Mark Olson

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Clifton Bridge 03:10 Tools
Poor Michael's Boat 03:01 Tools
Salvation Blues 03:31 Tools
My Carol 03:47 Tools
Winter Song 02:52 Tools
National Express 04:04 Tools
Sandy Denny 03:34 Tools
Look Into The Night 03:39 Tools
Keith 03:20 Tools
Tears From Above 03:19 Tools
My One Book Philosophy 02:14 Tools
Little Bird Of Freedom 04:12 Tools
Morning Dove 04:34 Tools
Bluebell Song 03:37 Tools
Many Colored Kite 03:52 Tools
Beehive 03:41 Tools
No Time To Live Without Her 03:49 Tools
John Ball 03:12 Tools
Your Life Beside Us 04:56 Tools
Kingsnake 03:04 Tools
Scholastica 03:22 Tools
Wind And Rain 03:41 Tools
More Hours 03:48 Tools
Poison Oleander 03:48 Tools
Lizelle Djan 03:48 Tools
Running Circles 03:48 Tools
Cherry Thieves 03:48 Tools
All These Games 03:48 Tools
Long Distance Runner 03:48 Tools
Which World Is Ours? 03:48 Tools
Say you'll be mine 03:59 Tools
Say You Are The River 03:59 Tools
Jesse In An Old World 03:59 Tools
Heaven’s Shelter 03:59 Tools
Go-Between Butterfly 03:59 Tools
Cactus Wren 04:39 Tools
Dear Elisabeth 02:43 Tools
Time of Love 02:43 Tools
Copper Coin 04:21 Tools
Your Time Will Come 02:43 Tools
Something's Gotta Be Done 03:41 Tools
Death Valley Soda Pop Cool Down Dream 03:41 Tools
Seminole Valley Tea Sipper Society 03:41 Tools
Spokeswoman of the Bright Sun 03:41 Tools
Little Bird of Freedom (feat. Jolie Holland) 03:41 Tools
You Are All 03:41 Tools
Mary Francis 03:41 Tools
Walking Through Nevada 00:00 Tools
All My Days 03:41 Tools
Gravity Loss 00:00 Tools
Dear Elizabeth 03:41 Tools
Bicycle 04:39 Tools
Nicola 00:00 Tools
December's Child 04:22 Tools
Meeting In Lone Pine 03:56 Tools
The Rose Society 00:00 Tools
Give My Heart To You 03:00 Tools
How Can I Send Tonight There To Tell You 03:11 Tools
Heaven's Shelter 04:22 Tools
Back To The Old Homeplace 00:00 Tools
Linda Lee 00:00 Tools
Nerstrand Woods 04:39 Tools
Someone To Talk With 00:00 Tools
Saturday Morning On Sunday Street 03:00 Tools
Alta's Song 03:49 Tools
Mark Olson-Clifton Bridge 00:00 Tools
Turn Your Pretty Name Around 00:00 Tools
Ben Johnson's Creek 04:39 Tools
My Own Jo Ellen 00:00 Tools
Diamond Davey 00:00 Tools
Still We Have A Friend In You 00:00 Tools
Rosalee 04:40 Tools
Mark Olson - Clifton Bridge 00:00 Tools
Letter From Africa 00:00 Tools
How Can This Be 00:00 Tools
Doves And Stones 03:20 Tools
Kick The Wood 04:04 Tools
Climb These Steps (We Will) 04:39 Tools
Chamberlain, SD 03:46 Tools
rainbow of your heart 04:27 Tools
Owens Valley Day 02:20 Tools
My Gospel Song For You 03:36 Tools
Bloody Hands 03:25 Tools
Precious Time 03:25 Tools
Pacific Coast Rambler 03:50 Tools
Black Eyes 03:09 Tools
Call the Light 02:49 Tools
How Can I Send Tonight (There to Tell You) 03:46 Tools
One Eyed Black Dog Moses 03:46 Tools
When The Wind Comes Up 02:05 Tools
The Trap's Been Set 03:54 Tools
Life's Warm Sheets 03:11 Tools
No Water No Wood 03:36 Tools
Cotton Dress 03:25 Tools
Cedric Harper 02:14 Tools
Custom Detroit Railroad 03:25 Tools
into the yard 03:10 Tools
Wood in Broken Hills 00:00 Tools
Zola and the Tulip Tree 02:33 Tools
Run with the Ponies 03:44 Tools
Big Old Sign 03:25 Tools
No Time To Live Without Her (Featuring Vashti Bunyan) 03:49 Tools
Flowering Trees 03:09 Tools
Still We Have A Friend 02:05 Tools
When School Begins 02:36 Tools
It Sure Can Get Cold in des Moines 03:31 Tools
Mr. Parker 04:07 Tools
Be on My Way 02:20 Tools
Mockingbird Chase the Crow 00:00 Tools
Eyes Are the Window 03:11 Tools
Bellflower 02:34 Tools
Louisiana Black Dog Moses 03:38 Tools
Prayer Of The Changing Leaf 02:34 Tools
sunny western winter 02:05 Tools
Mark Olson-Salvation Blues 00:00 Tools
Elijah 02:34 Tools
Climb These Steps 00:00 Tools
How Can I Send Tonight 00:00 Tools
Kai's Bristlecone Wlatz 00:00 Tools
Rainbow Of My Heart 02:34 Tools
Golden State Locket 02:34 Tools
Welcome Home Jim 02:34 Tools
Salome 00:00 Tools
Mark Olson-My Carol 00:00 Tools
Mark Olson-Winter Song 00:00 Tools
