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| instrument = Vocals, guitar, piano, trumpet
| instrument = Vocals, guitar, piano, trumpet
| genre = [[country music|Country]]
| genre = [[country music|Country]]
| occupation = [[Singer-songwriter]]
| occupation = Singer-songwriter
| years_active = 2000–2002<br>2006<br>2011
| years_active = 2000–2002<br>2006<br>2011
| label = VFR, Blue Flamingo, Off Center
| label = VFR, Blue Flamingo, Off Center
| associated_acts = [[Lonestar]]
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| website = http://www.markmcguinn.com
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'''Mark McGuinn''' (born August 19, 1968) is an American [[country music]] artist. He made his debut in 2001 with the single "[[Mrs. Steven Rudy]]", a Top 10 hit on the U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Country Singles & Tracks]] charts. It was the first of three singles from his first album ''Mark McGuinn'', which was released in 2001 on the independent VFR Records label. The label was closed in 2002, and McGuinn did not a record another album until ''One Man's Crazy'' in 2006, released on Blue Flamingo Records. He has not recorded an album since then.
'''Mark McGuinn''' (born August 19, 1968) is an American [[country music]] artist. He made his debut in 2001 with the single "[[Mrs. Steven Rudy]]", a Top 10 hit on the U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Country Singles & Tracks]] charts. It was the first of three singles from his first album ''Mark McGuinn'', which was released in 2001 on the independent VFR Records label. The label was closed in 2002, and McGuinn did not a record another album until ''One Man's Crazy'' in 2006, released on Blue Flamingo Records. He has not recorded an album since then.


==Biography==
==Biography==
McGuinn was born in [[Greensboro, North Carolina]]. His musical background includes playing trumpet in a [[jazz music|jazz]] band.<ref name="dark">{{cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1443637/dark-horse-mcguinn-hits-with-mrs-steven-rudy.jhtml |title=Dark Horse McGuinn Hits with "Mrs. Steven Rudy" |accessdate=2007-12-14 |last=Zhito |first=Lisa |date=2001-04-09 |work=CMT.com}}</ref> McGuinn later aspired to become a professional [[soccer]] player. After a knee injury, he decided to move to [[Nashville, Tennessee]], in 1994 to become a songwriter instead.<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p468796|pure_url=yes}} |title=Mark McGuinn biography |accessdate=2007-12-14 |last=Cohoon |first=Rick |work=[[Allmusic]]}}</ref>
McGuinn was born in [[Greensboro, North Carolina]]. His musical background includes playing trumpet in a jazz band.<ref name="dark">{{cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1443637/dark-horse-mcguinn-hits-with-mrs-steven-rudy.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022172043/http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1443637/dark-horse-mcguinn-hits-with-mrs-steven-rudy.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 22, 2012 |title=Dark Horse McGuinn Hits with "Mrs. Steven Rudy" |accessdate=December 14, 2007 |last=Zhito |first=Lisa |date=April 9, 2001 |work=CMT.com}}</ref> McGuinn later aspired to become a professional soccer player. After a knee injury, he decided to move to [[Nashville, Tennessee]], in 1994 to become a songwriter instead.<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p468796|pure_url=yes}} |title=Mark McGuinn biography |accessdate=December 14, 2007 |last=Cohoon |first=Rick |work=[[Allmusic]]}}</ref>


==Musical career==
==Musical career==
By 2001, McGuinn was signed to VFR Records, a newly formed independent record label, which released his first album, ''Mark McGuinn'', in May that year.<ref name="allmusic"/> Initially, the label had planned to release "That's a Plan" as the album's first single. After a [[disc jockey]] at [[KPLX]] in [[Dallas, Texas]], began playing "Mrs. Steven Rudy", another track from the album, other nearby stations soon followed suit. Due to the reaction the song was receiving in this market, the label released it as McGuinn's first single, with "That's a Plan" on the [[B-side]].<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|page=273|isbn=0-89820-177-2}}</ref>
By 2001, McGuinn was signed to VFR Records, a newly formed independent record label, which released his first album, ''Mark McGuinn'', in May that year.<ref name="allmusic"/> Initially, the label had planned to release "That's a Plan" as the album's first single. After a disc jockey at [[KPLX]] in [[Dallas]], Texas, began playing "Mrs. Steven Rudy", another track from the album, other nearby stations soon followed suit. Due to the reaction the song was receiving in this market, the label released it as McGuinn's first single, with "That's a Plan" on the [[B-side]].<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|page=273|isbn=0-89820-177-2}}</ref>


