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About Me

Marvin is a "seasoned" musician with 40 years of experience playing at least a little of any style of music you can think of, except maybe rap.

He has played from Minot to San Antonio. In little Bandido bars in Texas with a band called Tightrope (see friends list), honky tonks in Dickinson, ND (the Johnny Bernard Show) , Eagles clubs in Lexington, NE (Touch Of Country) and churches in Colorado (Faithtones). Along the way Marvin's 'day job' was as a social worker and psychotherapist for about 20 years. During that time he was in contact with a large cross section of America. He has worked with muderers, drunks and thieves as well as single moms and the dying. He tries to put some of what he as seen from all these into his songs. Give a listen and see if you can hear a bit of your own life in here somewhere. Here are some picutres of my performances
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Member Since: 7/18/2007
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The tunes Country Girl and I Will Praise The Name Of The Lord are written and performed by my good friend
Micheal Mark Jones.
Mike is a blind singer songwriter from a small town in Nebraska and his music has not gotten much exposure. Give a listen and let us know what you think.
Three Way Blues are written by Marvin Withers
The Band IS:
Drums: Marvin Withers
Guitars: Marvin Withers
Bass: Marvin Withers
vocals: Marvin Withers
Mary Had A Little Lamb, After Midnight,andProdigal Son are cover tunes by Buddy Guy, J. J. Cale, and Rev. Robert Wilkins respectively
Influences: My first drum hero was Ginger Baker of Cream. When I was a teenager I learned every Ginger Baker drum lick I could. I consider him the "god of drums". I have also admired Carmine Appice, Billy Cobham, Steve Gadd and many others. On guitar I am a die hard Clapton/Hendrix wanna be. I also have been influenced by Stevie Ray Vaughn, B. B. King, Billy Gibbons and about every blues guitarist I have ever heard. Here are some pictures of my favorite bands and heros
Sounds Like: Eric Clapton was adopted by Ginger Baker and George Thorogood.
Record Label: None
Type of Label: None

My Blog

New Band

I Have a New Band!! We are calling it The Buzz Brothers. We winn be setting up a My Space page soon so keep an eye open. We will be playing mostly Chicago Blues. Most of the tu...
Posted by Marvin on Tue, 27 May 2008 06:26:00 PST

Update on my exciting life

Well I haven't been writing much here lately since I don't seem to have a very popular blog. I don't talk about my sex life much because they censor that stuff, I could get sued if the names ca...
Posted by Marvin on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:43:00 PST

Working on new music

I am currently working on two new songs with Ilene providing vocals. I hope to finish recording the harmony vocals on Long Trip Alone this weekend so I can finish mixing it and post it on m...
Posted by Marvin on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:52:00 PST

Jam at Hodi’s halfnote

I went to the jam session at Hodi's Halfnote in Fort Collins last night and played both guitar and drums. I had a ball. There were lots of musicians there and all were pretty good. I...
Posted by Marvin on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:52:00 PST

Recent Events

I performed with my wife Ilene at a small talent show at our church last Friday. Some of the acts were just kids doing dances and/or playing air guitar but some were very good also. T...
Posted by Marvin on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 06:34:00 PST

Plans and expectations

Well I have recently been to two excellent concerts. First of all I saw the Randy Rogers Band at the Grizzly rose in Denver and they were excellent as always. then a couple of days ago I w...
Posted by Marvin on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:43:00 PST

New Year/new members

Several individuals have asked to join my songwriting blog. I have approved them all and look forward to seeing what they all have to say. Well, another year is shot and a new one is...
Posted by Marvin on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 01:15:00 PST

Moving Along

Well my little performance with my wife at our church this Christmas Eve was a success. Ilene is now ready to pick out a song to perform for the church talent night on January 25th. It is ...
Posted by Marvin on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:00:00 PST

Moving Along

Holidays

Well hear we are in another holiday season. I know I have had a great year and I hope that all who read this have too. I know that there are others who are not a fortunate as I am my wonde...
Posted by Marvin on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:38:00 PST