Mark Bingham (musician)

Mark Bingham (born 1949, Bloomington, Indiana) is an American music producer/composer/musician/engineer.

In 1966 , Bingham was signed to a publishing contract with Elektra Records. After a brief stint at Elektra in Los Angeles and one single (deep regret/your problems and mine) released on Warner Bros., he returned to Bloomington where he attended Indiana University. There he joined the avant-rock group Screaming Gypsy Bandits and also began his own indie label, Bar-B-Q Records.^[1] In 1975, he moved to New York City, forming the Social Climbers with bassist-singer Jean Seton Shaw and keyboardist/arranger/composer Dick Connette.^[2]

In 1982, he moved to New Orleans. He started The Boiler Room recording studio and in 2001 opened Piety Street Recording.^[3]

Bingham has produced records for Flat Duo Jets,^[4] Glenn Branca,^[5] Dr. Michael White,^[6] Ed Sanders,^[7] Rebirth Brass Band,^[8] John Scofield,^[9] MX-80,^[10] Happy Talk Band,^[11] Cubanismo,^[12] The Du-tels,^[13] The Naked Orchestra,^[14] Morning 40 Federation,^[15] Mem Shannon,^[16] and Andrei Codrescu^[17] among others.

A longstanding colleague of Hal Willner, Bingham participated in a series of Willner tribute recordings , including 1984’s That's the Way I Feel Now: A Tribute to Thelonious Monk, 1985’s Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill and 1989’s Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films.^[18][19] He also played guitar and contributed compositions to Allen Ginsberg's The Lion For Real.^[20]

In 1991, Bingham arranged horns and strings on R.E.M.’s Out Of Time.^[21]

He has released 2 albums under his own name; 1989’s I Passed For Human and Psalms Of Vengeance from 2004 which was not released until 2009 due to complications from Hurricane Katrina.^[22]

References

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External links

• Pietystreet.com

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