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Mark Mills

Born: June 1, 1960 Peoria Illinois

Married: Yes

Children: Oh yes……..

Musician Since: 1975

Member of The Crowd since March 2006

Gear:

1. Schecter S-1 Elite with a compass in the stock and this thing which tells time.

2. Yamaha 12-string acoustic with a big hole in the middle
3. Crate amp with a lot of these doohickeys that all have something to do with volume

Previous Bands:

Aerie, Raze, Peter Gunn, Hard Tellin’, Capt. Groovy

Coolest Gig:

The Crowd’s July 2006 at Lou’s LaGrotto. It was only 40 minutes, but we were in great company!

Worst Gig:

A dinner club in Kewanee 1978. The lady SCREAMED at us all night to turn it down. Gosh, and we thought “Godzilla” would really go over, too!

Weirdest Gig:

1977 New Years party at a nudist camp. The band I was in stayed dressed, unfortunately no one else did. And the smell……….!

Musical Influences:

Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore, Buck Dharma (BOC), Glen Buxton (Alice Cooper), Uncle Tex (n-n-n-nephew!)

Likes:

Reading, being outdoors, fried chicken, Coors Light, St. Louis baseball, Maria’s Pizza, our fireplace on the deck, Seinfeld.

Dislikes:

“Unscripted” TV, beets, Bob & Tom, David Caruso

People mistake me for:

Jessica Simpson

I would really like to meet:

Ozzie Smith

The best part about being in “The Crowd” is that, not only do I get to work with awesome musicians, but a great bunch of people as well.