About
M J Turner is a guitarist for hire in Adelaide, SA.
Mark Turner plays guitar in Adelaide, and he plays it for the room rather than at it. Think melodic, warm, and pitched to sit under the speeches and the arrivals without ever fighting them. The material runs from Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan through Santana and John Lee Hooker to Howlin' Wolf and R.L. Burnside, with Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Paul Kelly, The Beatles and The White Stripes in the mix, plus his own compositions. Mason Williams turns up too. He uses a looper, so a single guitarist can sound like a good deal more than that. All gear is his own. He just needs power.
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The show
Mark plays underneath your event rather than over the top of it. The guitar work is melodic and warm, and it lifts a room without ever competing with a speech, a toast or the general hum of people arriving and finding their seats. Nothing is intrusive. He reads what the formal parts of the day need and stays out of their way, then gives you something with a bit more lift when the schedule loosens up.
On the day
Power at the spot he's playing from, and that's the whole list. Every bit of gear is his own, so there's no PA to organise and no equipment hire to chase down.
Insurance and paperwork
Working with Children Check
Police check
Song list
14 songs
Jimi Hendrix
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Santana
John Lee Hooker
Howling Wolf
R L Burnside
Bob Dylan
Paul Kelly
Johnny Cash
The Beatles
The White Stripes
Mason Williams
Original compositions
...and many more
