AS AN ADJUNCT TO THE ETHEL MERMAN EXPERIENCE, ETHEL MAKES SOLO APPEARANCES AT VARIOUS VENUES AROUND THE BAY AREA.

SOMETIMES SHE SINGS TO PRE-RECORDED TRACKS, AND SOMETIMES SHE HAS PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT.

WHEN ETHEL APPEARS BY HERSELF, SHE DOES NOT ALWAYS JUST DO ROCK N ROLL'S CLASSIC HITS. SOMETIMES SHE DOES HER BROADWAY STUFF, AS WELL AS OTHER AMERICAN STANDARDS.

MARK MADE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE AS ETHEL IN THE LONG RUNNING SAN FRANCISCO HIT "WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO B.B. JANE?" BACK IN 1992. ETHEL ALSO APPEARS IN THE LONG RUNNING HIT "CHRISTMAS WITH THE CRASFORDS" WHICH MARK HAS DONE IN BOTH SAN FRANCISCO AND NEW YORK CITY. SOMETIME IN THE MID-90'S ETHEL BEGAN TO SWITCH FROM BROADWAY STYLE SONGS TO ROCK N ROLL, AND IN 2003 A LIVE BAND, THE ETHEL MERMAN EXPERIENCE, WAS FORMED (SEE THE ETHEL MERMAN EXPERIENCE PAGE).