Upon the release of "Mrs. Steven Rudy", McGuinn was considered a "[[dark horse]]" on the country music scene, due in part to his jazz background and [[beatnik]] image, which were considered outside the norms of country radio.<ref name="dark"/> "Mrs. Steven Rudy" was a top ten hit on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' country music charts, and the highest-selling single on the country singles sales charts for five consecutive weeks.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://magazine.angrycountry.com/article.php?story=20051122111856391 |title=Mark McGuinn a Happy Man at Radio |accessdate=2007-12-14 |date=2005-11-22 |work=AngryCountry.com}}</ref> His album entered the [[Top Country Albums]] chart at number 18, setting a new record for the highest entry on that chart for the first release from an independent label.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1443996/20010523/mcguinn_mark.jhtml |title=McGuinn Breaks SoundScan Record |accessdate=2007-12-14 |date=2001-05-24 |work=CMT.com}}</ref> "That's a Plan" was eventually released as the second single, followed by "She Doesn't Dance". These songs peaked at numbers 25 and 29, respectively, on the country charts.
Upon the release of "Mrs. Steven Rudy", McGuinn was considered a "[[dark horse]]" on the country music scene, due in part to his jazz background and [[beatnik]] image, which were considered outside the norms of country radio.<ref name="dark"/> "Mrs. Steven Rudy" was a top ten hit on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' country music charts, and the highest-selling single on the country singles sales charts for five consecutive weeks.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://magazine.angrycountry.com/article.php?story=20051122111856391 |title=Mark McGuinn a Happy Man at Radio |accessdate=December 14, 2007 |date=November 22, 2005 |work=AngryCountry.com}}</ref> His album entered the [[Top Country Albums]] chart at number 18, setting a new record for the highest entry on that chart for the first release from an independent label.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1443996/20010523/mcguinn_mark.jhtml |title=McGuinn Breaks SoundScan Record |accessdate=December 14, 2007 |date=May 24, 2001 |work=CMT.com}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> "That's a Plan" was eventually released as the second single, followed by "She Doesn't Dance". These songs peaked at numbers 25 and 29, respectively, on the country charts.


Rick Cohoon of [[Allmusic]] rated the album four stars out of five, saying that it "combines an entertaining musical arrangement with solid songwriting."<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r529206|pure_url=yes}} |title=''Mark McGuinn'' review|last=Cohoon|first=Rick|work=Allmusic|accessdate=8 February 2010}}</ref>
Rick Cohoon of [[Allmusic]] rated the album four stars out of five, saying that it "combines an entertaining musical arrangement with solid songwriting."<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r529206|pure_url=yes}} |title=''Mark McGuinn'' review|last=Cohoon|first=Rick|work=Allmusic|accessdate=February 8, 2010}}</ref>


===After first album===
===After first album===
On the day of the [[September 11 attacks|11 September 2001 attacks]], McGuinn wrote and recorded a tribute song entitled "More Beautiful Today". He insisted that the song not be released to radio (although it did receive enough airplay to enter the country charts), and made it available only as a download on his website.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_feature/article/0,,GAC_26499_4983928,00.html |title=Writing Through the Pain |accessdate=2007-12-14 |last=Newcomer |first=Wendy |work=GACTV.com}}</ref>
On the day of the [[September 11 attacks|September 11, 2001, attacks]], McGuinn wrote and recorded a tribute song entitled "More Beautiful Today". He insisted that the song not be released to radio (although it did receive enough airplay to enter the country charts), and made it available only as a download on his website.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_feature/article/0,,GAC_26499_4983928,00.html |title=Writing Through the Pain |accessdate=December 14, 2007 |last=Newcomer |first=Wendy |work=GACTV.com}}</ref>


