Mark Karan's Budz Matinee

Name: Mark Karan's Budz **Matinee**
Start: 2025-03-02T14:00:00-08:00
Location: 224 Vintage Way Novato CA 94945

Schedule

Sun, 02 Mar, 2025 at 02:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

224 Vintage Way Novato CA 94945 | Novato, CA

HOPMONK PRESENTS
MARK KARAN'S BUDZ
**Matinee**

HopMonk Novato Session Room
DOORS: 7pm | SHOW: 8pm
$15 ADVANCE | $20 DAY OF SHOW
(+$2 fee when purchased at the door)
ALL AGES | MOSTLY STANDING

NO REFUNDS | ALL SALES FINAL
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ABOUT:
Mark Karan sometimes describes himself as "sort of a male Bonnie Raitt filtered through a psychedelic blender". A modern day classic, Karan oozes passion and rock and roll spirit, presenting his music in creative ways that make folks perk up, dance... and maybe even think a bit after the shufflin’s done.

Best known for his extended time around the Grateful Dead scene as lead guitarist for Bob Weir & Ratdog, Mark is far more than his time in the "land of the Dead" might imply... a consummate team player for many years, his six-string contributions have added something special to tours with Ratdog, The Other Ones, Delaney Bramlett, Dave Mason and Paul Carrack... and as a "value added" guest for impromptu sit-ins with the Allman Brothers, Trey Anastasio, Gov't Mule, Jackie Greene, ALO, Levon Helm, Chuck Leavell, Little Feat, Phil and Friends and many more...

“Playing with [Bob] Weir for a dozen years and being encouraged to freely interpret Dead music faithfully or as personally as I could imagine was a real blessing,” says Karan. “The experience was a huge opportunity to explore musical freedom and self-expression and that's still what I’m all about.”

Recently the San Francisco-based singer-songwriter-guitarist has been preparing to launch a new interpretive band inspired by David Gilmour and Pink Floyd called the Gilmour Project, featuring Mark, Jeff Pevar (David Crosby, Ray Charles), Prairie Prince (Todd Rungren, Starship), Kasim Sulton (Todd Rundgren, Blue Oyster Cult) and Scott Guberman (Phil and Friends), touring with “Live Dead 69”, anothrr interpretive band based on Grateful Dead material and featuring Mark, Tom Constanton (original Grateful Dead keyboardist) and Slick Aguilar (Starship and David Crosby).

Mark is also nearly finished recording and mixing his next record and is embarking on the most personal phase of his career yet. Given his vibrant chops, warm voice, and intuitive, inspired grasp of music, it’s bound to be an exciting time.