Mark Dvorak is a travelling singer following in the steps of Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, Big Bill Broonzy and Art Thieme. Veteran Chicago folk/blues musician steps out with his first CD of original songs, adding elements of old pop, swing and country.

"His singing is warm and engaging. ...Dvorak reminds us of how folk music becomes folk music." -Sing Out!

Highlights: "One couldn't run, one couldn't see" was written after time spent with Brownie McGhee, the story of Brownie and Sonny in their style. "Not War," gentle and musically fascinating, urges peace. "My Rose of Jericho" with its stick-in-your head tune and plot twist, recalls classic country songs like "Green Green Grass of Home."
Keith Baumann, mandolin, resophonic and national steel guitars
Al Ehrich, bass
Ellen Shepard, Mitzi Lebensorger, Annalee Koehn, vocals
Tony Dale, percussion
Dave Moore, button accordion

1. Every Step of the Way
2. Don't Let the Blues Make You Bad
3. My Rose of Jericho
4. Not War
5. One Couldn't Run, One Couldn't See
6. My Love Grows
7. Lucky in Love
8. That Old Man
9. You'll Make it Somehow
10. Walking in the Air (Howard Blake)
11. Home
12. Smile (Charlie Chaplin, John Turner & Geoffrey Parsons