BOOKING: (In Austin) Martha Hargrove (512)810-0108 e-mail: MLHAGROVE@gmail.com
MANAGEMENT & BOOKING (abroad): Lisa Marshall (206)799-8151 e-mail: LMARMA5@msn.com
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LISA MARSHALL- Vocals,and all instruments except.............................................................
SWAMP SONG- Scottie X on Bass.......................................................................................
Kevin Fallon on Solo Guitar on Simple & High On Her Perch!
Eric Manegold on drums on Bring Yourself Back, Sooner or Later
HONEYSUCKLE ME- Rebekah Coltman- lead and rhythm guitar & backing vocals, block thingies
Susn Joyner- Keyboards and backing vocals
John Knecht - Drums and Djembe
Clinton Calton - Bass
Lisa Marshall - lead and backing vocals, tamborine, shaker
These were the Peculiar Boogie!
Influences
Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, Mavis Staples, The Rolling Stones, Al Green, Maria McKee, Concrete Blonde,Gladys Knight, The Temptations, The Faces, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner, Sly and the Family Stone, Pat Benatar, The Staple Singers, The Band, Bob Dylan, Patsy Cline, Parliment, Hi Records Artists, Etta James, The Beatles, The Go-Go's, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Ottis Redding, Bob Marley, Ma Rainey, Memphis Minnie, Bessie Smith, Skip James, The Allman Brothers, Tim Buckley, Cold Blood, The Funk Brothers, Mowtown(all of it), Patti and LaBelle, Roberta Flack, James Brown, The Band, Donna Summer,Becky Coltman,Susan Joyner, John Knecht, Clinton Calton, The Dirty girls, Eric Manegold, Kevin Fallon,Judy Garland, Betty LaVette, Anne Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Nina Simone, Tim Buckley,Cold Blood
Sounds Like
Mavis Staples, Janis, The Band & hangin' out on the Delta
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Lisa Marshall has toured extensively with just her pipes and a guitar. She has been along the West Coast and many times through the Southeast. Six months ago she moved from Seattle to Austin, TX. where she has established a residency every Thursday night at TCs Lounge, an historical Blues club on the East side, opened for The Red Elvises at the famed Continental Club, released her new single "Hot Summer Day", and has assembled a band with some of Austin's finest musicians. Check out her website for updates and videos.
BORN IN VIRGINIA, Lisa Marshall has been playing and singing with bands since she was 19 years old. Her introduction to music came from her parents who owned a huge collection of albums of just about any genre that existed during the early 70's. Some of her favorite memories are the hot muggy summer days of Virginia Beach. Her family lived on the Chesepeake Bay. She and her sister would jump in the warm Bay waters to try and cool off but only lasted long enough to keep the thick clumps of jellyfish from closing in.
"Dad would usually be flipping one of his favorites, burgers, in a frying pan with music blasting out of the stereo. Our carpet had sand in it so it was liking walking on a giant bean bag, which of course we had too. Our little neighborhood seemed very hippie to me, and the music in our house ranged from 60's psycedelic to jam bands to Mom's favorite, Motown. But one of my repeat songs was "Cowgirl in the Sand" Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - the 4 Way Street album. What a great time to be discovering music!"
After her parents split disco and funk were coming out strong. Her Mother would often send Lisa into the record store to fetch a Rick James or Wild Cherry 45 record. "She would have us play whatever 45 we recently purchased over and over. However, to this day my Mother still thinks Elvis was the sexiest, greatest performer/ vocalist of all time"
At 21 she moved to California, where she co-founded Peculiar Boogie (Rebekah Coltman-lead guitar/co-founder, Susan Joyner- keys, sax, guitar/co-founder, John Knecht-drums,percussion,djembe, Clinton Calton-bass), which she was the lead voclist for 10 years, Opening for artists such as Koko Taylor, Robben Ford, and Big Brother and the Holding Company, with whom she also performed. "Singing with them was exhilarating and intimidating and the same time. When we opened for them for the 30 yr. anniversary of their performance at Monterey Park, Becky got to play guitar and I sang back-up on "I Need a Man".
Until '05, Marshall has been playing bass and singing lead in her Seattle-based band.
Lisa just released her first solo CD "Simple" May 2008 . The first review came in from Seattle sound Magazine...
"Lisa Marshall's first solo album carries a heavy debt to the Motown era; backup singers croon to Marshall's soaring vocals, while tambourines and bass riffs stroke and jingle each piece to perfection. Like late Tina Turner, the swinging melody dips and soars with lyrics about defeat and triumph, and defeat again. It's the contrast of it all that gets you. Like the groove that underpins lines like "What makes the heart break so slow?" Or Marshall's surprising compositions; her voice belts and soars through the building lyrics then dips to a restrained contralto for climatic lines, like "I am so, so, so,...lost," which gets more deliciously guttural with each "so." Hints of reverb in the production space add a subtle, creepy effect to the gospel tunes. It could almost be too crafted, but with Marshall's spellbinding voice pulling at the tempo, the album feels so organic that you can't imagine it any other way." - Rachel Dovey
Standout Tracks; "Swamp Song", "Bring Yourself Back"
QUOTES:
“.. surprising about this release is that almost everything about it, is completely her own product. Lisa is not only her own producer, she is also the sound engineer and plays apart from some exceptions all instruments. Above all she wrote all songs herself. You would forget that it’s all about her strong soul voice. And a soul music voice she has. We dare even to say the best white soul voice of the moment.”-
Freddy Celis www.rootstime.be
...that pretty little pixie (Lisa) was a musician through and through. She knew her chops and busted ass to get there. Then she opened up and sang. Good lord. She barely comes up to my ribcage but she has got the voice of a serious belter. And refreshing. What really makes it is that when she sings a song..you cant imagine it being sung any other way.
- Chopperman; Adventure Rider, WA., 04
PEACE, LOVE & :-) TO ALL!!!!
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Hi Lisa.. Thanks for taking the time to listen! Great stuff you have especially "High on her perch" and "Sooner or later", Nice songs.. I love your soulful sound, very emotional!!! You have an amazing voice!! so powerful.. I hope you have a great weekend!! Have fun, Josh
We wanted to tell you about the Project we are working on right now (Joeske - Content Of My Character) is now on sale in stores and online. The album has 17 tracks with a little something for every hip hop fan. You can check him out @ Myspace.com/Joeske09. We would like to thank you for being our friend here on Myspace and showing your support. THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT!!! “MENTALLY TWISTED RECORDS LLC”
“ If You Would Like To Grab A Copy You Can Go To The Following Places”
STORE: *Music Mania 512-451-3361 *Parahna Records 512-238-0418 *Waterloo Records 512-474-2500 *Renaissance Records 254-634-0149
How's the Texas drawl coming along? Hope Austin is treating you well. We had a great summer but now it's dark and rainy again, so there's some seasonal adjustments to be made. I'm going back in the studio again soon with Mark Fauver (Girl Like That/She Waves producer). Take care down there and holler if you ever wander back this way. BTW, have you been to Kerrville FF yet? Now that you're in Texas you gotta go. Peace,
Not much to say really, but we did have a great weekend. Hope you did too. The weekend just went by so quick, felt like I was trying to catch up the entire time.
LOVE YOU GIRL
boy..never thought i'd say THAT in my lifetime...
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