COLLIE, MARK
(*1956)
COLLIE, MARK (b. George M. C., Waynesboro, Tenn., January 18, 1956) Collie is a young SINGER/SONGWRITER who is half-country, half-R&B in his approach. Born in Waynesboro, Tennessee, a town Collie describes as halfway between Memphis and Nashville (musically as well as geographically), Collie originally hoped to join the Army, but found out that he was ineligible because of his diabetes. He ended up in Memphis, looking for a vibrant music scene that had existed twenty or more years earlier…