McGuinn also wrote a song entitled "[[Unusually Unusual]]", which was recorded by the country band [[Lonestar]] on their 2001 album ''[[I'm Already There]]''. This song was released in late 2002 as a single, reaching number 12 on the country charts.<ref name="about">{{cite web |url=http://countrymusic.about.com/od/cdreviewsmz/gr/onemanscrazy.htm |title=Mark McGuinn - One Man's Crazy |accessdate=2007-12-14 |last=Bjorke |first=Matt |work=About.com}}</ref> Later that year, VFR declared bankruptcy, leaving McGuinn without a record deal. He then took a break to begin a family.
McGuinn also wrote a song entitled "[[Unusually Unusual]]", which was recorded by the country band [[Lonestar]] on their 2001 album ''[[I'm Already There]]''. This song was released in late 2002 as a single, reaching number 12 on the country charts.<ref name="about">{{cite web |url=http://countrymusic.about.com/od/cdreviewsmz/gr/onemanscrazy.htm |title=Mark McGuinn – One Man's Crazy |accessdate=December 14, 2007 |last=Bjorke |first=Matt |work=About.com}}</ref> Later that year, VFR declared bankruptcy, leaving McGuinn without a record deal. He then took a break to begin a family.


McGuinn returned to the studio in 2005 to record his second album, ''One Man's Crazy''. It was released that year on Blue Flamingo Records, an independent label started by McGuinn and one of his co-writing partners, Jim Foster.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1528204/20060407/mcguinn_mark.jhtml |title=Mark McGuinn Prepares Follow-Up |accessdate=2007-12-14 |date=2006-04-07 |work=CMT.com}}</ref> "More Beautiful Today" was also reprised for this album.<ref name="about"/> In 2008, [[George Jones]] released the single "You and Me and Time", which McGuinn co-wrote.
McGuinn returned to the studio in 2005 to record his second album, ''One Man's Crazy''. It was released that year on Blue Flamingo Records, an independent label started by McGuinn and one of his co-writing partners, Jim Foster.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1528204/20060407/mcguinn_mark.jhtml |title=Mark McGuinn Prepares Follow-Up |accessdate=December 14, 2007 |date=April 7, 2006 |work=CMT.com}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> "More Beautiful Today" was also reprised for this album.<ref name="about"/> In 2008, [[George Jones]] released the single "You and Me and Time", which McGuinn co-wrote.


