Mark R Lightcap

About Mark R Lightcap

Years of making bitchin' music !!!!!

Contact: Mark R Lightcap
mlightcap1@link
530-801-1216

Mark R Lightcap is a loner who since early childhood hears songs inside his head he’s never heard before and tries like a dog worrying a bone to get those songs out of his head and onto paper, into the recording studio, and eventually in front of his fans.
Lightcap is prolific in several genres, the most recent being Country Rock. However when the urge strikes him, he will write a good ole Country classic. Throughout his career he has also explored Rock, Rhythm & Blues, and Pop. He plays the guitar, keyboards, and bass.

Mark R. learned to play piano when just a youngster on his mother’s baby grand. Although taught to site read, even back then he would color outside-the-lines and make stuff up.

High school introduced him not only to girls, but to the electric guitar which in his mind would help him meet girls. To that end, he joined a band called Uther Pendragon. The 4 band members lived and played music together for over 11 years. Guerssen Records released a triple vinyl LP of their songs, and it was written up in “It’s Psychedelic Baby Magazine.” link

Lightcap and former fellow Uther Pendragon bandmate Bruce Marelich formed another band around 2008. That band, Bad Daddy, was going strong until the Pandemic hit. Since then Mark R Lightcap has been busy building a solo career and working like crazy to get those “songs he’s never heard before” out of his head. He is extremely excited to have released his first effort as a solo artist on Chester Street Records. Mark R Lightcap is an award-winning songwriter with credits in television and film.