Markus Ross - Drums, percussion, strange vocals...
Dave Humphreys - Guitar 1, Guitar 2, vocals...
Dan Bickel - Bass, vocals...
Cole Garlak (selected shows) - Guitar 3, vocals
Influences
Here are some Cover Songs We Do:
Dance Material:
You Shook Me All Night Long(ACDC)
Walk This Way, Sweet Emotion(Aerosmith),
Hard To Handle, Remedy(The Black Crowes),
Takin Care of Business(BTO),
Stayin Alive(The Bee Gees),
You Give Love a Bad Name(Bon Jovi),
Summer of 69(Bryan Adams),
Fight For Your Right(Beastie Boys),
Should I Stay Or Should I go?(The Clash),
Sweet Caroline(Neil Diamond),
Pour Some Sugar On Me(Def Leppard),
Mustang Sally(Everybody), All Right Now(Free),
Some Kind of Wonderful(Grand Funk Railroad),
Sweet Child O Mine(Guns n Roses),
Sweet Home Alabama(Lynyrd Skynyrd),
Rock and Roll All Nite(Kiss),
Talk Dirty To Me, Every Rose Has Its Thorn(Poison),
Soul Man(Sam & Dave),
Jessies Girl(Rick Springfield),
My Girl, Aint Too Proud To Beg(The Temptations),
Brown Eyed Girl, Moondance(Van Morrison),
You Really Got Me(Van Halen),
Blister in the Sun(Violent Femmes),
Play That Funky Music(Wild Cherry),
Superstition(Stevie Wonder)...and many more...we try most everything
Sounds Like
Here are some other Covers we do( Classic Rock/80s/90s/etc...)
Whipping Post(Allman Brothers),
Man In A Box(Alice in Chains),
Wonderful Tonight, Lay Down Sally(Eric Clapton),
Cant Get Enough(Bad Company),
Hide Your Love Away, Day Tripper, (the Beatles),
She Talks To Angels(The Black Crowes),
War Pigs(Black Sabbath),
Margaritaville(Jimmy Buffet),
I Used To Love Her(Guns N Roses),
Hotel California, Take It Easy(The Eagles),
Funk ..49(James Gang),
Little Wing, Hey Joe(JImi Hendrix),
Cold Gin(KISS),
Brown Sugar, Honkey-Tonk Women(The Rolling Stones),
The Joker(Steve Miller Band),
Good Times,Bad Times, Thank You(Led Zeppelin),
Sledgehammer(Peter Gabriel),
Pride and Joy, Tightrope(Stevie Ray Vaughn).
Sqeeze Box(The Who),
Comfortably Numb(Pink Floyd),
Longveiw, When I Come Around(Green Day),
Interstate Love Song, Vasoline(Stone Temple Pilots),
Always On The Run(Lenny Kravitz),.....and many more....we try most requests...
Calling Marvin is a versatile, high-energy rock quartet. Since their formation in 1998, they have played on the Mitch Albom Show on WJR three times, on Fox 2 News-Detroit, at the Arts, Beats, and Eats Festival in Pontiac on the Rock Stage every year since it started, and once on the National Stage in 2004 with bands including Bob Guinea, The Calling, The B-52s, and Sponge. They also took second place in the WRIF Battle to the Triangle in 2001, and won the Jackson County Fair Michigan Idol/Battle of the Bands in 2003. They have also released three original CDs, each of which received a nomination for the Detroit Music Awards' Rock Album of the Year: "Eye Sore" (1999), "Live at the Memphis Smoke" (2001), and "Twelve Spiders a Year" (2002). "Big White Van" (2006) was finally released on July 20 at 59 West in Highland!
