Roots guy, working guy from the east side of Vancouver Canada.  40+ years with Mud Bay Blues Band as a guitarist singer, crossing paths with Stevie Ray Vaughn, James Cotton, Albert Collins, Koko Taylor, Long John Baldry. Scattered internships with 1980s Vancouver groups Melody Pimps, IBraineater, Frantic Technicians Later wrote and recorded singles with Bachelors in Paradise, releasing a video aired on Much Music "Daddy's Got a Bungalow"
This century... 
Post- 2000 rejoined fellow-Bachelor in Paradise Bill Oliver for two albums as The Ormidales. Recieved FM airplay in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Europe.
Singer Songwriter guitarist with The Ormidales 
Studio Album" The Ormidales" 
Studio Album "These Little Dreams" 
EP " Bijou Blue"

Singer Songwriter guitarist with Mud Bay Blues Band - 
- Studio Album - "Death Taxes and The Mud Bay Blues Band " 
- Studio Album - "Mudified" 
- Studio Album - "Colebrook Road" 2015

 2014- Released solo album" Grandview" recorded in Vancouver with Melissa Bandura, pd Wohl and Jesse Waldman. The album features songs written by Mark Branscombe exploring pop, country, rock and folk genres.

2017 - Formed The Gravel-Aires, a roots and folk Americana duet with Vancouver guitarist/dobro player Michael Mahoney, releasing 2 albums National Avenue in 2020 and Headlights In The Rear View Mirror in 2021
2020/21 - Continued work with The Ormidales releasing a number of singles and videos

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