Mark White (bassist)
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White at a Spin Doctors concert in 2017
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| Background information | |
| Born |
July 7, 1962 The Bronx, New York, U.S. |
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| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Bass guitar |
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Mark White (born July 7, 1962) is the bass player for the early 1990s rock band Spin Doctors. He has collaborated with many musical groups, including America's Got Talent finalists The Robotix,The Heavy Pets, Eight53, and the Free World Jazz Ensemble. As a songwriter and bass player, he also has been an active teacher in several high-profile rock and jazz schools, such as the Rockin' Robin Music Center in Houston, Texas. White has also been an outspoken advocate for atheist rights, and was a keynote speaker at the American Atheists National Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah in 2014.
Mark White was born on July 7, 1962, in the New York City borough of the Bronx to Joan and Earnest White on July 7, 1962. He spent his early years in the New York City area, eventually settling with his family in Queens where he eventually made a name for himself in New York underground music circles. His first bass guitar was a right-handed Epiphone.
After being in a series of bands, White met up with Aaron Comess and participated in a group called Spade in 1988. This band was a mixture of funk and punk, highlighting White's fast, finger-plucking bass style and Comess's traditional jazz education from the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City.
White quit Spade after a few months, but was asked to audition for a new opening in Trucking Company, a band originally started by John Popper. When Popper left to pursue his other band, Blues Traveler, Chris Barron (lead vocals) and Eric Schenkman (guitar, backing vocals) decided to continue Trucking Company with the addition of Aaron Comess, with whom they had studied at the New School.
However, during White's audition, Trucking Company solidified into a much different style, in part because of White's eclectic musical background. Schenkman came up with the name, Spin Doctors to represent their new combined sound.
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