Mark Brine

Country singer/songwriter Mark Brine grew up in Cambridge, MA, and, starting at the age of 13, pursued a career in music. He played lead guitar in a rock band called Trans-Atlantic Subway that signed to the local Lightfoot Records label and released a single, "Servant of the People." After six years with the group, he left to play folk music around New England in the late '60s and early '70s. He became increasingly interested in the traditional country music of Jimmie Rodgers and Hank Williams, and in the winter of 1974 moved to Nashville to pursue a career in country. He did ...