MARK
Abrahams

Mark Abrahams is a British blues rock guitarist from Yorkshire who is best known for his current work with the British twin lead guitar band ‘Wishbone Ash’ and as a Remote Session Guitarist.

Mark was born in Leeds on September 30th, 1978 and even though he is from a non-musical family, it was obvious he was a guitarist in the making from a very early age, rarely was he parted from his out of tune toy acoustic guitar and often with his face glued to the television anytime there was a guitarist playing.

At the age of 8 Mark was given his first acoustic guitar by a family friend and started taking lessons at school. Around a year later it was the same family friend who first introduced Mark to Wishbone Ash when he showed him how to play the intro guitar part to the song ‘Blowin Free’.. That was it, from then on it was all about Electric Guitars!
 

During high school Marks first school band ‘Forenzic Evidence’ was formed with some fellow school mates and with Mark now clutching a candy apple red Fender Stratocaster just like his hero Mark Knopfler, the band played a few concerts at school playing cover versions of songs by Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Dire Straits.

Marks first ‘real’ band was Chosen Rejects, formed in 1996 with other friends at Brigshaw High School in Leeds, they played paid gigs on weekends around the local and the Yorkshire pub circuit as well as many of the top venues for original bands in Leeds, including the famous Duchess of York and The Cockpit.  This band was eventually re-named ‘Scooby’ and until quite recently was still a favourite band on the scene, although none of the original 5 band members we still present.

Coyote were the next band Mark would play with, a more established rock band playing much larger clubs around the North of England, usually playing over 120 dates per year. The high point of playing with Coyote was a UK tour playing alongside good friends Oliver Dawson Saxon and the ‘Chinese Democracy’ Era Guns n Roses Guitarist, Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal.