Doc Brown's Blues Band

Mark ranks as one of Denver's finest most explosive talents. Mark has been playing the guitar for over forty years, soaking up music and styles like a sponge along the way. Born and raised in southeast Denver, Mark learned guitar from his older brothers, playing folk and gospel songs and singing high harmony. Before long, however, the Rock & Roll bug bit, and Mark played his first Rock & Roll show when he was ten years old. The now legendary Brown Brothers Band of the early seventies featured Mark and his three brothers. Since than, Mark has played in popular bands based in Utah, New Mexico, and Connecticut, while also performing solo. He returned to Denver in 1989 and formed Otis T. and the Hammers, Denver's premier Blues/Rock band of the early 90s. Mark is Denver's finest slide guitar practitioner, having learned the slide while still in junior high school. His vocals are equally masterful, as his three octave vocal range enables him to tackle a wide range of material and make it his own. His prowess on both electric and acoustic guitar is well known, and his resume includes stints with the Chicago-based Jimmy Johnson Blues Band and Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famers, The Coasters and The Drifters. Mark has performed with many of the areas top bands, including Sundance and the Men in Blues, Phantom Freeway, Little Mary, Theresa Lynn and Tracy Edwards. Mark joined forces with the AceButler and the Aces in November 1998 to pursue his love of the Blues. In 2003, Doc Formed Doc Brown's Blues Band, to keep the love alive.

Joseph Pacheco has been playing bass since he was knee high to a grasshopper.  He as long been akey fixture on the Front Range music scene, having played with such bands as The Robert Wilson Blues Band, The George Street band (who represented The Mile High Blues Society at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis), and Out of the Blue.  Always quick with a joke and a smile, Joe provided the firm foundation fro DBBB's musical frolics>

Mark Messenger has been a an Important part of the Front Range Music scene for over 35 years.  He has played with just about every band or musician of notice, including Tony Luke, Phantom Freeway, The Deja Blu Dance Band, and the Dirty Shoes Band (who have two recent CD releases featuring his work).  He joined DBBB in 2010 to help drive the Ziggies Sunday Night Blues Jams and has since become an invaluable member of DBBB.  He also works with Doc in Special Blend, an intergenerational Blues/Soul/Rock/Jazz Band.