
Treasures Of The Broken Land 02:06 Tools
Joy To The World 02:06 Tools
Es Tot Mir Leid 02:06 Tools
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John Mark Heard (1951-1992) was a record producer, singer, and songwriter originally from Macon, Georgia. Mark Heard released 13 studio albums in his lifetime (as Mark Heard & Ideola) also 1 album with Infinity Plus Three), and produced and performed with many other artists as well, such as Daniel Amos, Sam Phillips, Pierce Pettis, Phil Keaggy, Vigilantes of Love, Peter Buck of R.E.M., John Austin, The Choir, Randy Stonehill and Michael Been of The Call. Heard produced part of Olivia Newton John's The Rumour, which also included a cover of Heard's "Big and Strong". On July 4, 1992, Heard suffered a heart attack on stage while performing with Pierce Pettis and Kate Miner, at the Cornerstone Festival, near Chicago, Illinois. Heard finished his set and went to the hospital immediately afterwards. Two weeks after being released from the hospital, Heard had a cardiac arrest and died in August of 1992. Sadly, this happened at a time when Heard's musical career never looked brighter. Not only had he just released three albums (Dry Bones Dance in 1990, Second Hand in 1991, and Satellite Sky in 1992) that many hailed as his best work to date, but he had also just been included on a sampler from Windham Hill's High Street label. Heard's early work was often marked by strong, poetic lyrics; but musically he lingered in a generic folk/folk-rock style. But Heard continued to experiment musically; his most extreme was perhaps the elaborately-produced electronic rock on the album Tribal Opera, which he released under the name iDEoLA. With Dry Bones Dance, however, Heard's music blossomed into an intense folk-rock fusion, marked by driving rhythms, virtuosic instrumentals, passionate vocals, and interwoven elements borrowed from styles such as Appalachian folk, zydeco, bluegrass, and country (though Heard's music is none of those). Second Hand returned to a more acoustic guitar-based folk sound, but retained the energy and creativity discovered through Dry Bones Dance. His final official album, Satellite Sky, was again more like the latter. Mark Heard's lyrics are deeply grounded in a Christian view of the world, though explicitly so only half the time. He was often critical and had an eye for emotional pain and spiritual desolation, yet he remarkably avoided cynicism. When his lyrics turned to expressing hope or joy, they were powerful. As a poetic lyricist, Heard cultivated verbal sound (e.g. with internal rhyme), strong images and elaborate personae, while avoiding the cheap punch-line metaphors popular in much contemporary folk music. Some of his images, most notably "bones," can be found repeated and richly varied in their meaning across years of songwriting. In 1994, many artists came together to record a tribute album called Strong Hand of Love. Artists lending their talents to the project included Victoria Williams, Chagall Guevara, Buddy Miller, Julie Miller, Daniel Amos, The Choir, Rich Mullins, Bruce Cockburn, and the Vigilantes of Love. The project was later reissued as a 2 CD set with additional tracks and retitled Orphans of God. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.