CLARK DORMAN CLARK DORMAN WAS BORN A POOR BLACK CHILD... NO, THAT'S STEVE MARTIN IN "THE JERK". CLARK SOLD HIS SOUL AT THE AGE OF 7 IN ORDER TO BECOME THE AUTO THIEF IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD... NO, THAT WAS SOMEBODY ELSE, TOO. CLARK LEFT A HIGH PAYING CAREER IN LINGERIE MODELING TO TAKE UP MUSIC... BETTER NOT TELL ANYONE THAT... BETTER GO WITH THE TRUTH- CLARK IS A FLORIDA NATIVE WHO HAS PLAYED BASS GUITAR AROUND CENTRAL FLORIDA IN A VARIETY OF STUDIO AND LIVE SETTINGS FOR SEVERAL YEARS. AS A YOUNG TEEN, HE RECEIVED A GIFT OF A DOUBLE-CUTAWAY HOFNER BASS FROM A FRIEND AND HIS LOVE FOR THE INSTRUMENT BEGAN. BEING LEFT-HANDED AND HAVING NO INSTRUCTION, HE SIMPLY GRABBED THE HOFNER, TURNED IT UPSIDE DOWN AND BEGAN TO LEARN TO PLAY. AFTER SPENDING A YEAR OR SO HIDDEN AWAY LEARNING, HE FINALLY DECIDED TO GO PUBLIC AND START PLAYING WITH OTHER MUSICIANS. THAT'S WHEN HE LEARNED THAT MOST LEFTY PLAYERS RESTRING THE BASS AND THAT HE HAD LEARNED COMPLETELY UPSIDE DOWN! WELL, IT WAS TOO LATE TO TURN BACK AND HE'S CONTINUED TO DEVELOP THAT LEFT-HAND STYLE TO THIS DAY. MOST RECENTLY, CLARK HAS COVERED THE BASS GUITAR DUTIES IN BANDS SUCH AS SIDEWINDER AND ROCKIT CITY. WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY WITH KID RIDLYN OPENED UP FOR HIM, HE JUMPED AT THE CHANCE. CLARK SAYS, "I'VE ALWAYS RESPECTED THE KR BOYS BOTH AS MUSICIANS AND MAYBE, MORE IMPORTANTLY, AS PEOPLE. YOU CAN MAKE GREAT MUSIC WITH THESE KIND OF FOLKS."