Mark LaForme
Mark LaForme
was born in Hagersville, Ontario in 1954 and grew up on the Mississauga of
the New Credit Indian Reserve. Mark began playing guitar at the age
of 11 and his early influences were Hank Williams, Ray Charles, and the
Rolling Stones. Mark played in local bands with his brother Dave
General who is now Chief Dave General of the Six Nations Reserve and
Graham Greene, the native actor.
In 1974, Mark
started "Next" with ex-Crowbar member Roly Greenway. In
1975, he then signed with Columbia Records, which produced 3 singles.
Mark toured with various show bands in the late 70's and in 1982 started
to sing and record country music. In 1985 he signed with RCA for 3
singles in the country market. He played the country bar circuit
until 2005. During that time, he toured twice with Stompin' Tom
Connors and released an album on Stompin' Tom A.C.T. label with singles
distributed by E.M.I.
Through the
years, Mark has also released singles and albums on Roto Noto label, which
is owned and operated by his good friend Randall Cousins. Together,
along with the help of Dave King and many other friends, Randall and Mark
have just released a new CD simply called "Vintage" on Randall's
new label "Alleged-Iguana".