Friends/Links We Invite You To Explore
Michael Cleveland — Grammy winning and multiple Grammy Nominated fiddler Michael Cleveland plays fiddle on Mark’s STORIES and Variety Pack albums, and I Remember, Chasing Waterfalls, Bag Full Of Hope, Tonewoods, Deadwood Gold, Paris Rain, and Chi-Town Shuffle singles. Mike was inducted into the National Fiddler’s Hall of Fame in 2018 and is IBMAs most awarded Fiddle Player of the Year (12 wins): Flamekeeper
Jeff Coffin — Multiple Grammy Award winning musician Jeff Coffin plays sax with The Dave Matthews Band and The Mu'Tet. He played with Bela Fleck for many years. Jeff plays sax and flute on Mark's Inspired! album: www.jeffcoffin.com
Randy Kohrs — Grammy winning musician Randy Kohrs is widely known for his resophonic guitar prowess. He plays on Mark's STORIES, Inspired!, and Connections albums: www.randykohrs.com
John Cowan — John has a soulful voice. He sings and plays bass with the Doobie Brothers. He was the lead singer and bass player for The Newgrass Revival. John sings on Mark's Inspired album: www.johncowan.com
Andy Leftwich — Multiple Grammy Award winning musician Andy Leftwich plays fiddle on Mark's Inspired! and Connections albums: www.andyleftwich.com
Scott Vestal — Scott was awarded the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo. Scott plays banjo on Mark's Chasing Waterfalls and Tonewoods compositions, and STORIES and Inspired! albums: www.scottvestal.com
Jim Van Cleve — Jimmy is a Grammy winning and Grammy nominated solo artist. He plays fiddle on Mark’s Inspired! album: Jim Van Cleve
Clay Hess — Grammy winning guitarist Clay Hess played guitar with Ricky Skaggs. He plays guitar on Mark's Connections album: www.clayhess.com
Todd Parks — Todd is a bassist who has toured and recorded with many musicians including Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Alison Krauss, Tim O’Brien, and Emmylou Harris. He plays acoustic and electric bass on Mark’s Inspired! album. Todd Parks
Jeff Taylor — Jeff is a Grammy nominated artist. He has recorded accordion with Willie Nelson, Cindy Lauper, Elvis Costello, Loretta Lynn, The Chieftains, Harry Connick, Kenny Rogers, George Strait, and Ricky Skaggs. He plays accordion and piano on Mark's Inspired! album: Jeff Taylor
Jim Riley — Jim is the drummer and bandleader for multi-platinum group, Rascal Flatts. He was voted “Best Country Drummer” by the readers of Modern Drummer Magazine. He plays drums on I Remember, Deadwood Gold, Time & Money, Willow Wind, A New Cause, and Light My Fire compositions and Variety Pack album: Jim Riley
Chris Brown — Besides being one of Nashville’s top session drummers, Chris tours with Sam Bush and performs regularly with the Beegie Adair Trio. He plays drums on Mark’s Inspired! album: Chris Brown
Voodoo Loons — An innovative Irish/American rock band. Mark performed with The Loons and recorded mandolin and octave mandolin on their The Criminal Ear and Euphobia albums and The Winter Trail single: Voodoo Loons
Larry & Tim Goshorn — Both were members of Pure Prairie League and The Goshorn Brothers Band. Mark performed with Larry and Tim on many occasions and played mandolin on Larry's I Wish I Could Fly album: PurePrairieLeague
Henry Butler — According to Dr. John, Henry Butler was "the pride of New Orleans, a visionalistical down-home cat and a hellified piano plunker to boot." Mark Daly had the honor of performing blues/jazz mandolin with Henry: www.henrybutler.com
Shannon Tanner — Shannon Tanner is one of the best family entertainers in the business. Mark Daly is on several of Shannon's live albums and has had the pleasure of performing many times with Shannon in Colorado, Georgia, and Ohio: www.shannontanner.com
Blue Rock — Mark Daly was a band member for fifteen years (performed with Peter Rowan, Josh Graves & Kenny Baker, opened for Bela Fleck on multiple occasions...). Mark recorded mandolin on Down a Different Road and Aunt Maudie's Back albums and Wipeout single: Bluerock
Paul Schmitz — Paul is a great songwriter and performer who was in a band with Levon Helm. Mark played mandolin on Paul's Raised By Wolves album (The Low Rollers): Low Rollers
Rob Dixon — Rob, an Indianapolis Jazz Hall of Fame inductee, invokes the spirits of saxophone greats Beryl Steiner, David Young, Pookie Johnson, and Jimmy Coe. Rob plays sax on Mark’s Abstract Expressions and Chi-Town Shuffle compositions, and CW Mundy’s The Impressionists CD that features Rob and Mark: Rob Dixon
Nick Tucker — Nick plays double bass on Mark’s Abstract Expressions and Chi-Town Shuffle compositions and CW Mundy’s The Impressionists album that features Nick and Mark. Nick is professor of jazz bass at Ball State University. He has performed all over the United States, Europe, and South America.
Steve Gilchrist — Steve is considered by many to be the living "Stradivarius of mandolins." Gilchrist mandolin family instruments were used in many of Mark’s recordings: www.gilchristmandolins.com
Will Kimble — Will is a world-class luthier. Kimble mandola, mandolins, and an electric guitar were used on many of Mark’s recordings and session recordings for others: www.kimblemandolins.com
Jim Hilburn — Jim makes a great octave mandolin. Mark has used a Hilburn octave mandolin on many of his and others’ recordings.
Mike Compton — Grammy Award winning artist, Mike Compton, is a friend, an American treasure, and a masterful mandolin player: www.mikecompton.net
Bela Fleck — Mark has opened for Bela Fleck and the Flecktones on several occasions. Jeff Coffin played sax with the Flectones and plays on Mark's Inspired! album: http://www.flecktones.com/
Arthur Stern Studios — Arthur was "in the know" when it came to the mandolin community. He was a close friend and fellow artist who created world-class architectural glass: www.arthurstern.com
The Mandolin Cafe — Scott Tichener does a terrific job with this mandolin based Website. It is the best website for mandolin-centric musicians and aficionados, worldwide. The Mandolin Cafe has many valuable resources including a wealth of information shared by many of the top mandolinists, a comprehensive database of luthiers, news, music, classifieds, and more: www.mandolincafe.com
Gregg Daly— Mark's son Gregg is a gifted author and vocalist. He sings on I Remember, Time & Money, Deadwood Gold, Bluefish Blues, Bag Full Of Hope, Willow Wind, And A Bang On The Ear, Fighting Crocodiles, Manchester Swing, Slipping on Cold Thin Ice, Crooked Toes, Love Shack, Light My Fire, A New Cause singles and Variety Pack album.
Steven Daly — Mark's son Steven is a songwriter and musician. Steven co-wrote, sang, and played on Momentum on Mark’s Inspired album. Steven played drums on Mark’s Manchester Swing composition. Mark has performed with Steven on many occasions and recorded mandolin and octave mandolin on Steven's Better Blue Than Black album: StevenDaly
Pat Daly — Mark's son Pat is an inventor, composer, and musician. He plays lead guitar on Willow Wind. He created an innovative solar sound music system: www.soularsound.com
Mark Daly Art — More information at: www.markdaly.com
Mark’s STORIES CD is available at: Amazon, Spotify, Pandora, YouTube…
Mark's Inspired! CD is available at: Amazon…
Mark's Connections CD is available at Amazon…
Mark Daly Books — Mark is the author of several widely used leadership/business books that have helped many people and organizations be more successful: Books
The Grammy Awards — Mark is a member of the Nashville chapter: Grammys