==''Mark McGuinn'' (2001)==
==''Mark McGuinn'' (2001)==
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| artist = Mark McGuinn
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| released = {{start date|2001|5|8}}
| released = {{start date|2001|5|8}}
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| studio =
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| genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| length =
| length = 43:58
| label = VFR
| label = VFR
| producer = Mark McGuinn, Shane Decker
| producer = Mark McGuinn, Shane Decker
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===Track listing===
===Track listing===
# "[[Mrs. Steven Rudy]]" (Mark McGuinn, Shane Decker) - 3:29
# "[[Mrs. Steven Rudy]]" ([[Mark McGuinn]], Shane Decker) – 3:29
# "Heaven Must Be Missin' You" (McGuinn, Trey Matthews) - 3:41
# "Heaven Must Be Missin' You" (McGuinn, Trey Matthews) – 3:41
# "No Way" (McGuinn, Matthews) - 2:29
# "No Way" (McGuinn, Matthews) – 2:29
# "[[That's a Plan]]" (Bobby Boyd, David Leone) - 3:26
# "[[That's a Plan]]" (Bobby Boyd, David Leone) – 3:26
# "If the World Was Mine" (McGuinn, Decker) - 4:29
# "If the World Was Mine" (McGuinn, Decker) – 4:29
# "One of Their Own" (McGuinn, Boyd) - 3:52
# "One of Their Own" (McGuinn, Boyd) – 3:52
# "[[She Doesn't Dance]]" (McGuinn, Don Pfrimmer, Decker) - 4:12
# "[[She Doesn't Dance]]" (McGuinn, Don Pfrimmer, Decker) – 4:12
# "Silver Platter" (McGuinn, Matthews) - 3:58
# "Silver Platter" (McGuinn, Matthews) – 3:58
# "All About the Ride" (McGuinn, Boyd, Billy Davidson) - 3:20
# "All About the Ride" (McGuinn, Boyd, Billy Davidson) – 3:20
# "Love Don't Float" (McGuinn, Jim Foster)- 3:38
# "Love Don't Float" (McGuinn, Jim Foster) – 3:38
# "Busy Signal" (McGuinn, Matthews) - 4:28
# "Busy Signal" (McGuinn, Matthews) – 4:28
# "Done It Right" (McGuinn, Pfrimmer, Decker) - 3:04
# "Done It Right" (McGuinn, Pfrimmer, Decker) – 3:04


===Personnel===
===Personnel===
*Steve Bryant - [[bass guitar]]
*Steve Bryant – bass guitar
*[[J. T. Corenflos]] - [[electric guitar]]
*[[J. T. Corenflos]] – electric guitar
*Gary DiBenedetto - [[steel guitar]]
*Gary DiBenedetto – [[steel guitar]]
*[[Dan Dugmore]] - steel guitar
*[[Dan Dugmore]] – steel guitar
*Glen Duncan - [[fiddle]]
*Glen Duncan – [[fiddle]]
*Gary Hogue - steel guitar
*Gary Hogue – steel guitar
*Don Kerce - bass guitar
*Don Kerce – bass guitar
*Wayne Killius - [[drum kit|drums]], [[Music loop|drum loop]]s, [[percussion instrument|percussion]]
*Wayne Killius – drums, [[Music loop|drum loop]]s, percussion
*Troy Lancaster - electric guitar
*Troy Lancaster – electric guitar
*Mark McGuinn - [[Singing|lead vocals]], [[Backing vocalist|background vocals]]
*Mark McGuinn – lead vocals, [[Backing vocalist|background vocals]]
*Dennis McCracken - background vocals
*Dennis McCracken – background vocals
*Curt Ryle - [[Steel-string acoustic guitar|acoustic guitar]], background vocals
*Curt Ryle – [[Steel-string acoustic guitar|acoustic guitar]], background vocals
*Scott Sanders - steel guitar
*Scott Sanders – steel guitar
*Wanda Vick - [[banjo]], [[Dobro]], fiddle, [[mandolin]]
*Wanda Vick – [[banjo]], [[Dobro]], fiddle, [[mandolin]]
*Dennis Wage - [[piano]], [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]]
*Dennis Wage – piano, keyboards


