mark oblinger

Mark Oblinger (from the album High Water Line available as a self-release)
Marrying acoustics with studio polish gives the songs of Mark Oblinger a Pop sensibility that honors its natural Roots on High Water Line, his latest release. Dabbing Caribbean Jazz on the melody casts his heart over an island breeze for “I Say Love” as Mark Oblinger give wings to “Little Bird” with a blast of the Blues, tripping on African beats to become “Living Imitation” and shuffling on horn and harmony fueled sunshine for the lessons of “Pressure Makes Diamonds”. Mark Oblinger style-shifts on High Water Line, guiding each song a confident vocal delivery, the words tenderly offering a last chance in “Hold Me Tonight” as he tames a gnarly swamp groove cruising “Judgment Road”.
 
Moving to Colorado in 1979, Mark Oblinger chose the template of singer/songwriter material as a canvas for his own music. The 1970’s in-roads for the genre in the releases of Hall & Oates, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt and other peers can be heard in the contemporary take on the style presented on High Water Line, as well as the sonic echoes from Mark Oblinger’s lead vocalist role in Pure Prairie League and Firefall. The title track begins the song cycle on High Water Line, the melody rising slowly, layering instruments with piano rambles, wandering guitar lines, jazz percussion, and the repetitive rhythm of banjo notes. The storyline speaks of whispers when Mark Oblinger cries out for “Julia” while he uses horns to form the marching rhythms of “Poet in the Corner” and turns diary pages in his heart for “Love Is” as High Water Line introduces its in-house medicine man pedaling good times with the mantra “Let It Roll”.
 
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