Contact and Booking:

616.862.9200
ej@roguerivergrass.com

FOOSE guitar, mandolin, vocals		Growing up in the remote western hills of West Virginia, Mark Zicke 'foose' developed a strong bond to grassroots acoustic music. From Lester Flatt and Ray Charles to B.B. King and the Almond Brothers, his family would spend countless hours listening to many of the great musical artists that still influence his sound today. This working relationship with American radio would later continued as a young adult, hosting a weekend series of grassroots programming for several years as a radio disc-jockey for WKKS in Vanceburg, Kentucky. Commercial work soon followed, lending his warm tone and cool vocal style to a number of radio and television voice-over tracks in the northern Kentucky and southern Ohio region. These commercial opportunities would bring him to the Motor City market a few years later. His father, who spent many years teaching him the 'ins-and-outs' of the automotive painting industry, would soon give him the strength and stability to step out of the radio market and pursue other opportunities. After relocating to West Michigan in the late 80's, Foose would soon become one of the leading forces behind 'the way things get done' as a representative for the Midwestern American market. Nights and weekends would prove to be his nemesis. A childhood fan of motorcycles since the ripe old age of five, he has developed many innovations to accommodate this lifestyle. The latest project, a custom quick release design that mounts a travel guitar case to any large frame motorcycle, (www.zmotorcase.com) is one of the many creative endeavors he has produced from his newly renovated workshop in Clarksville, Michigan. But the music has never waivered. Mark brings a real foundation to our project no matter where we are... a true storyteller, you can always count on his friendly smile, colorful history and powerful rhythm guitar chops to carry us through!