Mark Lyman BIO

Born in 1957, raised in Montreal, Canada and surrounded by guitars since he was a toddler, Mark at the age of 10, discovered the album that would define his musical future - Jimi Hendrix's "Are You Experienced?" As a young, driven, self-taught and ear trained guitar player, he dreamed of recording albums and touring the world. Fast forward to 1982 at the age of 25, as the guitarist for the Canadian rock band "Luba" which he helped form, he signed a multi-album contract with Capitol Records which led to recording their first Gold selling album, “Secrets and Sins” with Grammy Award winning producer Daniel Lanois (U2, Peter Gabriel, Bob Dylan, Neville Brothers) and working with Narada Michael Walden (Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Steve Winwood, Al Green, Diana Ross) on their follow up Platinum selling album “Between The Earth And Sky.” Mark spent the next eight years writing, recording and performing to sold out arenas across Canada sharing the stages with the likes of Bryan Adams, Chris DeBurgh, Cheap Trick, Paul Young and Brian Ferry. During this time, Luba saw massive radio play for their various hit singles, “Everytime I See Your Picture,” “Let It Go,” Storm Before The Calm,” “How Many (Rivers to Cross),” with a solo performance by Kenny G, and “The Best Is Yet To Come” (written by Graham Lyle and Terry Britten - composers of “What’s Love Got to Do With It” for Tina Turner)all of which hit the Top 10 positions on the Canadian rock charts which led to winning numerous Juno Awards (Canada's Grammy's) for both music and videos. In 1986 Mark and the band were chosen to perform “How Many Rivers (to Cross)” at Budokan Hall in Tokyo Japan, representing Canada at the Yamaha World Popular Song Festival, and saw two of their singles "The Best is Yet to Come" and "Let It Go" grace the opening and closing credits of the major motion film 9-1/2 Weeks starring Kim Bassinger and Mickey Rourke. In 1992, Mark made the move from Montreal Canada to Hollywood Florida initiating the start of his career in talent management and booking with Artists International Management, where he is a managing partner. Currently, and over the last 30 years Mark has managed the careers, negotiated recording deals, and global tours for such notable International musical Artists as Little River Band, Jerry Lee Lewis, Sly and the Family Stone, Percy Sledge, Molly Hatchet, Dr. Hook, Starship, Survivor, Electric Light Orchestra Part II, Bachman Turner Overdrive, Kansas, Brian Howe, former lead singer of Bad Company, Fleetwood Mac, Firehouse, Pablo Cruise, Color Me Badd, Rick Derringer, Pat Travers, Ambrosia, John Waite, Firefall, Steve Augeri, former lead singer of Journey, The Ventures, Vanilla Ice, The Georgia Satellites, Blackfoot, Atlanta Rhythm Section, and others. With his never ending love and passion for music, Mark continues to perform around South Florida with his current funk/rock project Sacred Union sharing the stages with iconic groups as Foghat, Molly Hatchet and The Rippingtons.    

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