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Outlier Profile - Mark Truss
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| Mark is the driving force behind The Outliers' rhythmic sound. In addition to lead and rhythm guitar, lead and backing vocals, and the occasional bass and percussion parts, Mark is the primary arranger in the band, creating complex and interesting arrangements and instrumentation through a technique the band calls Trussmerization. Mark has been in various bands since the late 70's and produced local CD's in the early 80's that received great reviews in local music publications. Mark lives on Long Island and works in Manhattan heading up Market Research for an advertising agency. | |
| Name | |
| Mark Truss | |
| Blues Name | |
| Jailhouse Killer Franklin | |
| Primary Instrument | |
| Guitar | |
| Other instruments you can play | |
| Bass guitar, Piano | |
| Other instruments you've ever played, but would be afraid to pick up today | |
| Saxaphone | |
| Your gear | |
| Ovation Applause, Epiphone Casino, Ibanez Les Paul, Austin bass guitar, Fender 100 amp, Pandora's Box 4 | |
| Top 5 Most Important Musical Influences: | |
| #1 The Beatles | |
| #2 Lynyrd Skynyrd | |
| #3 Steely Dan | |
| #4 David Bromberg | |
| #5 Dr. John | |
| Age began playing music | |
| 6 | |
| Most thrilling personal musical experience | |
| Driving in my car, listening to an Outliers CD, turning around and seeing my two young sons in the back seat playing "air guitar" to my guitar leads. | |
| Favorite musical artist | |
| The Beatles | |
| Musical genre you identify with the most | |
| Rock/Pop, but also Blues and Swing, hard to say just one | |
| Your all-time favorite album (your 'desert island disc') | |
| Ugh, another tough one...either Abbey Road (The Beatles) or Street Survivors (Lynyrd Skynyrd) | |
| Favorite guitar player | |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan | |
| Favorite bass player | |
| Paul McCartney (or Davis Moore) | |
| Favorite singer | |
| Man, that's a hard one - I guess who moves me the most?? Evonne Elliman | |
| Favorite harp player | |
| Joel Rubinson - of course | |
| Favorite drummer | |
| Steve Gadd | |
| Favorite tune performed by The Outliers | |
| Mister Charlie or Mystery Train | |
| Favorite Elvis song | |
| Suspicious Minds | |
| Favorite Beatle | |
| George -the Quiet One | |
| Favorite actor | |
| Jimmy Stewart | |
| Favorite actress | |
| Sandra Bullock | |
| Favorite movie | |
| Breaker Morant | |
| Favorite book | |
| Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut | |
| Favorite author | |
| John Grisham | |
| Favorite magazine | |
| Business Week | |
| Favorite web site | |
| OLGA or nytimes.com | |
| Favorite newspaper | |
| Newsday | |
| Favorite place to do Outliers gigs | |
| NorthShore Cafe | |
| Favorite food | |
| General Tso's chicken | |
| Shoe Size | |
| 13 EEE - uh huh! | |
| Your day job | |
| Market Researcher | |
| Your least favorite word | |
| "Can't" (said by anyone) or "Fine" (said by a woman) | |
| Will a little dab really do ya? | |
| Probably, of course it depends on what it's a dab of - eh? | |
| Favorite baseball player | |
| Pete Rose - nobody more exciting to watch than Pete | |
| Favorite all-time TV show | |
| M*A*S*H | |
| Favorite all-time TV show theme song | |
| Theme song to "Barreta" -- "Rockford Files" and "Simon & Simon" run close 2nd's | |
| Favorite drink | |
| Jack Daniels on the rocks, splash of water | |
| Favorite accent | |
| Irish | |
| "Less Filling" or "Tastes Great"? | |
| Less Filling | |
| Your worst vice | |
| OK, OK...smoking, I can't list the others here | |
| Favorite decade | |
| 1945 - 1955 | |
| Do gentlemen really prefer blondes? | |
| Yup, but usually only at a glance | |
| Favorite capital punishment device | |
| Listening to non-stop Neil Diamond music at high volumes | |
| Favorite quote | |
| "What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger...but if it's bad enough that it could kill you, expect that it's gonna hurt like hell." | |
| Favorite comedian | |
| George Carlin or Robin Williams - a toss up | |
| Favorite radio program | |
| Garrison Keillor's "Prairie Home Companion" | |
| Mantle or Mays? | |
| Mays, regardless of what Joel says | |
| Favorite travel destination | |
| Amsterdam | |
| What the hell does "NPD" stand for anyway? | |
| Depends what country you're in | |
| The 1st thing you'd buy if you won $10 million | |
| A college annuity for my kids - then a Gibson ES 335 | |
| Ben & Jerry or Haagen Dazs | |
| Ben & Jerry | |
| Tom & Jerry or Wile E. Coyote & Roadrunner | |
| Wile E. Coyote & Roadrunner | |
| Ben & Jerry or Tom & Jerry | |
| Tom & Jerry | |
| The Beatles or The Stones | |
| You have to ask?? | |
| Cats or Dogs? | |
| Either | |
| Do you think UFO's really exist? | |
| Without a doubt | |
| Favorite geo-political figure | |
| Winston Churchill - the man had guts | |
| Favorite sports team | |
| NY Mets, sorry to say | |
| Stock picks | |
| Who knows, I just know to ignore any picks Karl lists | |
| 1st concert you ever saw | |
| KISS, 1976 - Nassau Coliseum (Destroyer Tour) | |
| If you could be anywhere right now, where would you be? | |
| New York City, 1945 | |
| Domino's or Pizza Hut? | |
| Domino's | |
| Dylan "electric" or Dylan "acoustic" | |
| The Beatles | |
| Favorite pet | |
| Right behind left ear...and other places not suitable to mention here. | |
| Who currently isn't, but in your opinion, should be, on a postage stamp? | |
| I couldn't even tell you who IS on postage stamps, but if Joe DiMaggio isn't, he should be. | |
| Coke or Pepsi? | |
| Coke (Diet) | |
| Who was the real genius - Becker or Fagan? | |
| Fagan, I think. Who knows? | |
| Carpet or wood floors? | |
| Carpet | |
| Favorite dead rock star | |
| John Lennon | |
| Favorite analgesic | |
| (See Favorite Drink) | |
| Crackling fire or sandy beach? | |
| Crackling fire | |
| Favorite member of ABBA | |
| Couldn't tell you if I wanted to...and who would want to? | |
| Who do you think was really behind Kennedy's assasination? | |
| National Cigar Importers Association | |
| Favorite Woody Allen movie | |
| Sleeper - love the dixieland music | |
| Favorite condiment | |
| (Again, see Favorite Drink) | |
| Favorite bimbo who ended a politican's/evangelist's/CEO's career | |
| God, I can't even keep track of them anymore. Who was the one who took down Jimmy Swaggert? | |
| Most humbling experience | |
| Too many to list - and I wouldn't list them here anyway | |
| If you could play a different instrument in the band it would be | |
| Bass guitar | |
Joel | Laurie | David | Brad | Mark L | Rob
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