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MARVelous' BACKGROUND:
Serendipity- Being born to an aspiring songwriter mother and a father who lost his chance to pitch for the Baltimore Orioles due to a drunken brawl and a fall down some stairs. Frolicking and skulking in the hills and dales of Sykesville.
Genesis- Riding in the back seat of his father's Ford cruising the countryside of Carroll County, MD, Marv Egolf was laying in the back seat gazing at the stars when "Hound Dog" by Elvis Presley came on the radio. Like cosmic ray exposure, that rock & roll event altered Marv's DNA. Of course, Little Richard sealed Marv's fate. And Hank formed his soul.
Nurturance- During his youth in North Carolina, he spent hours listening to his grandmother sing Hank Williams tunes. "Hey, Good Lookin'" was a favorite when she was cooking. In the bosom of the South, true country music washed over him saturating his soul.
Heritage- Embracing his Cherokee as he resolved his own trail of tears from Sykesville to Edgewater to Evergreen and Chadbourn to Baltimore and beyond.
Thirst- When his mother returned from Texas to retrieve him from tarheel country and take him to the new world of Baltimore, MD, he got his first transistor radio and spent time sitting near telephone poles or metal towers to improve his reception so he could hear favorites like "Sugar Shack" by Jimmy Gilmour & The Fireballs. Late at night on Sundays, he could get WCFL from Chicago and listen to the Billy Graham crusades.
Enlightenment- A huge turning point was the T.A.M.I Show, a movie that played at the Grand Theatre on Conkling Street. Marv watched that movie six times in a row and was mesmerized by the Rolling Stones and James Brown. THE T.A.M.I. SHOW 1964/1965 was a black & white U.S. film hosted by Jan and Dean and produced by Jack Neitzche. It featured Chuck Berry, James Brown, the Rolling Stones, the Supremes, Gerry and The Pacemakers, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Marvin Gaye with the Blossoms, Lesley Gore, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, the Barbarians, the Beach Boys and others. Teenage Terri Garr was a go-go dancer.
Eureka- The clincher came when he was 15, hanging out with his CYO chums one night, and Bobby Caperna mentioned that his band needed a singer. Marv chimed in, "I can do that." Shortly thereafter, Marv auditioned literally in a hole that was dug out from under a house near Fort Holabird in Baltimore; and he was welcomed into The Decades as the new vocalist performing Motown, Stax-Volt, and R&B favorites. The Decades was a ten piece band featuring a horn section, and they played teen centers, CYOs, military bases (Officers' Clubs, Enlisted Clubs), USOs, and school concerts. All members were white so blue eyed soul was what folks called it. The band was so good they had to be given a police escort to leave a club near North Avenue because the black audience was upset by these white boys doing it so well.

GROUP MEMBERSHIPS:
The Decades, Road Apples, MudShark, Scrimshaw, Head Over Heels, 2BitRevue, The Fabulous Sluggos, The Sherwood Warren Group, Graffiti, Tommy Roberts & The Tristeros, The Deacons, The River Band aka Gamlers Ramblers, Blues You Can Use, The Simply Us Band, KING LEWMAN, Beerdz Hill Rode, and Denim n' Lace

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ARTISTS PROMOTED/PRODUCED/MANAGED:
Tregwater, Poetic Licence, The Illuminati, Richard Taylor & The Ravers, Fate, Silent Partner, Signature

MEMORABLE MOMENTS:
- The births of my children and every moment spent with them.
- Spending most of one summer during college attending every performance of Nils Lofgren & Grin in the state of Maryland, hon.
- Producing the "Busts" at Johns Hopkins University with Kermit Blueberry Productions.
- Having the police shut down said Busts due to noise complaints from surrounding neighborhoods.
- Meeting Johnny & June Cash who lodged in the hotel room across from us, and partying in the bar with John Carter Cash in Hagerstown, MD.
- Meeting and partying with Elton John on his very first American tour prior to a performance at Painters Mill Music Fair where he opened for Leon Russell & The Shelter People.
- Driving to Columbia with Doug Ling and Jim Boltralik during a snowstorm in Doug's hand painted VW bus.
- Seeing Face Dancer at The Seagull Inn with Herb Kuenne.
- Visiting The Birdcage on North Avenue with Naomi Rance to see/hear the Mickey Fields Group and having a song dedicated to us: "Here's one for the honkies on the wall!"
- Getting the phone call from Tommy Roberts after Brian McQuade referred him to me.
- Answering the ad for a manager for Richard Taylor.
- Every Roots Rock Radio Show (http://www.rrradio.com ).
- Meeting Cynthia Garland at EJ Buggs in Fells Point during a break between sets while playing with Graffiti.
- Any Michael Hedges show and partying with Michael afterwards [Enjoy Heaven, brother!]
- BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN and the E STREET BAND in HERSHEY, PA!!!!!

And finishing in the TOP 15 (6 by four points) of the
Static Chain Battle of the Bands 2007!

KING LEWMAN appears on the CD sampler from the Static Chain Best Bands of Baltimore 2007 contest! Many thanks to everyone who support us.
Click the StaticChain link above.
..KING LEWMAN'S NEW CD, "GOING SOMEWHERE", WAS RELEASED ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2008, AT THE ONE WORLD COFFEEHOUSE IN COLUMBIA, MD!!!!!

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