| Underrated two-sider from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Originaly released on a local label, Power, then picked up by RCA.
I usually find major-label releases of garage 45s as white-label promos. I guess when the records failed to get any national attention from djs, the label wouldn't bother pressing and distributing stock copies for sale. There are so many major-label garage 45s that exist mainly as promo copies, it makes me wonder if the companies really cared about these records or did they prefer to tie them up so no one else couldn't do anything with them. Mark Markham and his Jesters - I Don't Need You |
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Mark Markham and His Jesters
Submitted by Chas Kit on November 9, 2005 - 1:00am.
Mark Markham & his Jesters | US | Florida | Ft. Lauderdale | Power
Actually we got to number 1
Submitted by tom (not verified) on April 16, 2007 - 12:51pm.
Actually we got to number 1 on WQAM in the 60's
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Heard Mark's "playing around"
Submitted by Maggie (not verified) on June 12, 2007 - 8:14pm.
Marks nephew said he had been playing at a few spots. Is there a date list out there? Love to see the updated version. Maggie
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Mark Markham
Submitted by Bruce Williams (not verified) on June 23, 2009 - 8:51pm.
Hey Bro, where is Mark? I was in the original Jesters when Mark was just a little tyke.
In fact I taught him a few licks on the guitar. I'd love to reconnect with him. If you have
updated info on him drop me a line.
Bruce
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Mark Markham & Jesters
Submitted by Kit Potamkin (not verified) on February 12, 2008 - 7:39pm.
I played in a band called The Body Shoppe(formerly The Calientes) who did several gigs with The Jesters- (we thought Mark was the best frontman going in the local scene, and the band was pretty hot too;(they did a killer version of One Two Brown Eyes by Them).South Florida in '65 and '66 was a great scene with a lot of cool venues, especially the radio sponsored teen clubs on weekends.
If Mark is still playing gigs, I'm sure he's still cool...
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Mark Markham
Submitted by Alex (not verified) on April 16, 2007 - 12:52pm.
Marlboro Country was covered in the '80s by his cousin Charlie Pickett.
Great stuff.
Thanks
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Classic Florida garage!
Submitted by AB (not verified) on November 10, 2007 - 7:08am.
I wouldn't call this "underrated." Both sides have been acknowledged as "garage classics" for 20+ years now. I first heard it on the radio in the 1980s! "I Don't Need You" is great.
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the sixties
Submitted by Bob Karney (not verified) on May 8, 2008 - 11:36am.
I played in The Jesters with Mark,Dean and Scott in the late sixties! They were great guys and we had the time of our lives. The bank should have gone all the way to the TOP! Mark and Dean and Scott were incredible and I just hung on. I hope they are all doing great. Thanks for the memories! Bob Karney, Charlotte N.C.
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Mark Markham and his Jesters
Submitted by Richard Conway (not verified) on September 24, 2009 - 3:09am.
I met Mark in NYC in the late '60's when he was trying a solo career. We were both from Lauderdale, so there was some king of connection, though we were never close friends. We all lived in the East Village and I was working in the light show at the Electric Circus on St. Marks. We went to see him perform solo at (I think) the Bitter End - no band, just solo with a guitar - tough to pull off. But, due to all the chemicals floating around Astor Place then, it is all a little fuzzy! My wife and I went back to University in Florida and Mark and a stoned side kick rode down with us. Never saw him again, but try and Google him to see where he ended up. He definitely had the Charisma.
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Mark Markham & Jesters
This did come out on a black-label stock copy as well. 'Twas a top 30 hit on WFUN in Miami in '66!