The Bruce Marshall Group-Labor Day Weekend Show September 2, Saturday 7pm
September 2, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
The Bruce Marshall Group-Labor Day Weekend Show
September 2, Saturday 7pm Our wonderful Labor Day weekend show! The Bruce Marshall Group has been thrilling audiences since 1992, melding swampy blues with R and B and Americana. Whether live or on record, they always deliver passionate performances as their loyal following will attest. With their recent signing with Verdict Music the sky’s the limit for the four-piece group!
Bruce Marshall took up guitar in 1966 at age 12 when his father gave him his ¾ Kay acoustic. He grew up in a musical household, both parents and the 4 Marshall children were always singing, playing guitar and piano and their parents taught them vocal harmony at a young age. Like many of his peers, seeing the Beatles on Ed Sullivan was a watershed moment and Bruce absorbed the sounds from that era, especially vocal groups like The Rascals, Beach Boys, Everly Brothers and Buffalo Springfield. When he discovered the likes of Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, BB King and Muddy Waters, Marshall developed a love of soul music and the blues.
He turned to music full time about a year out of High School with Whitecap, his first professional band. The Sudbury MA native honed his craft in juke joints and gin mills for 7 very formative years and about this time started writing his own music. In the early 80’s Bruce Marshall and the Clue emerged, a five piece band assembled around a batch of original songs Bruce had written that touched on his love of R and B, Blues and Pop. The band developed a loyal following in NE and hit the road non-stop for most of the decade while headlining the top venues in greater Boston and beyond. The Clue put out a vinyl EP “Prove It” on ATM Records in ’87, appeared on numerous compilation albums including “Boston Does the Beatles” and shared the stage with James Brown, Gregg Allman, Todd Rundgren, The Beach Boys, Kenny Loggins, Orleans and Hot Tuna, among others.
By 1989 Bruce had accepted an invitation to join the Toy Caldwell Band. Toy was the founder, lead guitarist and primary songwriter for the Marshall Tucker Band, one of the top groups in the country in the 70’s. Caldwell started the Toy Caldwell Band shortly after leaving Marshall Tucker in ’84 and 5 years later hired Bruce Marshall to sing lead, play keyboards and guitar. The band toured with Lynyrd Skynyrd, Charlie Daniels and The Outlaws when they weren’t headlining their own shows and festivals. During this time the band recorded a Bruce Marshall original “Welcome to the Human Race” with platinum producer Paul Hornsby and it appeared on Marshall’s 2nd release in ’92.
Anxious to get a brand new project off the ground Marshall put together the 8 Pc Bruce Marshall Group in ‘91 and still performs under that name today. With more emphasis on Blues, Roots and R and B the Group put out 6 records and along the way shared the stage with Bo Diddley, Blood Sweat and Tears, Joe Cocker, John Hiatt, Bryan Adams, Boz Scaggs, Doobie Brothers, The Band and a host of others.
Their first record, “Love of the Ride” came out in ’92 and featured Marshall’s “If Dreams Were Money”, which won an ASCAP Songwriter Award, (and would later be recorded by Southern Rocker Michael Allman in ’09) and “Human Race” from the Toy Caldwell sessions. This CD set the bar for all of Marshall’s releases, a very well played and beautifully recorded collection of songs that got rave reviews.
Their next record “Sneak Preview Vol 2” came out in ’97 with a scaled down 5 piece band and a more driving rock approach. “Haunts You” was the single and still a popular song in the live set.
In 2003 the band released “Kalispell”, their best selling CD to date has enjoyed extensive airplay nationally. The title cut was featured in a film and their most downloaded song to date. A tenth anniversary edition was put out recently with a bonus track, “Engine 54 Battalion 9”, a tribute to first responders on 9-11.
In 2007 Bruce released his first all acoustic record, “Restless Soul” and it’s been a big seller at his live solo shows. There’s 15 originals, including new compositions and scaled down versions of songs typically done with the band.
The next studio release was 2010’s “Misspent Youth” and featured the single “Three Chords and the Truth” with guest James Montgomery on harp and vocals. The record received extensive airplay and the single was the second most downloaded song in the catalog. “There Go I” is a song Bruce wrote for our veterans and frequently requested at shows.
Their newest CD “Borrowed Time” came out in 2018 and has hit the ground running with several songs in regular rotation on FM and College Radio. There’s 11 new Bruce Marshall originals and a cover of “Sleepwalk” by Santo and Johnny. Also of note, the band redid “If Dreams Were Money” by popular demand and almost 30 years after the original version with The Clue.
Bruce Marshall has surpassed the 9 thousand show mark as a pro and shows no signs of slowing down. He starts recording a new acoustic CD fall of 2018 for a late 2019 release.