Calling Marvin gladly plays original material, cover songs or a mix of the two. The band has performed between 40 and 70 shows each of the last five years at great venues including the Little River Casino in Manistee, the Red Dog Saloon and Hector and Jimmy's in Milford, The French Outpost on Mackinac Island, MoDoggie's in Fenton, Up Front and Company in Marquette, Savarino's in Hillsdale, The Riverwalk Ampitheater, the BLUEStage Club, The Crazy Cowboy, and Bella Notte in Jackson, 59 West in Highland, The White Lake Inn in White Lake, Grass Lake High School, Colin's house, and The Village Inn in Grass Lake, and the Hayloft Liquor Stand and the Emerald Theater in Mt. Clemens. The group was also invited to perform in Detroit for the State Theater's "Detroit Tigers Opening Day 2005 After-Party" and as part of the "Pre-Super Bowl Motown Winter Blast" that accompanied Super Bowl XL. Calling Marvin was also fortunate enough to be part of the Illitch family-owned SoupCan Music Record Label from late 2003 to mid 2005, when the label shut down so the Ilitch family could focus more on other little projects like the Detroit Tigers and Red Wings.
The members of Calling Marvin are all professional musicians outside of the band. Cole Garlak works as a musical director, singer, and guitarist for OGCC in Walled Lake. Mark Ross, drummer, and Dave Humphreys, guitarist, both teach between 0 and 20 students per week. Dan Bickel, bass player and vocalist, is the band director at Grass Lake Community Schools as well as a private lessons teacher to 15+ students per week on a pile of instruments.
Demos and Promos are available upon request; feel free to drop us a line and we will get back to you expediently. Calling Marvin is available for original gigs, weddings, parties, any occasion you may need a band. Our forte in cover songs is mainly Classic Rock, but we have an extensive library of dance material, 80s,90s, Motown, R&B, Funk, Jazz, and Blues.
Benefit for my Dad on September 27, 2009 Hi Everyone, My Father Peter Aguayo passed away on Tuesday 9-8-2009. He was a Steelworker for 30 years. The company he worked for went Bankrupt and they took his Life Insurance and Medical as well. I am trying to raise enough money to give him a proper burial. Please find it in your heart to come out to the Benefit, he so deserves it. There will be 5-6 AWESOME bands. The bands that are already booked for the show are: The Midnight Rendezvous, StellarDrive & Bazooka Jones. Special Guests: Charlie Allen Martin (Bob Seger) & Psychild - Robert Noll, Tyuawn Brown (A Michael Jackson Impersonator) and Bruce Race (Charlie Chaplin Impersonator). Location is: Scott Lake Banquet Center (Located inside the Waterford Elks) 2100 Scott Lake Road. Waterford, MI 48328 Admission is $20.00 Benefit will start at 2pm and will end at 10pm, or later. 50/50 Raffle Door Prizes Cash Bar & Food Auction Items The Benefit will also be filmed by Comcast for my friend Big L's The Music Room TV Show. This will be a great time and it's for a great cause. I am also trying to raise awareness to the retiree's that they should not assume that they are taken care of, this is happening to people every day. It has been devestating due to the company's Bankruptcy, my Father hasn't been buried yet. Hope to see you there. More info to follow as it becomes available. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers. Help us Honor our Dad, he was a son, a husband and a wonderful Human Being. God Bless Jer & Angel
"Lewy is currently involved in playing drums for The Exitwound Project and is available for recording with many others."
Also, please be sure to check out "Lewy's" new project to help drummers and their favorite charities called "Drum Solo Cards" at www.drmsolocards.com Tell your friends and send all the drummers that you know to look them up.
Sadly 5th Avenue Billiards is closed indefintely but I'm starting a new acoustic open mic at Royal Kubo in Clawson this Monday July 20th and every Monday evening after. Please come out and play if you're a musician or just listen to the many talented musicians that come out to perform for you! Great atmosphere there at Kubo and even better Filipino food! YUMMY! Royal Kubo is located at 27 east 14 mile rd. clawson, MI 48017 (near the corner of Livernois Road and 14 mile, parking is in back). Starts at 8 pm - ??
Saturday June 20th at The Outer Limits we are playing one night only and will be shooting 3 camera angles for our upcoming video for "Whole Lotta Waitress".
Not only do we need to make sure this bar is wall to wall packed for the good of the video, but also to show the owners that we can pack their club.
Click the link above for directions to the bar via google maps. The Outer Limits is located at:
