Mark Florentine Musician/Band

Scottsdale, AZ

$200-500

Travels up to 120 miles

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Overview

Mark was born in 1968 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He became interested in guitar and music at the age of 16. Mark is a self- taught guitarist/vocalist. Mark specializes in performing cover songs and his musical style is extremely eclectic/versatile and varies from classic rock, modern rock, alternative rock, folk, country, and indie rock. Currently Mark has well over 300 songs that he performs live. Some of Marks musical influences are Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Keith Richards (Rolling Stones), Neil Young, Damien Rice, Adele, Glen Hansard, Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam), Chris Cornell (Audio Slave), Garth Brooks, and Rascal Flats.


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Bill T.

November 20, 2016
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Outstanding Experience

Mark was amazing. He was responsive and encouraging. I was planning a surprise event for my wife. Mark even went to the event site and scouted out before hand to make sure things went smoothly. Mark's performance was perfect. It was exactly what I was hoping for. Mark was the key highlight of the event and he helped make it special. His guitar playing and singing were excellent.

Hired as: Singing Guitarist

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Booking information

Price range: $200-500

Languages: English

Gig length: 60 - 240 minutes

What to expect

You can expect to hear a great line up of popular cover songs. I 'read' the crowd/audience and tap into that demographic. I play diverse types and styles of different music so everyone in attendance can enjoy!

About

16445 N. 109th Street
Scottsdale, AZ 85255
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Mark was born in 1968 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He became interested in guitar and music at the age of 16. Mark is a self- taught guitarist/vocalist whose musical style has evolved over the years.

Mark specializes in performing cover songs and his musical style is extremely eclectic/versatile and varies from classic rock, modern rock, alternative rock, folk, country, and indie rock. Currently Mark has well over 350 songs that he performs live. Some of Marks musical influences are Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Keith Richards (Rolling Stones), Neil Young, Damien Rice, Adele, Glen Hansard, Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam), Chris Cornell (Audio Slave), Garth Brooks, and Rascal Flats.

For the past twelve years Mark has been performing acoustic guitar and vocal acts throughout the valley. He has performed at different venues such as The Royal Palms, Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix Country Club, Troon Golf Resorts, Oktoberfest, and various musical festivals to name a few. Mark can also be seen at local bars/restaurants throughout the valley such as The Herb Box (various locations), Salt & Lime, Isabella's Kitchen at the GrayHawk Golf Club, Mesquite Grill at the McDowell Mountain Ranch Golf Club, Kona Grill, Blue Adobe, Venue’s Café, Cantina Laredo, Fatso’s Pizza, Twisted Lizard, The Culinary Drop Out, Skeptical Chymist, Rythym and Wine, Buffalo Chip Saloon, Long Branch Saloon, and Lush Burger to mention a few. Mark also plays at private and corporate functions.

Additional booking notes

I use a state of the art sound Bose L1 Model II sound system and can bring lights upon request. I simply need one outlet to plug into.

Services offered

Past booked events

December 2016

17

Saturday

The Mesquite Grill McDowell Mountain golf club

6:00pm - 9:00pm

16

Friday

Rhythm and wine north Scottsdale

6:00pm - 9:00pm

10

Saturday

Mesquite Grill McDonald golf club

6:00pm - 9:00pm

09

Friday

Rhythm and wine north Scottsdale

6:00pm - 9:00pm

03

Saturday

Mesquite Grill McDowell golf club

6:00pm - 9:00pm

November 2016

26

Saturday

Mesquite Grill McDonald golf club

6:00pm - 9:00pm

19

Saturday

Personal Occasion

4:00pm - 4:15pm

Scottsdale, AZ

18

Friday

Fatsos 32nd St. and Thunderbird

6:00pm - 9:00pm (Sat)

