The “Country Showdown” led Mario to a record deal in 1991. At this point, he was causing enough of a stir on stage that Nashville music executives took note and traveled to Georgia to see the young, budding country star. He finished as first runner-up out of more than 1,000 contestants. In 1990, Mario entered the “Country Showdown,” a national talent competition sponsored by Tru Value hardware and GMC trucks. “That style of music was new to me,” Shannon laughs, “At the time, I was clueless to what he was singing about and I couldn’t have told you which country artists he was covering.” The two became inseparable after Shannon attended one of Mario’s concerts. At age 16, he met his future wife and business partner, Shannon. to play a show, only to get up for school early the next morning. “I got up on stage and sang Charley Pride…” Mario says, “…and it went over well, so I got bit by the guitar bug.”Īt age 15, Mario was playing at local honky-tonks and clubs in the Macon, Ga. His first “real gig” came in the form of his ninth grade Black History Month program at school.
Like many musicians, he started humbly playing at family gatherings, parties and school functions. All instruments sourced from MIRC will be noted in the product description.Mario Martin has been singing and playing guitar for most of his life. We also do our own testing/inspection prior to putting any item up for sale, to ensure that you, our customers, are getting the best possible instrument available, next to being brand new. is located in the same city as MIRC (Franklin, TN), we visit their HQ/warehouse weekly, to handpick the finest instruments available for our customers.
We are proud to be working with MIRC to be able to offer our customers these instruments. These steps are taken to protect the interests of the manufacturers and to prevent the filing of improper warranty claims. A small "used" stamp is typically on the back of the headstock and the instrument has a new MIRC serial number. You may notice on many of the instruments sourced through MIRC, that there are 2 unique steps that are taken on their instruments. With their expert, on-site, luthier trained staff, all instruments are thoroughly inspected, professionally repaired (if need) and tightly QC’d to ensure that all of the instruments they offer are back to near mint condition.
Formed in 1992, MIRC works directly with almost all of the major manufactures and receives their seconds, blems, overstocks and some guitars in need of repair. MIRC (Musical Instrument Reclamation Corporation) is a wholesale distributor of reclaimed/refurbished musical instruments.
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