for 2 decades mark laurent and brenda liddiard have been playing music together part of  that secret army of indie musicians who fly just below the commerical radar playing grass roots mostly unplugged music througout new zealand australia and the UK for them songs and poetry and humour are ways to talk about life the universe and everything they are also well known in acoustic music circles as solors performers. marks backround in blues/rocks gives his perfomances a distinctive edge: the highlight of the entire evening took place when mark launched into some blues (to a discearning audeince in a blues festival town) during which he played blistering brilliant acoustic guitar licks while voice-mimicking lead guitar sounds note for note nuance for nuance in a materful disaplay of technique and taste the stands as one of our clubs most memorable performances to this day.Not only that but he had em alternately cracking up with laughter or grooving and clapping he almost brought the house down brendon mook hanley byron vista social club byron bay NSW. ocean.