===Chart positions===
===Chart positions===
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! Peak<br>position
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{{albumchart|BillboardCountry|18|artist=Mark McGuinn}}
| U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums
| align="center"| 18
|-
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{{albumchart|Billboard200|117|artist=Mark McGuinn}}
| U.S. ''Billboard'' 200
| align="center"| 117
|-
|-
| U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Independent Albums
| U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Independent Albums
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| artist = Mark McGuinn
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| cover = onemanscrazy.jpg
| alt =
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| released = {{start date|2006|7|4}}
| released = {{start date|2006|7|4}}
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| studio =
| studio =
| genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| length =
| length = 52:26
| label = Blue Flamingo
| label = Blue Flamingo
| producer = Mark McGuinn, Jim Foster, Don Kerce
| producer = Mark McGuinn, Jim Foster, Don Kerce
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===Track listing===
===Track listing===
# "One Man's Crazy" (Mark McGuinn, Don Pfrimmer) - 4:00
# "One Man's Crazy" (Mark McGuinn, Don Pfrimmer) – 4:00
# "115lbs" (M. McGuinn, Jim Foster) - 3:48
# "115lbs" (M. McGuinn, Jim Foster) – 3:48
# "Deep" (M. McGuinn, Pfrimmer) - 3:05
# "Deep" (M. McGuinn, Pfrimmer) – 3:05
# "Bring 'Em Back" (M. McGuinn, S. McGuinn) - 4:16
# "Bring 'Em Back" (M. McGuinn, S. McGuinn) – 4:16
# "Turtle" (M. McGuinn, Foster) - 3:31
# "Turtle" (M. McGuinn, Foster) – 3:31
# "Better a Painful Ending" (M. McGuinn, Sharyn Lane) - 4:26
# "Better a Painful Ending" (M. McGuinn, Sharyn Lane) – 4:26
#*duet with Georgette Jones
#*duet with Georgette Jones
# "Trampoline" (M. McGuinn, John Reynolds) - 4:09
# "Trampoline" (M. McGuinn, John Reynolds) – 4:09
# "Centreville" (M. McGuinn, Pfrimmer, Dennis McCraken) - 3:25
# "Centreville" (M. McGuinn, Pfrimmer, Dennis McCraken) – 3:25
# "Mona Lisa" (M. McGuinn, Trey Matthews) - 3:27
# "Mona Lisa" (M. McGuinn, Trey Matthews) – 3:27
# "Everest" (M. McGuinn, Pfrimmer) - 3:31
# "Everest" (M. McGuinn, Pfrimmer) – 3:31
# "Y" (M. McGuinn, Reynolds) - 2:47
# "Y" (M. McGuinn, Reynolds) – 2:47
# "Wide Open" (M. McGuinn, Kevin Fisher) - 4:07
# "Wide Open" (M. McGuinn, Kevin Fisher) – 4:07
# "Big Girl" (M. McGuinn) - 2:53
# "Big Girl" (M. McGuinn) – 2:53
# "More Beautiful Today" (M. McGuinn, Reynolds, Bill Davidson) - 5:01
# "More Beautiful Today" (M. McGuinn, Reynolds, Bill Davidson) – 5:01


===Personnel===
===Personnel===
*Mark McGuinn - [[Singing|lead vocals]], [[Backing vocalist|background vocals]], [[Steel-string acoustic guitar|acoustic guitar]], [[electric guitar]], [[Dobro]], [[string section|strings]], [[mandolin]], [[Wurlitzer electric piano]], [[trumpet]]
*Mark McGuinn – lead vocals, [[Backing vocalist|background vocals]], [[Steel-string acoustic guitar|acoustic guitar]], electric guitar, [[Dobro]], [[string section|strings]], [[mandolin]], [[Wurlitzer electric piano]], trumpet
*Jim Brown - [[piano]], [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]]
*Jim Brown – piano, keyboards
*Bill Davidson - electric guitar, [[banjo]]
*Bill Davidson – electric guitar, [[banjo]]
*Georgette Jones - background vocals ("Wide Open")
*Georgette Jones – background vocals ("Wide Open")
*Don Kerce - [[bass guitar]], drum programming, [[cello]], [[percussion instrument|percussion]]
*Don Kerce – bass guitar, drum programming, cello, percussion
*Wayne Killius - [[drum kit|drums]], [[Music loop|drum loop]]s
*Wayne Killius – drums, [[Music loop|drum loop]]s
*Jim Kimball - acoustic guitar
*Jim Kimball – acoustic guitar
*Dennis McCracken - background vocals ("Wide Open")
*Dennis McCracken – background vocals ("Wide Open")
*Russ Pahl - Dobro, electric guitar, [[steel guitar]]
*Russ Pahl – Dobro, electric guitar, [[steel guitar]]
*Danny Parks - electric guitar, [[slide guitar]], [[12-string guitar]], [[baritone guitar]], [[archtop guitar]]
*Danny Parks – electric guitar, [[slide guitar]], [[12-string guitar]], [[baritone guitar]], [[archtop guitar]]
*Brian Pruitt - drums, drum loops
*Brian Pruitt – drums, drum loops
*Wanda Vick - [[fiddle]]
*Wanda Vick – [[fiddle]]


