Tonight, a double bill of American singer-songwriters Mark Cool and Lou Vargo.
Mark Cool (yes that's his real name) is a folk/alt-country/americana singer-songwriter and guitarist based in Durham, North Carolina. Cool has been compared to Townes Van Zandt, Nebraska era Springsteen, Lucinda williams, and Old Crow Medicine Show. His recent album with his band, the Folk Stars was picked by Americana UK magazine as one of the top 20 of 2007, along with Wilco, Okkervil River, Crowded House, Paul Case, and others.
Lou Vargo makes music. Always has. “Determined”, “gritty”, “brutally honest” and “absolutely brilliant” are just a few ways the U.S. and European press have described Lou Vargo and his debut EP “American Disaster”. For the EP he recruited some of the finest players the world has to offer, including Al Perkins (Gram Parsons, the Byrds, Rolling Stones, the Eagles), Stuart Duncan (Bela Fleck, Dolly Parton, George Strait), Dave Roe (Johnny Cash, Dwight Yoakum) and Lou’s good friend Joe Smyth of Sawyer Brown.