This was at The Bunker, Devonport Folk Club, Auckland, NZ

Mark Laurent - Alright http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

You Most Of All - Mark Laurent http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Brand New Blues - Mark Laurent http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

It Just Goes To Show - Mark Laurent http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

I Just Wanna B God - Mark Laurent http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Climb That Mountain - played by Mark Laurent. This is a cover I learnt back in 1972, apparently by someone called Publius Singer (a nom de plume no doubt). From the Jesus revolution days. :) http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

A Whole Lot Going On - Mark Laurent (Poetry Live session) http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

My Friends Are Dying - Mark Laurent. In 1986 I did an album called Kindness In A Strong City. I was "on a mission from God". :-) Sometimes you don't know when you hit your peak until long after you've passed it. After 35 years this is still the album that has the longest tail - the one people talk & write to me about all the time, and I'm really grateful that they do. Technically it wasn't my best album, but it mattered. A lot of my friends from the 90s onwards won't have even heard the songs off Kindness, as, being very Jesus-centric, they're not the usual fair for pubs or folk clubs. I was around & close to a lot of young people who got too deeply into drugs in the early 70s - I wrote this for them, and a few get mentioned in the lyrics. The title, My Friends Are Dying, comes from a Ray Comfort book of the same name. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Crazy - Mark Laurent (from the Poetry Live session). http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Jesus At The Crossroads - Mark Laurent. "I met Jesus at the crossroads And I heard him call my name..." http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

That's What It's Like - Mark Laurent - 8 May 2020. "When you feel down and troubled..." - well, maybe not as serious as it sounds. :) http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Peace - Mark Laurent "Don't let your heart be troubled Don't be afraid I'm with you all the way..." http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Funny That Way - Mark & Brenda - 27 April 2020. This is the last of our daily Covid lockdown videos. Things are starting to ease up a bit here now so we're going to relax our work ethic a bit too. :) Hope you're all doing well out there. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Poetry Live Songwriter Set - Mark Laurent - 28 April 2020. This is a virtual set I did for an Auckland poetry online gig. Five tracks plus a bit of talking - about a 25 min set. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

The Penny - Mark & Brenda - 23 April 2020 "Rivers flow down to the sea But the sea is never full Must be some kind of miracle..." http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Trimmed And Burning - Mark Laurent - 22 April 2020. The Rowan Lute was built for me by a luthier friend - there are only 3 of them. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

All I Ever Really Wanted - Mark Laurent - 7/4/20 http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Blue Sky - Mark & Brenda - 16/4/20. "It's nice to be with you today We spend this little time, then go on our way You might not remember a word that I say And I may never be able to recall your name But we're all under the blue sky..." http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

One True Gift - Mark Laurent - 16/4/20 We've all got something we can give - I guess Fadalism is evidence of that eh? Take care out there everyone. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

A Lot Of Blues - Mark Laurent - 13/4/20 An unlikely title for a song of hope - it's day 20 of our lockdown here in New Zealand. Hope you guys are doing ok out there. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Something I Believe - Mark & Brenda - 11/4/20. I believe we're not alone - I believe in miracles - I believe we'll be alright. Happy Easter everyone. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Redeemer - Mark Laurent - 7/4/20 This seems an appropriate song to be posting at Easter. It's from one my second album, Kindness In A Strong City, released in 1986. I haven't played this in years, & my voice has lost some of the idealism & sweetness of the original, but gained some pathos & gravitas maybe. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Quiet In The Eye Of The Storm - Mark Laurent & Brenda Liddiard - 9 4 20 This seems like an appropriate song at a time when the world's going through a bit of a tempest. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Anyway - Mark & Brenda - 7/4/20 "The people in this town, they look at you obliquely Open up their mouths and say 'Hasn't it been nice lately?' They smile with their lips, but eyes quickly slide away Look a little harder - love them anyway." http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Take Me To Your Leader - Mark Laurent. Before I started performing & songwriting in the 'mainstream' from the early 1990s, I'd already had a decade where nearly all the songs I played & wrote were as part of the Jesus movement - I was a kind of evangelist with a guitar, traveling around the country, mostly singing in churches & 'outreach' events, trying to use the music to share my faith. Of course I still do a bit of this, & my core beliefs haven't changed, but doors open & close over time. Take Me To Your Leader is a track that appeared on my first album, which came out (on vinyl) in 1982. When we went in to book the studio (Mandrill) and told the guys we were wanting to record a 'gospel' album the first question was "How big is the choir?" I think they were a bit surprised when we turned up with guitars, amps and a drum kit worthy of John Bonham. :-) This was one of the two acoustic solo tracks I did on that set. I hadn't played this at all in decades but a few months ago I brought it out in a busking situation & it seemed to go well. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Here We Are Again - Mark & Brenda - 05/04/20 "We were never meant to be alone We're all travellers on our way home..." http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Who Do You Love - Mark Laurent - 31-03-20. You gotta serve somebody - as Bob Dylan put it. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Pania - Mark & Brenda - 02-04-20. This is about a girl who lived on the streets here in Auckland back in the 1980s. She eventually died of an overdose. Unfortunately homelessness is more common now than it was then. Kia kaha. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Job's Blues - Mark Laurent - 31-03-20 http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Opoutere - Mark Laurent (with Brenda Liddiard) - 30 03 20 "Man is like the ocean / so much hidden below..." http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Nothing Else - Mark & Brenda - 29 03 20. Another day, another video. Trying to do one each day of our Covid 19 lockdown here in New Zealand. Hope you guys are well & keeping yourselves & each other safe. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

