Spin Doctors bass player Mark White has joined the Houston, TX based band The Mighty Orq. The band just split with their latest bass player and invited Mark to join them. They are doing a lot of gigs recently, as they release a new album (“To The Bone”) on September 5th. From The Mighty Orq’s Myspace blog: “The new bass player in The Mighty Orq is Mr. Mark White. He is in the band the Spin Doctors. We have been having a lot of fun playing w/ Mark and we hope that y’all can experience a live show soon. We are all excited about how the songs have been sounding and the crazy directions that we’re heading in.”
Appearantly, Mark is not playing on their up-coming release as this one was recorded before he joined the band. In addition to a lot of shows in the US within the next months, The Might Orq will play in Germany and Austria in November and December.
Mark joining this band doesn’t mean he leaves Spin Doctors, he’s doing TMO in addition to the Spins (just like Aaron and Chris having individual projects). But it’s no secret that Mark is not too happy about the current situation with SD just playing a few shows each summer, so TMO might be Mark’s main focus at the moment.
