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Description:
"Bob's voice continues to resonate with a mesmerizing quality and his guitar work is sublime." Grasslake Folk Festival
"...Bob Marshall, whose rich baritone voice and sensitive interpertations are sure to move you." SLUM City Coffeehouse
"The words that Bob sings are from the heart and the guitar playing is honest enough to lay bare the soul.
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History:
It all started with The Merv Griffin Show in 1967....
While watching the performance of a guitar player on the Merv Griffin show, I was enthralled at the sounds coming from the sunburst, archtopped, "F" holed guitar of the entertainer. Not just the notes, but the rythmic thumb thumps and accents that he used to drive the music forward. I knew that I had to play guitar.
Over the next few months I saved my money and purchased a "Holiday/Harmony" Arch top guitar from the Sears catalog. Upon its arrival imagine my diappointment when it just didn't "thump" like that other guy's guitar did!
Not to be discouraged I pestered my mother for guitar lessons. On a weekly basis she took $5.00 for an hour guitar lesson from her limited funds and drove me an hour one way to take lessons. Today she remains my biggest fan (aren't Moms great?), even though my guitar thumping hasn't improved one little bit.
I've been around the block a few times. I began playing in bars right out of High School in 1973. I've spent time with my music in front of audiences Across the country from the Chesapeake Bay area to the shores of the Pacific Ocean. However, I call...
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Influences:
Gordon Lightfoot, Jim Croce, James Taylor, Chet Atkins, Tim Grimm, John McCutcheon, CSNY, Dean Rutledge, Ron Coden, Eric Clapton, Pete Seeger, Arlo and Woody Guthrie, Pentangle
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