Mark Bryan (born May 24, 1950) is an American painter. Bryan's work travels in two distinct directions. Satirical works of social, political and religious comment and works which take an inward track to the imagination and subconscious. Humor and parody play a large role in many of his paintings. Style elements and influences in his work include classical painting, illustration, Romanticism, Surrealism and Pop Surrealism.
Raised in the middle class suburbs of Los Angeles County during the 1950s and 60s, Bryan was immersed in the popular culture of that time and place. Low budget Sci-Fi and horror movies, Super hero comic books, Mad Magazine, surrealist art and later the psychedelic work of Zap Comix artists such as Robert Crumb and Robert Williams were all part of the esthetic and psychological mix surrounding him. These influences combined with significant political events (which included The Red Scare, Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War) shaped and promoted an early political awareness and continues to affect the style and content of his work.
Mark Bryan (born May 6, 1967) is a founding member, songwriter, and the lead guitarist for the multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning band Hootie & the Blowfish. He has spent the last 25 years recording and touring and also plays the mandolin, among numerous other instruments, and helps with background vocals.
Mark William Bryan was born in Silver Spring, Maryland with his sister, Lynn. Bryan attended Seneca Valley High School in Germantown, Maryland and received his Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism from the University of South Carolina in 1989. While attending the university, he collaborated with country artist, Darius Rucker to create an acoustic duo band called, The Wolf Brothers. From there they grew to form a new band named Hootie & the Blowfish with friends, Dean Felber, and Jim Sonefeld.
In 1986, the musical duo Wolf Brothers was formed with friend Darius Rucker, and eventually convinced Dean Felber to also join them.
"Hootie & the Blowfish" is an American rock band that formed at the University of South Carolina by Darius Rucker, Dean Felber, Brantley Smith, and Mark Bryan. In 1989, Jim Sonefeld replaced Brantley Smith. As of July 2010, the band had charted sixteen singles on various Billboard singles charts and recorded five studio albums; and their 1994 debut album, Cracked Rear View, was the 16th-best-selling album of all time in the US, having been certified platinum 16 times. They have sold over 21 million albums in the United States alone. Cracked Rear View went on to earn the band Billboard's Band of the Year Award in 1996 and the RIAA's Diamond Award for sales of 10 million units. Cracked Rear View remains the 12th best selling album in music business history, and all albums combined, have moved over 25 million worldwide.
Waiting at the station
Feel no hesitation and begin the ride
Still pretty young,but times already come and I begin to slide
Im turning down, down looking down now
I got you dazey little hazey
I get the feeling, just leaves me reeling I begin to cry
Then the rain came down .. teardrops
Then the rain came down .. teardrops
Then the rain came down .. teardrops
Then the rain came down
I hope it doesnt rain all day
So later on, thought I was on my own and twilight filled the sky
voice drifted through, it sounded just like you and I remember why
I ran away from the celebration, another year by, a fly-by
Out the door, Ive been here once before, forgot to say good bye
Then the rain came down .. teardrops
Then the rain came down .. teardrops
Then the rain came down .. teardrops
Then the rain came down
I hope it doesnt rain all day
I know, now you know
What were gonna do about everything
I know, now you know
What were gonna do about everything
I know, now you know
What were gonna do about everything
I know, now you know
What were gonna do about everything
Teardrops
teardrops
Teardrops
teardrops
I been gone to long
Its time I bought a ticket home