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"4 1/2 stars The Prince of pop. Twelve outstanding pop songs reminiscent of the Beach Boys, Replacements, Big Star, you name it."
Eric G. Postel, Night Sites and Sounds
"The hooks at play here suggest Phil Spector and his heir-apparent Brian Wilson."
Jim Macnie, The Phoenix's New Paper
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"Now
you will see me
one more time
if you do good…
you'll see me
two more times
if you
do bad."
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"He travels a road paved by Buddy Holly, Phil Spector, the Beach Boys, the Beatles, and Todd Rundgren... a true heart and an ear for rhyme."
Kristine McKenna, Musician Magazine
"In the heart of Manhattan, there lives a largely unknown pop singer-songwriter whose brain is bursting with some of the most gorgeous folk 'n' rock dreams of this or any era."
Ben Horowitz, The Star Ledger
"Every once in a while a major force makes himself suddenly visible in the world of pop music ... This year it's a New York songwriter anonymously named Mark Johnson..."
Jordan Oakes, Yellow Pills
"Mark Johnson is one of the unsung heroes of the Greenwich Village folk scene."
Terre Roche
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Mark with Willie Nile (center) and Jules Shear (far right), NY City, 1997. Photo by Ebette Roberts
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Ivan Elias, Mark, Richard Lloyd & Frankie Lee at Tramps, New York City.
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Richard Lloyd, Doug Wygal, Mark and Mike Mesaros (of The Smithereens) at a rehearsal for the Downtown NY gig at The Bottom Line (NYC)
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