==Singles==
==Singles==
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| align="left" rowspan="4"| ''One Man's Crazy''
| align="left" rowspan="4"| ''One Man's Crazy''
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| rowspan="3"| 2006
| rowspan="4"| 2006
! scope="row"| "Bring 'Em Back"
! scope="row"| "Bring 'Em Back"
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! scope="row"|"God Bless the Children" {{small|(with Wayne Warner and the Nashville All-Star Choir)}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.waynewarner.com/photos/gbtc/choir.html | title=Nashville All Star Choir | work=Wayne Warner | accessdate=November 28, 2019}}</ref>
| —
| —
| ''Turbo Twang'n''
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| 2011
| 2011
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| rowspan="3"| 2001
| rowspan="3"| 2001
! scope="row"| "Mrs. Steven Rudy"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/mark-mcguinn/387416/mrs-steven-rudy.jhtml|title=CMT : Videos : Mark McGuinn : Mrs. Steven Rudy|publisher=[[Country Music Television]]|accessdate=August 5, 2011}}</ref>
! scope="row"| "Mrs. Steven Rudy"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/mark-mcguinn/387416/mrs-steven-rudy.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519192624/http://www.cmt.com/videos/mark-mcguinn/387416/mrs-steven-rudy.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 19, 2009|title=CMT : Videos : Mark McGuinn : Mrs. Steven Rudy|publisher=[[Country Music Television]]|accessdate=August 5, 2011}}</ref>
| rowspan="2"| David Abbott
| rowspan="2"| David Abbott
|-
|-
! scope="row"| "That's a Plan"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/mark-mcguinn/387884/thats-a-plan.jhtml|title=CMT : Videos : Mark McGuinn : That's A Plan|publisher=[[Country Music Television]]|accessdate=August 5, 2011}}</ref>
! scope="row"| "That's a Plan"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/mark-mcguinn/387884/thats-a-plan.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024011431/http://www.cmt.com/videos/mark-mcguinn/387884/thats-a-plan.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 24, 2012|title=CMT : Videos : Mark McGuinn : That's A Plan|publisher=[[Country Music Television]]|accessdate=August 5, 2011}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| "She Doesn't Dance"
! scope="row"| "She Doesn't Dance"
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Latest revision as of 14:19, 3 July 2024

Mark McGuinn
Born (1968-08-19) August 19, 1968 (age 56)[1]
OriginGreensboro, North Carolina, U.S.
GenresCountry
OccupationSinger-songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar, piano, trumpet
Years active2000–2002
2006
2011
LabelsVFR, Blue Flamingo, Off Center

Mark McGuinn (born August 19, 1968) is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 2001 with the single "Mrs. Steven Rudy", a Top 10 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. It was the first of three singles from his first album Mark McGuinn, which was released in 2001 on the independent VFR Records label. The label was closed in 2002, and McGuinn did not a record another album until One Man's Crazy in 2006, released on Blue Flamingo Records. He has not recorded an album since then.

Biography

[edit]

McGuinn was born in Greensboro, North Carolina. His musical background includes playing trumpet in a jazz band.[2] McGuinn later aspired to become a professional soccer player. After a knee injury, he decided to move to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1994 to become a songwriter instead.[3]

Musical career

[edit]

By 2001, McGuinn was signed to VFR Records, a newly formed independent record label, which released his first album, Mark McGuinn, in May that year.[3] Initially, the label had planned to release "That's a Plan" as the album's first single. After a disc jockey at KPLX in Dallas, Texas, began playing "Mrs. Steven Rudy", another track from the album, other nearby stations soon followed suit. Due to the reaction the song was receiving in this market, the label released it as McGuinn's first single, with "That's a Plan" on the B-side.[1]

