 Elliott's guitar and voice, coupled with the likes of IBMA winner Jim Hurst, National finger-picking champion Pete Huttlinger and Americana divas The McCrary Sisters, make for a strong and genuine delivery of captivating stories.In the summer of 2008 Mark was commissioned by the TN State Parks and the Friends of Cordell Hull State Park to write the song "Cordell" and produce a CD about the life and times of the famous TN statesman, Cordell Hull.That CD continues to be used in Tennessee schools as well as United Nations educational programs.