Mark Germino

Mark Germino (August 12, 1950 – July 3, 2024) was an American folk rock and country singer-songwriter.

[2] Germino moved on to performing in Nashville clubs at night, while working by day as a truck driver.

Between 1986 and 1991, he recorded two solo albums for the label (1986's London Moon and Barnyard Remedies and 1987's Caught in the Act of Being Ourselves; a third album for the label, 1991's Radartown, featured a backing band called The Sluggers.

[3] Germino also co-wrote the singles "Bill's Laundromat, Bar and Grill" for Confederate Railroad and "I Will Stand" for Kenny Chesney.

"Rex Bob Lowenstein", a song about an independently minded radio DJ who rebels against being given a playlist by his boss, taken from "Caught in the Act of Being Ourselves", was particularly admired and much played on BBC Radio 1 by British DJ Roger Scott and is a personal favourite of BBC Radio 2 DJ Bob Harris.