 MARK THORNLEY BAND HAVE AMICABLY COME TO AN END FOR THE TIME BEING, IT COULD GO OUT ON THE ROAD AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.
MARK THORNLEY (EX THE HEALERS RED HANDED BLUES BAND )
Played for many years pro and semi pro,some great festivals including The Burnley Blues Festival, and the main British Stage ( twice, The Healers, Mark Thornley Band) at The Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival ,The Bulldog Bash in Stratford,The T.T. races in The Isle Of Man, top blues venues, support(most memorable support slots being with The Healers opening for the legendary Peter Green with the late great Cozy Powell on drums , and the excellent Neil Murray on bass, , and opening for the great Sherman Robertson with my own band),and various headline spots. Last band recorded and gigged with was prior to fronting my own band, Red Handed blues band , we recorded the Handful of Blues album which was played in an hour long show dedicated to Red Handed on Nick Dows Friday night blues show on BBC Radio Lancashire best prog. on the radio, and received good reviews in the Nov.2005 issue of Blues Matters. Previous long term band was the aforementioned Healers, many a good gig and time was had during those memorable years. Am now fronting my own 3 piece blues band featuring Paul Randall on bass, also having to undertake sessions and live work with other bands because in this country you play the blues for the love of it as there is not much financial reward. Consequently having to do more of the other than what i love. Thankyou to good friends Alan Pearson, Nick Dow, Lucas Campbell for support and encouragement.
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The Mark Thornley Band were the last band to take up position centre stage lifting off with a blistering powerhouse blues/rock set of three hand picked pieces of musical mastery which reminded everyone what a consistently dynamic outfit they have been over the last few years. Mark Thornley is the archetypal all action ‘guitar’ hero who somehow pushes his performance well beyond the known boundaries, becoming a musical demigod locked in mortal combat slaying his demons with every known guitar convulsion and sustained string bend in the book and a many that are not! A truly stunning performance from this power trio which was a befitting grand finale to a fabulous evening of entertainment from the ‘creme de la creme’ of blues acts in the North of England. Lucas Campbell BJ’s Blues Club 
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