Biography
Mark Wayne Glasmire, a singer and songwriter, blends country, folk, and pop into music that reaches broad listeners, at times suggesting the styles of James Taylor, Jimmy Buffett, and the easygoing country-rock approach of Pure Prairie League. Although his core following sits within contemporary country, Glasmire steers clear of any hat-act image.
Raised in the steel town of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, he received his first guitar as a Christmas gift at age ten. Serious attention to music and songwriting arrived only later, during college studies for a business administration degree, after which he began landing performances at area coffee shops and soon extended those appearances to regular slots at festivals, clubs, and other Eastern Pennsylvania venues.
Throughout the 1980s Glasmire divided his time between Bethlehem and New York City, appearing on storied stages such as the Bottom Line, Folk City, and the Speakeasy. He issued an early album titled Sad Songs and, with three friends, an EP called The Sun, the Moon and the Seasons that moved well in the New York market. Two singles, “Hey Girl” and “Can You Feel It,” came out on Comstock Records and found success in Europe.
Glasmire shifted to Nashville in 1995 to collaborate with leading songwriters and session players, sustaining performances wherever possible while forging connections and continuing to write and play locally. Growing time spent in Texas led him to relocate to Dallas and resume club and venue work there, yet he kept Nashville ties and returned to record All of My Heart, released in 2000 on his Traceway Music imprint. Later Traceway releases, also tracked in Nashville, included Scrapbook in 2006 and the EP Life Goes On in 2009.
Raised in the steel town of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, he received his first guitar as a Christmas gift at age ten. Serious attention to music and songwriting arrived only later, during college studies for a business administration degree, after which he began landing performances at area coffee shops and soon extended those appearances to regular slots at festivals, clubs, and other Eastern Pennsylvania venues.
Throughout the 1980s Glasmire divided his time between Bethlehem and New York City, appearing on storied stages such as the Bottom Line, Folk City, and the Speakeasy. He issued an early album titled Sad Songs and, with three friends, an EP called The Sun, the Moon and the Seasons that moved well in the New York market. Two singles, “Hey Girl” and “Can You Feel It,” came out on Comstock Records and found success in Europe.
Glasmire shifted to Nashville in 1995 to collaborate with leading songwriters and session players, sustaining performances wherever possible while forging connections and continuing to write and play locally. Growing time spent in Texas led him to relocate to Dallas and resume club and venue work there, yet he kept Nashville ties and returned to record All of My Heart, released in 2000 on his Traceway Music imprint. Later Traceway releases, also tracked in Nashville, included Scrapbook in 2006 and the EP Life Goes On in 2009.
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