It's Only Love - Mark & Brenda 26 03 20 Since the live gigs have dried up because of the Covid 19 lockdown, we've started putting up 1 live video each day on Facebook, & I'll post some of them here too. This one was requested by a number of people so it got to be our day 1 instalment. Stay safe out there you guys. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Trust - Mark Laurent (video by Andrew Hoggard). "Why wake up early, & go to bed so late, when worry won't add one minute to your time? I'm learning to put away things too hard for me." http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Tahora window 3 - Mark Laurent - Lucky Man. My friend Robbie Duncan set up his Zoom cam-corder at a window in the farm house at this new year's festival in Taranaki, New Zealand, & invited anyone passing to put down a one-take wonder. This was mine. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

The Lords Prayer - Mark Laurent. This one's a bit different. My old mate Andrew Hoggard made the slideshow for this just because he likes the song. The words are by Jesus, from The Message version. I'm singing a lot lower than usual - what do you think, does it work ok? It was just a demo, done years ago, that I happened to give Andrew a copy of. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Rosie - Mark Laurent. There was a nightclub in Auckland in the 1980s called Mainstreet. Around the corner on the brick side-wall of the building was a piece of graffiti - "ROSIE DON'T YOU ACT SO WILLING". My imagination got to work & this song came out of it. I'd always imagined a video clip of a rainy night on the street with shadowy figures slinking along the footpath & taxis dragging slowly up the wet street. In the meantime here's a demo. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Come Along With Me - Mark Laurent http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

All I Do - Mark Laurent, Craig Denham (piano), Chris Priestley (cajon, bv), recorded at Cafe One2One on a lazy Saturday afternoon. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Fool No More (Peter Green) - Mark Laurent & friends live at Cafe 121. I know I posted another version of this fairly recently but this is a more electric take (using a 1958 Hofner) so hope you don't mind it again. :) http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Make Peace Today - Mark Laurent (& Brenda Liddiard). Recorded at an arts event on International Day of Non-Violence. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Fool No More (Peter Green cover) - Mark Laurent, with Stu Grimshaw & Steve Cournane. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Mark Laurent - Just Can't Last Too Long. I was digging through old demos from the 1980s & found this idea, so sat down & jotted the lyrics then sang it in one take. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

You Gotta Move - Mark Laurent. Originally by Mississipi Fred McDowell, I picked this up last century from the Rolling Stones. Always loved the song but I've never played it before - don't know why? http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Me TV - Mark Laurent. It's been raining in Auckland, so this old one of mine came to mind. Sitting in my living room on the 20th floor of an inner-city high-rise. There was a lightning storm just after I did this. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Man Of Peace (Psalm 120) - Mark Laurent. I put this psalm to music back in 2003 at the time of the second Gulf war. It seems the sabre-rattling is going on again, this time with Iran as the target. Iraq turned out to be needless aggression built on a fabric of lies. Iran may well be the same thing. The iraqi war was fostered by a Christian president - if Iran is attacked we'll have a repeat performance. What does any of this have to do with the prince of peace or his children? I'm sorry that I've felt the need to sing this song again, but 'the times they are not a'changing' - yet. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Going To California (Led Zeppelin) - Waiting For Donald. Zep were a big influence on me when I was a young player. I've still got a few of theirs tucked away in the recesses of my covers repertoire. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

I Walked A Mile - Waiting For Donald @ The Third Eye. A track from one of the band's occasional reunion gigs, this one in Wellington, New Zealand. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

The Great American Novel (Larry Norman) - Mark Laurent. Larry was a huge influence on me around the time I first started writing songs, so I thought it was time I did one of his (I knew almost his entire repertoire in the 70s). http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