Standing in the Sun All Day 02:34 Tools
One Book Philosophy 00:00 Tools
Mark Olson-Poor Michael's Boat 00:00 Tools
Mark Olson-Sandy Denny 00:00 Tools
Lorna Doones Garden 00:00 Tools
Mark Olson-Tears From Above 00:00 Tools
bells of st. mary 02:34 Tools
Betsy Dupree 02:34 Tools
Over My Shoulder 00:00 Tools
Mark Olson-National Express 00:00 Tools
Skip To My Lou 02:34 Tools
Grand Army of the Republic 02:34 Tools
Mark Olson-Look Into The Night 00:00 Tools
Mark Olson-Keith 00:00 Tools
It Don't Bother Me 02:34 Tools
Mark Olson-My One Book Philosophy 00:00 Tools
Bath Song 02:34 Tools
Every Stick Of Furniture 02:34 Tools
One Eyed Black Moses 02:34 Tools
Naughty Marrieta 02:34 Tools
Thirty Miles of Petrified Logs 02:34 Tools
Onion RIver Camp 02:34 Tools
Waking Father's Hours (Bonus Track) 02:34 Tools
Kai's Bristlecone Waltz 02:34 Tools
Lift This House (Bonus Track) 02:34 Tools
Poor Michaels Boat 02:34 Tools
How Can This Be? 02:34 Tools
Blue 02:34 Tools
The Go-between Butterfly 02:34 Tools
The Hours Before Dawn 02:34 Tools
The Salvation Blues 02:34 Tools
Hummingbird 02:34 Tools
Poor Michael`s Boat 02:34 Tools
Rock Slide 02:34 Tools
It Sure Can Get Cold In Des Moines (feat. Victoria Williams) 02:34 Tools
Pray For Me 02:34 Tools
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Mark Olson is one of the founding members of acclaimed alternative country bands The Jayhawks and The Original Harmony Ridge Creek Dippers and a respected singer/songwriter in his own right. Olson formed The Jayhawks in 1985 with singer/guitarist Gary Louris and was originally the principal singer/songwriter in the group. Along with Marc Perlman (bass) and Thad Spencer (drums), they released their eponymous debut album in 1986 through independent label Bunkhouse Records. The band were signed by Minneapolis label Twin Tone in 1987 and released their sophomore effort Blue Earth, which saw Louris sharing more songwriting and singing duties with Olson. It was this album that led the band to be signed by major label Def American - A&R representative and producer George Drakoulias is said to have heard Blue Earth playing in the background while on a phone call to Twin Tone in 1991 and signed the band later that year. Their first album for Def American was the Drakoulias-produced Hollywood Town Hall in 1992. After a successful single, Waiting For The Sun, and extensive touring the band went back in the studio and released the follow-up, Tomorrow The Green Grass in 1995, which yielded the radio hit Blue. The same year Olson quit The Jayhawks to look after wife Victoria Williams after she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and the band continued without him, releasing three more albums before calling it a day in 2006. For his post-Jayhawks career, Olson decided to return to his folk and country roots and with the help of his wife Victoria Williams and multi-instrumentalist Mike "Razz" Russell, self-released the well-received album The Original Harmony Ridge Creek Dippers in 1997. The trio teamed up again for the 1998 album Pacific Coast Rambler and 1999's Zola And The Tulip Tree. By 2000 Olson was confident enough to give an album his own name, releasing the autobiographical My Own Jo Ellen under Mark Olson And The Original Harmony Ridge Creek Dippers. Two more albums recorded with The Creekdippers followed, December's Child in 2002 (which saw him reunited with former bandmate Gary Louris for the first time in seven years on the track Say You'll Be Mine) and Mystic Theatre (which also featured Victoria Williams) in 2004. The same year saw the release of another Creekdippers album, Political Manifest. After splitting from wife Williams in 2005, Olson paired up once again with Louris for two short tours in the winter of 2005 and the spring of 2006. He released his acclaimed solo album, The Salvation Blues, in June 2007. An album with Louris is also expected later this year. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.