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Mark Goldenberg

{{short description|American songwriter}}

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| genre = Rock

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| instrument = Guitar, banjo, mandolin, keyboards, accordion{{cite web |url=https://pegheadnation.com/instruments-gear/instrument-demos/mark-goldenbergs-stage-rig-part-1/|title=Mark Goldenberg's Stage Rig|work=Peghead Nation|access-date=September 20, 2017|first=Teja|last=Gerken|date=July 30, 2015}}

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Mark Goldenberg (born October 2, 1952) is an American guitarist and songwriter, noted for his session work and composition of successful songs for Linda Ronstadt, the Pointer Sisters, and others.

Biography

=Early career=

Raised in Chicago, Illinois, Goldenberg studied at the Music Conservatory at the Chicago College of Performing Arts and its Chicago Musical College division at Roosevelt University.{{cite web |url=https://onlineguitaracademy.net/meet-your-teachers|title=Meet the Faculty: Mark Goldenberg|work=LAGA Online|access-date=September 19, 2017}} When the band he was in, Eddie Boy Band, signed a record deal with MCA, Goldenberg moved to California. Though the band broke up, he remained there as a singer-songwriter. In 1976, Goldenberg began playing guitar with Al Stewart.{{cite web |url=https://www.fretboardjournal.com/features/interview-guitarist-mark-goldenberg/|title=Interview: Guitarist Mark Goldenberg|work=Fretboard Journal|access-date=September 19, 2017|first=Jason|last=Verlinde|date=September 1, 2010}}

After playing with Wendy Waldman (who had been Stewart's opening act), Goldenberg started the Cretones with bassist Peter Bernstein{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/107599937/|title=Cretones 'Suitably Unslick' Rockers|work=The Indianapolis Star|access-date=September 20, 2017|date=June 6, 1980}} and the band went on to record two albums: Thin Red Line and Snap! Snap!.{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1980/05/23/cretones-on-their-own/274448aa-2380-4922-a9ee-a7b8ebdadbda/|title=Cretones, on Their Own|work=Washington Post|access-date=September 20, 2017|first=Joanne|last=Ostrow|date=May 23, 1980}} Linda Ronstadt covered three of their songs on her 1980 Mad Love album, and the Cretones served as her backup band for a time. Goldenberg later formed the band Our Town, who recorded one album that was never released. In 1989, he studied guitar with Ted Greene. He also studied classical guitar with Richard Pick and piano and counterpoint with Abe Fraser.

=Session work and songwriting=

Goldenberg has played on recordings by Bob Dylan,{{cite book

|last=Heylin|first=Clinton|date=March 15, 1997|title=Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions, 1960-1994|isbn=9780312150679|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c9d62SgEJpkC|access-date=September 19, 2017}} Jackson Browne,{{cite web |url=http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/jackson-browne-talks-guitars-production-and-new-album-standing-in-the-breach-608000|title=Jackson Browne talks guitars, production and new album Standing In The Breach|work=MusicRadar|access-date=September 19, 2017|first=Joe|last=Bosso|date=October 1, 2014}} Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt,{{cite book

|last=Dean|first=Maury|date=2003|title=Rock and Roll: Gold Rush|isbn=9780875862279|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lJS4EArRBwoC|access-date=September 19, 2017}} Peter Frampton,{{cite book |last=Schmitt|first=Roland|date=August 1, 2011|title=The Small Faces & Other Stories|isbn=9780857124517|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1d6aAwAAQBAJ|access-date=September 19, 2017}} Eels, Natalie Imbruglia,{{cite book |last=Larkin|first=Colin

|date= May 27, 2011|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|isbn=9780857125958

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC

|access-date=September 21, 2017}} Chris Isaak, Karla Bonoff, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and William Shatner.

Goldenberg co-wrote "Automatic," a hit for the Pointer Sisters;{{cite web |url=http://somethingelsereviews.com/2015/06/23/cretones-thin-red-line-1980/|title=Cretones - Thin Red Line (1980): Forgotten Series|work=Something Else|access-date=September 20, 2017|first=Bill|last=DeYoung|date=June 23, 2015}} and co-wrote "Novocaine for the Soul" for the band Eels.{{cite book |last=Grierson|first=Tim|date=2012|title=Eels: Blinking Lights and Other Revelations|isbn=9781849385961|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MSZbYgEACAAJ|access-date=September 21, 2017}} He also wrote "A Kick In The Heart" for Kim Carnes.{{cite web |url=https://bluetapestry.wordpress.com/2012/11/25/kim-carnes-cafe-racers/|title=Kim Carnes – Cafe Racers|work=Blue Tapestry|access-date=September 20, 2017|date=November 25, 2012}}

Goldenberg played lead guitar in Jackson Browne's band from 1994 until 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.vintageguitar.com/5860/jackson-browne/|title=Jackson Browne: Going Home - Eagle Rock|work=Vintage Guitar|access-date=September 19, 2017|first=Dan|last=Forte|date=November 1, 2010}}

In 2015, Goldenberg finished a two-year tour with Hugh Laurie and his Copper Bottom Band.{{cite web |url=http://www.dailynews.com/2014/05/28/hugh-laurie-and-the-copper-bottom-band-to-perform-la-riverside/|title=Hugh Laurie and The Copper Bottom Band to perform L.A., Riverside|work=Los Angeles Daily News|access-date=September 20, 2017|first=Mariecar|last=Mendoza|date=May 28, 2014}}

Goldenberg released his self-titled solo album of fingerstyle guitar music in 2005.{{cite web |url=http://www.minor7th.com/m7_2_06.html#Goldenberg|title=Mark Goldenberg, Bossy Pants Records BP1, 2005|work=Minor 7th|access-date=September 21, 2017|first=James|last=Scott|date=January 1, 2006}} He plays in a guitar duo with Eric Skye, with whom he has recorded one album, Artifact.{{cite web |url=https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/23498-mark-goldenberg-and-eric-skye-acoustic-aerialists|title=Mark Goldenberg and Eric Skye: Acoustic Aerialists|work=Premier Guitar|access-date=September 19, 2017|first=Adam|last=Perlmutter|date=January 5, 2016}}

Discography

=Solo albums=

  • 2005: Mark Goldenberg (Bossy Pants)

=Mark Goldenberg and Eric Skye=

  • 2016: Artifact (self-released){{cite web |url=http://www.berkshirefinearts.com/01-24-2016_review-of-mark-goldenberg-and-eric-skye-s-new-cd-artifact.htm|title=Mark Goldenberg and Eric Skye's Artifact: New CD of Organic Music|work=Berkshire Fine Arts|access-date=September 1, 2017|first=Joseph|last=Callouri|date=January 24, 2016}}

=With [[the Cretones]]=

  • 1980: Thin Red Line (Planet)
  • 1981: Snap! Snap! (Planet)

=With [[Jackson Browne]]=

=As composer (and sometimes also performer)=

=As producer=

=Also appears on=

==1978–1993==

== 1994–1999 ==

== 2000–2006 ==

== 2008–present ==

References

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External links

  • {{URL|markgoldenberg.com/|Official website}}
  • {{AllMusic | id= mark-goldenberg-mn0000827477 | label= Mark Goldenberg}}
  • {{discogs artist|136917-Mark-Goldenberg|Mark Goldenberg}}

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Category:Living people

Category:American alternative rock guitarists

Category:American male songwriters

Category:1952 births