MARK ST. MARY
Louisiana Blues & Zydeco Accordion player/Vocalist
Mark St. Mary was born in lake Charles, Louisiana and has been playing the accordion and zydeco since the age of 15. A purveyor of the double pump beat ACCORDION STYLE, Mark toured with Clifton Chenier while mastering the idoms of traditional Creole-Cajun Zydeco as well as Louisiana Blues & R&B. He has performed from New Orleans to Houston and all through California where many Creoles settled during and after World War II. He has recorded for Goldband Records and performed with such notables as Doug Kershaw, Barbara Mandrell. Queen Ida and Big Mama Thornton, to name a few. He is a regular at zydeco dance halls and concerts, Mark was honored once again when he accepted the award “Best Zydeco Band of the Year” at the Bay Area Blues Society Hall of Fame Awards and was crowned the “Delta King” of Zydeco by the Isleton Crawfish Festival. ETOILE’
Mark St. Mary
Louisiana Blues & Zydeco
916-729-6729