A Lot Of Blues - Waiting For Donald. Videoed at The Third Eye, Wellington, 15 December 2018. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Mark Laurent - Poetree (with Brenda Liddiard). This video was originally a live-to-air broadcast from Shine TV, a station in New Zealand, who were having a telethon to raise funds so they could keep broadcasting (they're still going strong). This was in 2006 so I had more hair then than I've got now. :) Brenda Liddiard on mandolin & bv. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Mark Laurent - Stuff Just Happens (with Brenda Liddiard). From the album Spiritual Graffiti, 2005. This was videoed for TV in New Zealand. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Mark Laurent - Pania (bathroom mix). I've been working with a street choir the last year or so & I demoed this song (which I wrote many years ago) for them to learn as it's about street people & drug culture. The choir intends to record this so when it's done I'll post that version as well. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Here We Are Again - Mark Laurent. "We were never meant to be alone / we're all travelers on our way home / and here we are again." The pohutakawa tree that gets mentioned is a New Zealand native that grows abundantly along the coast, mainly in North Island. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Tomorrow Is A Long Time (Bob Dylan cover) - Mark Laurent & Brenda Liddiard. Recorded at a Jimmy La Fave tribute concert in December 2017. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Nothing Else live @ Market - Mark & Brenda. These lyrics are from a poem by St John of the Cross, a Spanish mystic from the Renaissance. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Blue Sky - Mark Laurent (with Brenda Liddiard). This vid was made by my friends Tyler & Andrew Hoggard - thanx guys. I posted this quite a while ago but the old link failed so here it is again. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Jesus @ The Crossroads - Mark Laurent. The devil's not the only character you might run into at midnight at some cross-roads in your life. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz https://marklaurent.bandcamp.com/

Not The Only One (uke version) - Mark Laurent. I made this for a friend's significant birthday party. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz https://marklaurent.bandcamp.com/

Image - Mark Laurent (with Brenda Liddiard). I wrote this after gazing at one too many glossy magazines in a trendy cafe. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Brand New Blues (studio version) - Mark Laurent. An old song for the new year. https://marklaurent.bandcamp.com/ http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

As I Am / As You Are - Mark Laurent. A kind of prayer for those times we feel kind of inadequate. https://marklaurent.bandcamp.com/ http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

That's What It's Like - Mark Laurent @ Byron Vista Social Club. "The highlight of the entire evening took place when Mark launched into some blues (to a discerning audience 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 masterful display of technique and taste that stands as one of our Club’s most memorable performances to this day. Not only that, but he had ‘em alternately cracking up with laughter or grooving their butts off and clapping. He almost brought the house down!" Brendan ‘Mook’ Hanley, BYRON VISTA SOCIAL CLUB, Byron Bay, NSW. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Man in a Boiler Suit - Mark Laurent. This track has had an unusually large score of plays on Number 1 Music for some reason (for which I'm grateful). Brian Fergusson; bassSteve Garden; drumsBrenda Liddiard; bvs... http://www.marklaurent.co.nzhttps://marklaurent.bandcamp.com/

Hard Light - Mark Laurent. A Portastudio demo from the 1980s, featuring a borrowed Dr Rhythm drum machine. Enjoy the tape hiss & amp hum - good old analog. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Long Way Down - Mark Laurent (with Brenda Liddiard). From Spiritual Graffiti (2005). Brenda Liddiard; mandolin, bv. George Barris; bass. www.marklaurent.co.nz https://marklaurent.bandcamp.com/

Millennium Hippies - Mark Laurent & Brenda Liddiard. This was our band-name for a while back around the turn of the century. www.marklaurent.co.nz https://marklaurent.bandcamp.com/

Opoutere - Mark Laurent (with Brenda Liddiard & friends). From the 2005 album Spiritual Graffiti. Opoutere is a rather beautiful ocean beach on the east coast of North Island, New Zealand - possibly my favourite place on the planet. www.marklaurent.co.nz https://marklaurent.bandcamp.com/

Change - Mark Laurent. "I've been working for money, hoping for fame..." Haven't we all. :) The guitar you hear is a 1958 Hofner Congress, plugged straight into the desk. Such a nice vintage sound, it's not hard to find a jazz/blues edge to what comes out. www.marklaurent.co.nz

Silent Night - Mark Laurent (alt.version). I came up with this version for a couple of alt.carols co... read morencerts I played in last weekend. The woman doing arial ballet in the photo was also part of the concert. Happy Christmas guys. www.marklaurent.co.nz

