See Jane Run

".........the bosses never go where the coal turns black to red".
I come from a family of coal miners on my mother's side. My uncle was a coal 
miner. My grandfather and his brothers were coal miner's, as were my great 
grandfather and his brothers. I'm sure if I had grown up in that time and place, 
I too would've been a coal miner. The Castle Gate Mine was a mine where my 
grandfather worked. In 1924 there was a series of three explosions, killing all 
171 men in and around the mine. It was the third worst mine disaster in the US 
in it's time, and today remains the 10th worse mine disaster ever in the US. 
Luckily, my grandfather was working a different shift and was not there during 
the explosions, or you would not be reading this right now (my mother was born 
in 1930).

Castle Gate Mine

My version of the biblical story. 
This recording features Matt Gronquist on fiddle.

Prodigal Son

This is one of our original songs performed live at the Kinzua Festival.  Steve Strom sitting in with us on mandolin.

In my dreams

Mark Mincarelli is a singer songwriter from Chautauqua County New York — accompanying himself on guitar, claw hammer banjo, mandolin and harmonica.  His songs are a mixture of blues, bluegrass, folk and old-time Americana — driven with a rock and roll heart. He sings of the human condition, failure, shame, greed, jealousy, fear, lust and love.   
 As the lead singer and rhythm guitar player of the Dirty Mountain Band, Mark has played on many stages since 1992.  In 2008, the band had the honor of winning the Chautauqua County Music Awards for Bluegrass/Country Band of the year.  He also gained experience as banjo player with the Bluegrass Disciples band.  In May of 2013, Mark played his first solo gig, and just over a year later, had played over 60 solo shows.  Listen, and find out why he keeps going.
