Mark Selby - Nine Pound Hammer

2008 release now available on vinyl!

Singer-songwriter guitarist wrote hit for Kenny Wayne Shepherd, collaborated with his wife, Tia Sillers ("I Hope You Dance")

The late Mark Otis Selby (born in Enid, Oklahoma) was an American blues rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He also was a successful solo artist, signed to ZYX Records in Europe, and one half of performing duo with his wife, songwriter Tia Sillers ("I Hope You Dance"). He also played guitar in recording sessions for musical artists such as Kenny Rogers, Johnny Reid, Keni Thomas, Jimmy Hall and Wynonna Judd.

Selby is perhaps best known for the number of songs that he co-wrote with the blues-rock artist Kenny Wayne Shepherd which includes the number one single "Blue on Black." This song was also Billboard Magazine rock track of the year in 1998. Selby also collaborated with Sillers on the number one song "There's Your Trouble" which was recorded by the Dixie Chicks and won the band their first Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1999.

Selby released four solo albums thus far. The first two projects, More Storms Comin' and Dirt were on Vanguard Records. After signing with ZYX in Merenberg, Germany, he released his third album, And The Horse You Rode In On. This album, which is all acoustic, features Selby's 1974 Winfield, Kansas made, Mossman guitar and spurred a broad audience in Germany and Switzerland. His project, Nine Pound Hammer, was released in 2008. He has worked with the Grammy winning record producer Brent Maher on all of his projects.

Side 1

Nine Pound Hammer

I Should Know Better

Cold One Closin’ In

Buck-Fifty & A Flat-Head Ford

Leveler, Reveler

Baby I Do

Side 2

A Good Friend To The Blues

Sure Hope It Ain’t A Train

Dangerous Game

I Stole Your Love

Tell The Truth

Guitar In The Rain

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