Original Rock and Roll with a Classic Touch
Doug Marsh, bass, vocals
Doug switched from the guitar to the bass as a teenager,
saying he wanted to "rattle the walls like Jack Casady."
So he does, and his unwavering commitment to the groove
gives the Marsh Brothers Band as solid a foundation
as any band ever had.
His spot-on harmonies and lead vocals are critical
to the unique Marsh Brothers sound.
Voted "Bass Player of the Year"
by the California Country Music Association,
Doug has shared his prodigious talents on stage
with the likes of Hank Williams Jr., Dolly Parton,
Carl Perkins, Albert Lee, John Jorgensen (of Elton John’s band), Charlie Daniels and Gary Morse (of Brooks & Dunn's band),
to name just a few.
He played in the Doo-Wah Riders and the Jann Browne Band in California, and in the DC area
with Witchita Falls and the Brandy Stills Band.
George Ronetz, percussion
George adds color, complexity
and a generous dose of cool to the band
with a wide assortment of sounds
and his dynamic stage presence.
Whatever rhythmic accents a song calls for,
George delivers in spades.
He has played with a variety of bands
in California and in the DC area with Shave The Kitty.
Scott Shinn, drums
It takes a drummer with extraordinary skills to handle the Marsh Brothers Band's wide variety of grooves, and that's Scott. His love of music shows in his exquisite style. Scott has played in most of the top venues in Northern Virginia and D.C., with many talented local musicians in such bands as The Toasters, Riff Raff, Grungee Mutt, Sleezestack, Tang, and Grin & Bare It.
"My influences include way too many artists to list, but let's just say I enjoy anything from America to Zappa, and everything in between," Scott says, "leaning a little more towards the Zappa side. I prefer to do mostly original stuff, but will play anything as long as it is fun and the crowd likes it," Scott says. That makes him the perfect drummer for the Marsh Brothers Band!
You're listening to the title track
from the Marsh Brothers Band's classic 2004 live recording
"Life's Too Short."
Greg Marsh, vocals, guitars
Greg, the Marsh Brothers Band’s primary songwriter, vocalist and rhythm guitarist, gives the band its heart and soul – and sense of humor. Greg was 17 when the songwriting urge became too powerful to resist. Since then he has written nearly 100 songs, inspired by events in his own life and the lives of those around him, as well as local and global issues. He counts among his influences serious songwriters like Neil Young, John Prine, Bob Weir, John Hiatt, Bob Marley and Lowell George, but also comic geniuses like Tom Lehrer and Stan Freberg. Greg honed his performing skills in Pennsylvania with the Cheap Amusement Band in the late 1970s, then DC rockers Clutch Cargo in the early 1980s before marriage and fatherhood took center stage in his life. With the return of his brother Doug from California in the early 1990s, the Marsh Brothers started Country Jah and the Koolrockin’ Daddies in 1993; that group has remained together ever since, and was renamed the Marsh Brothers Band in 2006 when keyboard player Marty Pell joined.
Joe Dicey, lead guitar, harmonica, vocals
Joe Dicey is a veteran of the D.C. area music scene, having performed for many years with his own band, Jamnation, and a host of other bands, including The Other People, Terri Terrific and the Tornadoes, and Tin Foil Hat, to name just a few. The son of legendary bluesman Bill Dicey, Joe's influences include a wide variety of artists, from bluesmasters past to current groups like Widespread Panic. Joe's creative lead playing, energetic vocals and expressive harmonica work give the Marsh Brothers Band just the right elements at just the right times.
Marty Pell, keyboards
Marty brings a level of professionalism and dedication to the group that reflects his commitment to being the best. During his long career, Marty has wooed audiences on both coasts, playing diverse styles from jazz to Afro-ska to blues and country to good ol' rock and roll. His credits include a decades-long membership in the seminal acid-jazz-fusion goup "Periphery;" he was a co-founding member of SanFrancisco's musically prescient rock group "Fallen Angel" and spent several years with DC country bands "Kim Sigler and Desert Wind" and "Chances R," as well as numerous solo gigs and several years as the leader of the eponymous "Marty Pell Trio." Marty lends vigor and enthusiasm with his sure-handed touch on the keys, is also an experienced studio engineer and producer,
and owned and operated Periphery West Studios in San Francisco in the 1980s.
He also invented the Internet,
no matter what Al Gore says.
Marty brings a level of professionalism and dedication to the group that reflects his commitment to being the best. During his long career, Marty has wooed audiences on both coasts, playing diverse styles from jazz to Afro-ska to blues and country to good ol' rock and roll. His credits include a decades-long membership in the seminal acid-jazz-fusion goup "Periphery;" he was a co-founding member of SanFrancisco's musically prescient rock group "Fallen Angel" and spent several years with DC country bands "Kim Sigler and Desert Wind" and "Chances R," as well as numerous solo gigs and several years as the leader of the eponymous "Marty Pell Trio." Marty lends vigor and enthusiasm with his sure-handed touch on the keys, is also an experienced studio engineer and producer,
and owned and operated Periphery West Studios in San Francisco in the 1980s.
He also invented the Internet,
no matter what Al Gore says.