Upon the release of "Mrs. Steven Rudy", McGuinn was considered a "dark horse" on the country music scene, due in part to his jazz background and beatnik image, which were considered outside the norms of country radio.[2] "Mrs. Steven Rudy" was a top ten hit on the Billboard country music charts, and the highest-selling single on the country singles sales charts for five consecutive weeks.[4] His album entered the Top Country Albums chart at number 18, setting a new record for the highest entry on that chart for the first release from an independent label.[5] "That's a Plan" was eventually released as the second single, followed by "She Doesn't Dance". These songs peaked at numbers 25 and 29, respectively, on the country charts.

Rick Cohoon of Allmusic rated the album four stars out of five, saying that it "combines an entertaining musical arrangement with solid songwriting."[6]

After first album

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On the day of the September 11, 2001, attacks, McGuinn wrote and recorded a tribute song entitled "More Beautiful Today". He insisted that the song not be released to radio (although it did receive enough airplay to enter the country charts), and made it available only as a download on his website.[7]

McGuinn also wrote a song entitled "Unusually Unusual", which was recorded by the country band Lonestar on their 2001 album I'm Already There. This song was released in late 2002 as a single, reaching number 12 on the country charts.[8] Later that year, VFR declared bankruptcy, leaving McGuinn without a record deal. He then took a break to begin a family.

McGuinn returned to the studio in 2005 to record his second album, One Man's Crazy. It was released that year on Blue Flamingo Records, an independent label started by McGuinn and one of his co-writing partners, Jim Foster.[9] "More Beautiful Today" was also reprised for this album.[8] In 2008, George Jones released the single "You and Me and Time", which McGuinn co-wrote.

Mark McGuinn (2001)

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Mark McGuinn
Studio album by
Mark McGuinn
ReleasedMay 8, 2001 (2001-05-08)
Recorded2000–01
GenreCountry
Length43:58
LabelVFR
ProducerMark McGuinn, Shane Decker
Mark McGuinn chronology
Mark McGuinn
(2001) 		One Man's Crazy
(2006)

Track listing

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  1. "Mrs. Steven Rudy" (Mark McGuinn, Shane Decker) – 3:29
  2. "Heaven Must Be Missin' You" (McGuinn, Trey Matthews) – 3:41
  3. "No Way" (McGuinn, Matthews) – 2:29
  4. "That's a Plan" (Bobby Boyd, David Leone) – 3:26
  5. "If the World Was Mine" (McGuinn, Decker) – 4:29
  6. "One of Their Own" (McGuinn, Boyd) – 3:52
  7. "She Doesn't Dance" (McGuinn, Don Pfrimmer, Decker) – 4:12
  8. "Silver Platter" (McGuinn, Matthews) – 3:58
  9. "All About the Ride" (McGuinn, Boyd, Billy Davidson) – 3:20
  10. "Love Don't Float" (McGuinn, Jim Foster) – 3:38
  11. "Busy Signal" (McGuinn, Matthews) – 4:28
  12. "Done It Right" (McGuinn, Pfrimmer, Decker) – 3:04

Personnel

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  • Steve Bryant – bass guitar
  • J. T. Corenflos – electric guitar
  • Gary DiBenedetto – steel guitar
  • Dan Dugmore – steel guitar
  • Glen Duncan – fiddle
  • Gary Hogue – steel guitar
  • Don Kerce – bass guitar
  • Wayne Killius – drums, drum loops, percussion
  • Troy Lancaster – electric guitar
  • Mark McGuinn – lead vocals, background vocals
  • Dennis McCracken – background vocals
  • Curt Ryle – acoustic guitar, background vocals
  • Scott Sanders – steel guitar
  • Wanda Vick – banjo, Dobro, fiddle, mandolin
  • Dennis Wage – piano, keyboards

