
The Whitesnake Boys: Mark Francis, David Coverdale & Rudy Sarzo

Mark Francis and the maestro himself, Michael Schenker

Mark Francis and Alice Cooper circa 1997 after a long hard day

Mark Francis circa 1986. Raising hell and looking for someone to blame!

Mark Francis and Dickey Betts in Illinois

Mark Francis and Ronnie James Dio in Cleveland 1983

Mark Francis and Molly Hatchet singer Phil McCormack backstage West Virginia 2003
Mark Francis onstage with Cottonmouth riffin' it out with the boyz

After a fun evening of jamming onstage all night with buddies Dave Hlubek of Molly Hatchet and Jackson Spires of Blackfoot circa 1998

Cottonmouth performing on the Easyriders Magazine Winter Bike Show Tour 2003

Mark Francis and Foreigner singer Lou Gramm

Bruce "The Hammer' Slusher in the Badlands. R.I.P. brother...

Mark Francis with Cottonmouth and ZZTop at Texas Stadium early 2000's

Mark Francis with Matrixx circa 1985

Cleveland heavy metal band Matrixx circa 1985

Mark Francis and legendary Bigfoot/Sasquatch hunter Rene Dahinden in 1990 at the Vancouver Gun Club in British Columbia

Mark 1980 with his brand new Special Edition Gibson S.G. Sure wish I still had that one!

Mark Francis at Mount Girabaldi, British Columbia 1990

Circa 1979, Uncle Stan watches as Mark jams on his new black Les Paul

Mark and cousin Bobby jamming together circa 1978

Donnie Van Zant of .38 Special and Mark Francis at Sioux Falls Arena

Dave Hlubek and Mark Francis in South Carolina 2003

Mark Francis and Randall Hall of Lynyrd Skynyrd

Mark Francis and Ronnie James Dio backstage at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit 1988

Doug Ramsey, Molly Hatchet singer Phil McCormack and Mark Francis

Mark Francis and Smokey Crabtree from "The Legend of Boggy Creek"

Mark Francis and Richard Young of the Kentucky Headhunters

Mark Francis and the late, great Jackson "Thunderfoot" Spires of Blackfoot

Mark Francis and former Molly Hatchet singer Jimmy Farrar about to steal the security guy's golf cart and terrorize the campground

Mark Francis and band with Doug Gray of the Marshall Tucker Band

Mark Francis and bassist extraordinaire Tim Lindsey hammin' it up

Mark Francis and Ronnie James Dio having dinner & drinks

Mark Francis and Ronnie James Dio enjoying drinks after a really good meal

Mark Francis, Kevin "Machine Gun" Jackson and crew member backstage at Southern Rock Thunder Concert at Laidley Stadium

Donnie Van Zant of .38 Special and Mark Francis at Sturgis

Mark Francis and Molly Hatchet singer Phil McCormack in Cape Coral, Florida April 2018

Little Mark Francis at age 4 getting his first guitar for Christmas. Who would have thought it to be such a defining moment
Mark Francis at the Cody, Wyoming Old West Show 2010

There's no escaping your roots! Gramma Hall's backyard in Kentucky mid 1970's. Sure miss that hat...

Fractured Image band from Cleveland 1982

Mark Francis and Doug Phelps of the Kentucky Headhunters

Check out those spandex pants....good God almighty.... Mark Francis with Matrixx circa 1986

Don Barnes of .38 Special and Mark Francis at Sturgis
Juvenile canebrake rattlesnake in the swamps of eastern North Carolina July 2015

Bears in the backyard late October 2017

David Allan Coe and Mark Francis 2003

Mark Francis....sleepy
Nice ride along the Atlantic Ocean 2009

Tim Rossi from Blackfoot and Mark Francis April 2018

'79 Jeep CJ5... southern Ohio... she was a runner

Rehearsels with the 'Snake in 1989... what a great time

The one, the only, the cat in the hat, Jim Dandy from Black Oak Arkansas and Mark Francis circa 1993

Mark Francis and his old buddy Ox Baker, pro wrestler from the WWE circa 1987

Mark Francis and legendary comedian Slappy White from Sanford & Son at the Cleveland Police Benefit Ball in 1994

Mark Francis and colleague Vivian Campbell of Dio, Whitesnake & Def Leppard circa 1983
Hell's Angels private party with Mark Francis & Cottonmouth early 2000's

Looking for a midnight snack at about 3 A.M.

Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake at Big Cypress National Preserve July 2017
Mark Francis lookin' snazzy and sassy.... or was it snooty and snotty?
Mark Francis at twilight... the strange things you see at 6 A.M.
Mark & Dad in the Florida Everglades at the Skunk Ape Research Headquarters

Mark Francis and Cleveland metal band Matrixx late 1984

Mark Francis and Matrixx guitarist Andy Stoltz circa 1985

Mark Francis circa 1982... stupified or dumbfounded... one or the other

Pickin' and definitely not grinnin'

1969 Fender Tele.. loud ass amp.. sunny day.. big crowd... good day in the life of Mark!

Beautiful Eastern Massasauga rattlesnake at Mosquito Lake Refuge

A hard day at work....................

The late great Indian Larry and Mark Francis at Sturgis in the early 2000's

Mark Francis and author Loren Coleman with the late Texas Billionaire/Explorer Tom Slick's rifle

Mark Francis and Dio guitarist Craig Goldy

Lets help her off the road so she doesn't get ran over by a vehicle

Eastern Diamondback....ain't she a beauty!