The Bruce Marshall Group-Labor Day Weekend Show
September 2, Saturday 7pm Our wonderful Labor Day weekend show! The Bruce Marshall Group has been thrilling audiences since 1992, melding swampy blues with R and B and Americana. Whether live or on record, they always deliver passionate performances as their loyal following will attest. With their recent signing with Verdict Music the sky’s the limit for the four-piece group!
Bruce Marshall took up guitar in 1966 at age 12 when his father gave him his ¾ Kay acoustic. He grew up in a musical household, both parents and the 4 Marshall children were always singing, playing guitar and piano and their parents taught them vocal harmony at a young age. Like many of his peers, seeing the Beatles on Ed Sullivan was a watershed moment and Bruce absorbed the sounds from that era, especially vocal groups like The Rascals, Beach Boys, Everly Brothers and Buffalo Springfield. When he discovered the likes of Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, BB King and Muddy Waters, Marshall developed a love of soul music and the blues.
He turned to music full time about a year out of High School with Whitecap, his first professional band. The Sudbury MA native honed his craft in juke joints and gin mills for 7 very formative years and about this time started writing his own music. In the early 80’s Bruce Marshall and the Clue emerged, a five piece band assembled around a batch of original songs Bruce had written that touched on his love of R and B, Blues and Pop. The band developed a loyal following in NE and hit the road non-stop for most of the decade while headlining the top venues in greater Boston and beyond. The Clue put out a vinyl EP “Prove It” on ATM Records in ’87, appeared on numerous compilation albums including “Boston Does the Beatles” and shared the stage with James Brown, Gregg Allman, Todd Rundgren, The Beach Boys, Kenny Loggins, Orleans and Hot Tuna, among others.
By 1989 Bruce had accepted an invitation to join the Toy Caldwell Band. Toy was the founder, lead guitarist and primary songwriter for the Marshall Tucker Band, one of the top groups in the country in the 70’s. Caldwell started the Toy Caldwell Band shortly after leaving Marshall Tucker in ’84 and 5 years later hired Bruce Marshall to sing lead, play keyboards and guitar. The band toured with Lynyrd Skynyrd, Charlie Daniels and The Outlaws when they weren’t headlining their own shows and festivals. During this time the band recorded a Bruce Marshall original “Welcome to the Human Race” with platinum producer Paul Hornsby and it appeared on Marshall’s 2nd release in ’92.
Anxious to get a brand new project off the ground Marshall put together the 8 Pc Bruce Marshall Group in ‘91 and still performs under that name today. With more emphasis on Blues, Roots and R and B the Group put out 6 records and along the way shared the stage with Bo Diddley, Blood Sweat and Tears, Joe Cocker, John Hiatt, Bryan Adams, Boz Scaggs, Doobie Brothers, The Band and a host of others.
Their first record, “Love of the Ride” came out in ’92 and featured Marshall’s “If Dreams Were Money”, which won an ASCAP Songwriter Award, (and would later be recorded by Southern Rocker Michael Allman in ’09) and “Human Race” from the Toy Caldwell sessions. This CD set the bar for all of Marshall’s releases, a very well played and beautifully recorded collection of songs that got rave reviews.
Their next record “Sneak Preview Vol 2” came out in ’97 with a scaled down 5 piece band and a more driving rock approach. “Haunts You” was the single and still a popular song in the live set.
In 2003 the band released “Kalispell”, their best selling CD to date has enjoyed extensive airplay nationally. The title cut was featured in a film and their most downloaded song to date. A tenth anniversary edition was put out recently with a bonus track, “Engine 54 Battalion 9”, a tribute to first responders on 9-11.
In 2007 Bruce released his first all acoustic record, “Restless Soul” and it’s been a big seller at his live solo shows. There’s 15 originals, including new compositions and scaled down versions of songs typically done with the band.
The next studio release was 2010’s “Misspent Youth” and featured the single “Three Chords and the Truth” with guest James Montgomery on harp and vocals. The record received extensive airplay and the single was the second most downloaded song in the catalog. “There Go I” is a song Bruce wrote for our veterans and frequently requested at shows.
Their newest CD “Borrowed Time” came out in 2018 and has hit the ground running with several songs in regular rotation on FM and College Radio. There’s 11 new Bruce Marshall originals and a cover of “Sleepwalk” by Santo and Johnny. Also of note, the band redid “If Dreams Were Money” by popular demand and almost 30 years after the original version with The Clue.
Bruce Marshall has surpassed the 9 thousand show mark as a pro and shows no signs of slowing down. He starts recording a new acoustic CD fall of 2018 for a late 2019 release.
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