Mark Wystrach, lead singer of Midland, will be the first to tell you that a bad day of music beats the best day at some of the grueling jobs he had before music. “I grew up on a ranch so, we had to haul manure, clean the stalls twice a week in Arizona summer, which was 100 some degrees. That was when we’re about six or seven, we had to do that every day.”
As he got older, things didn’t get much cooler. Mark says, “As I got older, worked construction in the Arizona heat, also in the hundreds. Then in college I was a repo man. I used to repo cars from people that stopped making payments. That was really interesting. I did that with two of my best friends.”
Things can get pretty hot and exhausting on stage when Midland is performing live, but Mark will take that any day over any other job. In fact, the band currently has a top 30 single with “Cheatin’ Songs,” and they’re hopeful to be able to get back to touring sooner than later.
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Mark Wystrach – “I grew up on a ranch so, we had to haul manure, clean the stalls twice a week in Arizona summer, which was 100 some degrees. That was when we’re about six or seven, we had to do that every day. As I got older, worked construction in the Arizona heat, also in the hundreds. Then in college I was a repo man. I used to repo cars from people that stopped making payments. That was really interesting. I did that with two of my best friends.”