Mark Adams

Peet’s Coffee & Tea — November 23, 2013

Set 1:
1. I Saw a Man Pursuing the Horizon, by Stephen Crane
2. Heart of Gold, arrangement of Greensleeves
3. Scarborough Fair, arrangement
4. Folsom Prison Blues (Cash)
5. Ring of Fire (Carter)
6. Walking Too Close to the Edge
7. Six O’Clock on a Lonely Shore
8. Caesar’s Lament
9. Highways Heading Head
10. I’ll Press Own
11. All Along the Watchtower (Dylan)
12. Credo, by Edwin Arlington Robinson
13. L’Envoi, by Edwin Arlington Robinson
14. Sympathy, by Paul Laurence Dunbar
15. With or Without You (U2)
16. I Hear the Stars Singing, by James Weldon Johnson
17. Do Not Destroy

Set 2:
1. All I Want is You (U2)
2. When Life is Real, by Edgar Lee Masters
3. I Need You
4. She’s Like the Wind
5. Song for Myself
6. Knocking on Heaven’s Door (Dylan)
7. A Dream Within a Dream, by Edgar Allan Poe

November 23, 2013 by Mark Adams Performance Setlist 0

The Ugly Mug (open mic) – March 22, 2011

I debuted three songs at The Ugly Mug, arrangements of poems that I had been working on lately.

1. A Dream Within a Dream, by Edgar Allan Poe
2. L’Envoi, by Edwin Arlington Robison
3. The Helping Hand, by Edgar Lee Masters

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March 22, 2011 by Mark Adams Open Mic Setlist 0

James Lick High School – March 11, 2004

Mr. Herring and I performed often at International Night, which was a regular affair at James Lick High School in the early 2000s. Here, we cover two Dylan songs “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” and “Hurricane.”

March 11, 2004 by Mark Adams Performance Setlist 0

International Night at James Lick High School – March 1, 2002

Mr. Herring and I performed a couple of Dylan tunes. We regularly sang The Times They Are A-Changin’.

March 1, 2002 by Mark Adams Performance Setlist 0

Easter Sunrise Service – April 15, 2001

This may have been the first shared service of Mountain Bible Church and Christ Child Catholic Church, a tradition that continued until the days of Covid. I sang Johnny Cash’s Redemption. At the time, I did not play guitar, so Don Strand accompanied me. Later, I would learn the song on guitar.

In 2012, I recorded a version in Central African Republic:

April 15, 2001 by Mark Adams Religious Setlist 0

James Lick High School – March 11, 2001

Covering Johnny Cash:

1. Folsom Prison Blues
2. Belshazzar

I also sang with Mr. Herring, covering a couple of Dylan tunes. If I recall correctly we sang The Times Are A’Changin’ and one other song.

March 11, 2001 by Mark Adams Performance Setlist 0

Sixth Frederick All-County Orchestra Festival — May 1981

My first instrument was the violin, which I took up in the 5th grade, and my first performance was that same year. If you played at the Sixth Frederick All-County Orchestra in 1981, please email. You can download the mp3 here.

Photos:

When we moved back to California, I played in the orchestra at Black Mountain Middle School. I’m in the first violin section, third chair.

At Black Mountain Middle School, in my second year of violin.

May 8, 1981 by Mark Adams Performance Setlist 0