12

Saturday

The Mesquite Grill McDonald golf club

6:00pm - 9:00pm

05

Saturday

The Mesquite Grill McDonald golf club

6:00pm - 9:00pm

October 2016

29

Saturday

Rhythm and wine north Scottsdale

6:00pm - 9:00pm

28

Friday

Mesquite Grill McDonald and golf club

6:00pm - 9:00pm

22

Saturday

Salt and lime 93rd St. and Shea

8:00pm - 10:00pm

21

Friday

Mesquite Grill McDowell Mountain golf club

6:00pm - 9:00pm

15

Saturday

Private function fireside desert ridge

7:00pm - 10:00pm

14

Friday

The Mesquite Grill downtown golf club

6:00pm - 9:00pm

08

Saturday

Rhythm and wine north Scottsdale

6:00pm - 9:00pm

07

Friday

The Mesquite Grill downtown golf club

6:00pm - 9:00pm

01

Saturday

Rhythm and wine north Scottsdale

6:00pm - 9:00pm

September 2016

30

Friday

The Mesquite Grill McDowell Mountain golf club

6:00pm - 9:00pm

23

Friday

Mesquite Grill McDowell Mountain Golf Club

6:00pm - 9:00pm

22

Thursday

Private event McDowell MOuntain golf club

6:00pm - 8:00pm

21

Wednesday

Skeptical chymist

6:30pm - 9:30pm

17

Saturday

The culinary dropout Scottsdale

3:00pm - 6:00pm

Set list

I do not stick to a specific set list. I come up with what to play based on the audience/demographic in front of me. Song requests can be made during my performances and prior to a performance. Mine performances can include the following songs:

A mess of blues – Elvis Presley
Across the universe – the Beatles
Aint no sunshine – Bill Withers
All for you – Sister Hazel
All of my love – Led Zeppelin
American pie – Don McLean
Amy – Pure Praire League
Angie – Rolling Stones
As tears go by – Rolling Stones
Authority song – John Mellencamp
Back to good – matchbox 20
Bad bad Leroy Brown – Jim Croce
Bad moon rising – CCR
Badge – cream
Beast of burden – Rolling Stones
Behind blue eyes – the who
Bellbottom blues – Derek and the dominoes
Better man – pearl jam
Black – pearl jam
Blackhole sun – Chris Cornell
Bless the broken road – rascal Flatts
Blister in the sun – violent frames
Blowers daughter – Damien rice
Blue on black – Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Blurry – puddle of Mudd
Boots or hearts – tragically hip
Boulevard of broken dreams – Green Day
Brain stew – Green Day
Breathe in the air – Pink Floyd
Bright lights – matchbox 20
Bring it on home to me – Sam Cooke
Broken hearted savior – big head Todd and the monsters
Brown eyed girl – van Morrison
Brown sugar – Rolling Stones
Cannonball – Damien rice
Can't find my way home – blind faith
Can't you see Marshall Tucker band
Champagne supernova – oasis
Chasing cars – Snow Patrol
Chicken fried – Zac Brown
Cinnamon girl – new young
Collide – how we day
Come as you are – Nervana
Come down this cloud – Bush
Comfortably numb – Pink Floyd
Cover of the Rolling Stone – Dr. Hook
Cowgirl in the sand – Neil Young
Creep – Stone Temple pilots
Cumbersome – seven Mary three
Dance– Garth brooks
Dear Mr. fantasy – traffic
December – collective soul
Delicate – Damien rice
Desperado – eagles
Don't dream it's over – crowded house
Don't look back in anger – oasis
Down in a hole – Alice in chains
Drift away – uncle Kracker
Drops of Jupiter – train
Elderly woman – pearl jam
Every Rose has its thorn – poison
Faith – George Michael
Falling slowly – Glenn Hanserd
Fast as you – Dwight Yoakam
Feel like making love Dash bad Company
Feeling all right – Joe Cocker
Fire and rain – James Taylor
Flyway-Lenny Kravitz
Folsum prison blues – johnny cash
For what it's worth – Buffalo Springfield
Freefallin – Tom Petty
Friends in low places – Garth brooks
Give a little bit – Supertramp
Give me one reason – Tracy Chapman
Blistering – Busch
Going to California – Led Zeppelin
Good riddance time of your life – Green Day
Hard sun – Eddie Vedder
Harvest moon – Neil Young
Have you ever seen the rain – CCR
Heart of gold – Neil Young
Heart-shaped box – Nevada
Here comes the rain – Eurhythmics
Here comes the sun– Beatles
Hey hey what can I do – Led Zeppelin
Hey June – Billows
Hide your love away – Beatles
Hi – James blunt
Home – Chris Daughtry
Home – Michael Bublé
Home sweet home – motley Crue
I cross my heart – George Street
Summer standing there – Beatles
I won't back down – Tom Petty
I won't give up – Jason Miraz
Imagine – John run a
In the air tonight – Phil Collins
In your eyes – Jeffrey Gaines
Interstate love song – STP
Into the mystic – van Morrison
Is she really going out with him – Joe Jackson
It's been a while- Staind
It's your love – Tim McGraw
Jack and Diane – John Mellencamp
Jumping Jack flash – Rolling Stones
Just breathe – pearl jam
Keep your hands to yourself – Georgia satellites
Knocking on heavens door – Bob Dylan
landslide – Fleetwood Mac
Last kiss – pearl jam
Last request – Paulo the teeny
Lay down Sally – Eric Clapton
Lean on me Dash Bill Withers
Learning to fly – Tom Petty
Leaving on a jet plane – John Denver
Let her cry – Hootie & the Blowfish
B – the Beatles
Let it bleed – Rolling Stones
Let love rule – Lenny Kravitz
Life by the drop- SRV
Lightning crashes – live
Littlewing – Jimi Hendrix
Lola – the kinks
Look what you've done – jet
Lucky man – Emerson, lake & Palmer Lake
Mad World- Gary Jules
Making Memories of Us- Keith Urban
Mama I’m Coming Home- Ozzy Osbourne
Man in the Box- Alice in Chains
Margaritaville- Jimmy Buffet
Marry Me-Train
Mary Janes Last Dance- Tom Petty
Maybe I’m Amazed- Paul McCartney
Me and Bobby- Janis Joplin
Melissa- The Allman Bros
Midnight Rider- Allman Bros
Moondance- Van Morrison
Mother- Pink Floyd
Mr Brightside- Killers
Mr Jones- Counting Crows
My Generation- The Who
Hey Hey My My- Neil Young
Never Been to Spain- Dog Night
Night Moves- Bob Seager

