Mark Allan Atwood has spent three decades as an artist on the Texas music landscape with an underground devout following. From his years as an acoustic artist on Dallas' songwriter scene, his work as a touring rock frontman and the last seven years blazing trails and breaking musical stereotypes on the Texas Country/Americana scene. The release of his two newest and individually diverse albums has him poised to finally ascend beyond popular underground artist status. The new full band album, Burned At The Crossroads, released in late March of 2012, has already seen several tracks get picked up by radio even before a single was released and has begun to receive high accolades from independent music writers in reviews and industry professionals. Following is a partial list of such comments. "This is one of the best albums I've heard period in 7 or 8 years. I'll fight anyone who says this is not a great album!" Ed Spacek, The Spacek Company "It is a testament to Atwood’s leadership and songwriting that the b