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Wed, 02/01/2023 - 5:04pm

Learn about Mark’s adventures including putting the bike with the piano on a boat and towing it with the help of volunteer swimmers from St. Ignace to Mackinac Island.

Mr. B is a blues and boogie-woogie pianist who has become one of the premiere purveyors of a vanishing art. Having learned his craft first-hand from the early masters, he is a rare living link to the first generation of blues and boogie pianists.

Steeped in the rich legacy of this tremendously exciting music, Mr. B learned directly from blues and boogie legends like Little Brother Montgomery, Boogie Woogie Red, and Blind John Davis.

Mark Braun (Mr. B) and George Bedard Outside the Blind Pig, 1982 Photographer: Peter Yates

Mark Braun (Mr. B) and George Bedard Outside the Blind Pig, 1982 image

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Boogie Woogie Pianist Mr. B., an Annual Feature at Annual Ann Arbor Art Fair, July 1988 Photographer: Peter Yates

Boogie Woogie Pianist Mr. B., an Annual Feature at Annual Ann Arbor Art Fair, July 1988 image

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Mr. B (Mark Braun) and Dick Siegel on the Corner of South and East University, Ann Arbor Art Fair, July 1981 Photographer: Peter Yates

Mr. B (Mark Braun) and Dick Siegel on the Corner of South and East University, Ann Arbor Art Fair, July 1981 image

September Dances

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Ann Arbor News, September 1, 1985

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Month

September

Year

1985

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Mark Braun & Family On The Stairway In Their Home, July 1994 Photographer: D. A. Biermann

Mark Braun & Family On The Stairway In Their Home, July 1994 image

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Ann Arbor News, August 14, 1994
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Mark Braun, also known as musician Mr. B; his daughter, Sarah, 16 months; and his wife, Jane Taylor, on the stairway of their northside Ann Arbor home. The bas-relief animals along the railing are hand carved. The painted turtles along the steps are also done by hand.

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Hand-Carved Bas-Relief Bird & Frog By Mark Braun, July 1994 Photographer: D. A. Biermann

Hand-Carved Bas-Relief Bird & Frog By Mark Braun, July 1994 image

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Ann Arbor News, August 14, 1994
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Above, a hand-carved bird and frog are among decorations adorning the stairway railing in Mark Braun and Jane Taylor's house.