Chart positions

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Chart (2001) Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[10] 18
US Billboard 200[11] 117
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums 2
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers 1

One Man's Crazy (2006)

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One Man's Crazy
Studio album by
Mark McGuinn
ReleasedJuly 4, 2006 (2006-07-04)
Recorded2006
GenreCountry
Length52:26
LabelBlue Flamingo
ProducerMark McGuinn, Jim Foster, Don Kerce
Mark McGuinn chronology
Mark McGuinn
(2001) 		One Man's Crazy
(2006)

Track listing

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  1. "One Man's Crazy" (Mark McGuinn, Don Pfrimmer) – 4:00
  2. "115lbs" (M. McGuinn, Jim Foster) – 3:48
  3. "Deep" (M. McGuinn, Pfrimmer) – 3:05
  4. "Bring 'Em Back" (M. McGuinn, S. McGuinn) – 4:16
  5. "Turtle" (M. McGuinn, Foster) – 3:31
  6. "Better a Painful Ending" (M. McGuinn, Sharyn Lane) – 4:26
    • duet with Georgette Jones
  7. "Trampoline" (M. McGuinn, John Reynolds) – 4:09
  8. "Centreville" (M. McGuinn, Pfrimmer, Dennis McCraken) – 3:25
  9. "Mona Lisa" (M. McGuinn, Trey Matthews) – 3:27
  10. "Everest" (M. McGuinn, Pfrimmer) – 3:31
  11. "Y" (M. McGuinn, Reynolds) – 2:47
  12. "Wide Open" (M. McGuinn, Kevin Fisher) – 4:07
  13. "Big Girl" (M. McGuinn) – 2:53
  14. "More Beautiful Today" (M. McGuinn, Reynolds, Bill Davidson) – 5:01

Personnel

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Singles

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Year Single Peak chart
positions 		Album
US Country US
2001 "Mrs. Steven Rudy" 6 44 Mark McGuinn
"That's a Plan" 25 —
2002 "She Doesn't Dance" 29 —
"More Beautiful Today" 54 — One Man's Crazy
2006 "Bring 'Em Back" — —
"One Man's Crazy" — —
"Deep" — —
"God Bless the Children" (with Wayne Warner and the Nashville All-Star Choir)[12] — — Turbo Twang'n
2011 "Til U Got Home" — — single only
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

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Year Video Director
2001 "Mrs. Steven Rudy"[13] David Abbott
"That's a Plan"[14]
"She Doesn't Dance" Eric Welch

References

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  1. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 273. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  2. ^ a b Zhito, Lisa (April 9, 2001). "Dark Horse McGuinn Hits with "Mrs. Steven Rudy"". CMT.com. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2007.
  3. ^ a b Cohoon, Rick. "Mark McGuinn biography". Allmusic. Retrieved December 14, 2007.
  4. ^ "Mark McGuinn a Happy Man at Radio". AngryCountry.com. November 22, 2005. Retrieved December 14, 2007.
  5. ^ "McGuinn Breaks SoundScan Record". CMT.com. May 24, 2001. Retrieved December 14, 2007.[dead link]
  6. ^ Cohoon, Rick. "Mark McGuinn review". Allmusic. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
  7. ^ Newcomer, Wendy. "Writing Through the Pain". GACTV.com. Retrieved December 14, 2007.
  8. ^ a b Bjorke, Matt. "Mark McGuinn – One Man's Crazy". About.com. Retrieved December 14, 2007.
  9. ^ "Mark McGuinn Prepares Follow-Up". CMT.com. April 7, 2006. Retrieved December 14, 2007.[dead link]
  10. ^ "Mark McGuinn Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.
  11. ^ "Mark McGuinn Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  12. ^ "Nashville All Star Choir". Wayne Warner. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
  13. ^ "CMT : Videos : Mark McGuinn : Mrs. Steven Rudy". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on May 19, 2009. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
  14. ^ "CMT : Videos : Mark McGuinn : That's A Plan". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
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