Nothing Compares- Chris Cornell
Nutshell- Alice in Chain
Nothing else Matters- Metallic
On the Road Again- Willie Nelson
Out on the Weekend- Neil Young
Outside- Staind
Paint it Black- Stones
Peaceful Easy Feeling- Eagles
Piano Man- Billy Joel
Piece of my Heart- Joplin
Pigs- Pink Floyd
Pinball Wizard- Who
Pink Houses- John Cougar
Polly- Nirvana
Pretty Woman- Roy Orbison
Ring of Fire- J Cash
Rocket man- Elton John
Rooster- Alice and Chains
Running Down a Dream- Petty
Say Hello to Heaven- Cornell
Say Something- Great Big World
She Talks to Angels- Black Crows
She will be Loved- Maroon 5
Shine- Collective Soul
Shine a Light- Stones
Shooting Star- Bad Company
Simple Man- Skynard
Sitting on the Dock of the Bay- Redding
Sitting Waiting Wishing- Jack Johnson
Sixth Ave Heartache- Wallflowers
Someone Like You- Adele
Sorry- Bucherry
Space Oddity- Bowie
Squeeze Box- Who
Stairway to Heaven- Zeppelin
Stuck in the Middle- Steelers wheel
Stupid Girl- Keith Urban
Sugar Mountain- Neil Young
Sundown- Gordon Lightfoot
Suspicious Minds- Elvis
Sweet Caroline- N Diamond
Sympathy for the Devil- Stones
Take it Easy- Eagles
Take it on the Run- REO Speedwagon
Tequila Sunrise- Eagles
The Joker- Steve Miller
The Seeker- Who
The Weight- The Band
Wind Cries Mary – Hendrix
The World I know- Collective Soul
This Years Love- David Gray
Thunder Rolls- Garth Brookes
Times Like these- Foo Fighters
To Make You Feel my Love- Garth Brooks
Waiting on a Friend- Stones
Wake my Up when Sept Ends- Green day
Wanted Dead or alive- Bon Jovi
Wherever You Will Go- The Calling
Wicked Game- Chris Isaak
Wild Horses- Stones
Wild Nights- Mellencamp
Wild World Cat- Stevens
Wish You Were Here- Pink Flyod
Witchy Woman- Eagles
Wonderwall- Oasis
Yellow- Coldplay
Yellow Ledbetter- Pearl Jam
You and Me- Lifehouse
You Don’t Know How it Feels- Petty
You May be Right- Billy Joel
You Never Even Call me by Name- David Allen Coe
You’ll Think of Me- Keith Urban
Your Song- Elton John
You’re Beautiful- James Blunt

Influences and inspiration

16445 N. 109th Street
Scottsdale, AZ 85255
(email hidden)
(phone number hidden)

Mark specializes in performing cover songs and his musical style is extremely eclectic/versatile and varies from classic rock, modern rock, alternative rock, folk, country, and indie rock. Currently Mark has well over 350 songs that he performs live. Some of Marks musical influences are Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Keith Richards (Rolling Stones), Neil Young, Damien Rice, Adele, Glen Hansard, Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam), Chris Cornell (Audio Slave), Garth Brooks, and Rascal Flats.

Setup requirements

Armless chair/barstool

Power outlet

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