Pania - Mark Laurent, Queen St, Auckland busker. (the thumbnail's not showing here but the vid still works) Pania was a street kid who sniffed glue & slept und... read moreer a bridge just a few blocks from where I used to live. I saw her story on TV, only shortly before she died of an overdose. Pania is a maori name & it means 'orphan', which is what she was.http://www.marklaurent.co.nzhttps://marklaurent.bandcamp.com/

Refugee - Mark Laurent with Albi & The Wolves. This was at a concert in an art gallery in Auckland as part of a fund-raising exhibition for refugee resettlement in New Zealand. Albi & The Wolves are; Chris (gat), Pascal (violin) & Micheal (bass) - great little band. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz https://marklaurent.bandcamp.com/

A Lot Of Blues - Mark Laurent. This was just me jamming with myself - it's often the way songs come. For fun I posted it on Facebook & it got over 1000 views in 24 hours so I thought I'd post it here too & see what you guys think of it. www.marklaurent.co.nz

I Walked A Mile - Mark Laurent with Waiting For Donald. This was an experiment we did with the Tiny Desk style of live webcast. Technically it's not perfect but the performance is good. Robbie Duncan: guitar Chris Price: djembe Mark Laurent: guitar & vocal Brenda Liddiard: mandolin & bv http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Catch The Wind (on Queen Street) - Mark Laurent. A friend came along with his smartphone while I was busking at the America's Cup homecoming celebration. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

The Ocean - Brenda Liddiard, with Martha Louise & Mark Laurent. This clip is from the opening of Where Shall We Call Home? - an art exhibition whose proceeds go to helping refugees get resettled in New Zealand. www.brendaliddiard.co.nz www.marklaurent.co.nz

Job's Blues (a tidbit) - Mark Laurent in Queen St. Somebody came along the other day while I was busking & caught the last verse of this one. http:www.marklaurent.co.nz

Happy - Easter morning @ Cityside - Mark Laurent. Just a bit of fun really - we had a spontaneous celebration of Resurrection day at church & I dubbed in part of a song of mine from the late '90s (there wasn't enough vid to play the whole thing). It seems to fit pretty well. www.marklaurent.co.nz

Going To California (Led Zep cover) - Mark Laurent, Adam Ogle, Chris Priestley. This was always one of my (many) favourite Led Zeppelin songs, but I'd hardly ever played it until just recently. This is completely unrehearsed but somehow we caught the wind of the spirit on this one. http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

Look out Below - written by Peter Mrkasich & performed by Mark Laurent. This demo was recorded in a tiny home studio in Wellington several years ago. Peter has since released his own version on his solo album but people still seem to like the demo too. www.marklaurent.co.nz

All Along The Watchtower (@ Cafe 121) - Mark Laurent & friends. Brenda Liddiard, mandolin & bvs; Chris Priestley, cajon & bvs

It Just Goes To Show - Mark Laurent (& Brenda Liddiard). From a housewarming party @ Muzz & Joy's place in Auckland. www.marklaurent.co.nz

STAGE DOOR - Mark Laurent. This is me in 1989 - a song from my second album. Stage Door was the last track of the last episode of a cafe-style New Zealand music TV series. www.marklaurent.co.nz https://marklaurent.bandcamp.com/

Refugee - Mark Laurent. A live iPhone clip of a song I wrote years ago - pity it's still so relevant to what's going on in the world.

Mount John by day - Mark Laurent - Rowan Lute - Tekapo, South Island, New Zealand, November 2016.

I Saw Her Standing There (Beatles cover) - Mark Laurent & Brenda Liddiard busking at a farmers' market in Auckland, New Zealand.

Mark Laurent - Queen St, Auckland, Sept 2016. I was busking & a nice young woman hung around to listen. She sent me these vid snippets so I stitched them into a sampler.

The Net / farewell - Mark Laurent (with Brenda Liddiard & friends). Videoed while we were sitting as models in an artist studio. There's a short improv at the end, also from the same session, overlaid with footage taken as we left.

River Of Life - Mark Laurent & Brenda Liddiard, filmed at an impromptu session while sitting for an artist studio at River Pa, New Zealand. https://marklaurent.bandcamp.com/ http://www.marklaurent.co.nz

One Tree - this song by Brenda Liddiard features the Rowan Lute, a unique instrument that was made for me by Alan Muggeridge. Filmed in a painter's studio, River Pa, in New Zealand during a sitting.

CONTACT - Brenda Liddiard & Mark Laurent. This is from our Spiritual Graffiti album, composition & vocal by Brenda Liddiard. We used this track to help sell our house. www.marklaurent.co.nz www.brendaliddiard.co.nz https://marklaurent.bandcamp.com/