Mark Hackley May 8, 2010
Lynchburg, Virginia 24504
Born in suburban Maryland, Mark Hackley grew up in the 1960's and 70's between the big cities of Baltimore and Washington, DC and the farms of eastern and western Maryland. Mark began playing the guitar at age 9, wrote his first song, at about age 15, and went on to write another 50 tunes by age 20. Mark’s music career was put on hold until the summer of 2001, when he began playing at Mossy Creek Café, a local bar in Fishersville, VA.
Since then, Mark has become a regular evening and weekend performing artist. In 2003, Mark appeared on the live radio show from the Birthplace of Country Music Museum in Bristol, Tennessee. In 2004, Mark produced his first album called “Family Man In Crisis” with Robby Meadows of Stanley, VA.
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Added by inklingswhitehart on April 28, 2010
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inklingswhitehart
Mark was a 45-year old singer/songwriter living in Waynesboro, VA when he suffered a pulmonary embolus in June 2006. "I want people to know that you don't have to be an old man to suffer a serious blood clot," Mark said. Mark is committed to sharing 15% of all his music sales with the National Alliance for Thrombosis and Thrombophilia (NATT), to help others learn about blood clots.