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The Lou Marvin Band

About Me

Bio: Lou Marvin has been slugging it out for years in the niche genre of "songs for the success-challenged." Lou’s musical career began in L.A. with a group called The Fandangos. The Fandangos played together for 4 years before parting ways. Lou then spent the next 10 years hanging about in TX and the American South and taking some well-needed R&R in beautiful Chualar, CA. For a multitude of reasons, Lou now finds himself in the Pacific Northwest.
Lou Marvin can also be heard with the Marco Vente All-Star Band at The Vente Caffeinato Space . Two songs from the All-Star Band’s upcoming CD, "Nietzsche, the Electric Bill, and Her," are available for purchase on AmieStreet.com .
Check out the Band’s new Video for "Good Enough," a youtube all-star jam!:
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Check out the Band’s new Video for "My Sideshow Life," a 2 1/2 minute YouTube homage to those with sideshow lives of their own:
My Sideshow Life - Music Video

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Note on "Compromised": The song’s album art is a painting by Elaine Treisman titled "Tea for Two." More of her work can be found at The Jane Haslem Gallery . Elaine Treisman generously offered the use of her painting in this regard.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/5/2006
Band Members: Lou Marvin: Lead Vocals, Piano and Guitar
Hillary Amos: Lead Vocals
Dylan: Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitars
Ed Nicholson: Lead Guitar, Bass and Background Vocals
Chet Wilson: Drums
Fransisco Combs: Drums and Background Vocals
Influences: Warren Zevon, Randy Newman, Elvis Costello, The Band, Robert Earl Keen, Lyle Lovett, Waylon Jennings, Jill Sobule, Aimee Mann, David Allen Coe, Merle Haggard, Joni Mitchell, Steely Dan, Donald Fagen, Walter Becker, Tom Jones, The Pogues, Brian Wilson, John Prine, Counting Crows, Ben Folds, Burt Bacharach, Michael Franks, The Bee Gees, Curtis Mayfield, Earth Wind and Fire, Stephen Foster, Rickie Lee Jones, Van Morrison, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Anthony Braxton, Lila Downs, Los Lobos
Sounds Like: Warren Zevon, Randy Newman, Elvis Costello, Counting Crows, Ben Folds
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

What I'm listenting to Today

The Jack Burton Trio Cool vibes from an Austin-based group that work across a number of genres. "Give You Love" and "Caught" are particularly nice tunes. What I was listening to last week:Jen Kearney ...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 10:36:00 GMT

A couple more you might want to tune into

Noam Weinstein Of particular note is "When I Get My Shit Together."  Great little song in the vein of R. Newman and/or Kevin Gilbert. Wild-Wood Great amalgamation of old-school country wit...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 16:16:00 GMT

2 worth listening to

"Burden of Doubt" by The Lindsay Wynn Band - Honky-tonk disco from Austin. "I Don't Pretend" by Genevieve Little - Lean well-executed pop with a nice hooky chorus.
Posted by on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 09:33:00 GMT

Sarah Sharp: Genre-bender of the Week

Listed as pop/folk rock/indie, she's (at any one time) one part Tori Amos, one part Rickie Lee Jones, and one part Susannah McCorkle (and uniquely herself).  She's got 3 songs posted, r...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:56:00 GMT

3 great lines I've heard over the past week

"And [she] laughs so hard she locks her keys in the car." From "Hole in My Life" by Charlie Cheney "I don't wanna smoke that stuff no more.I'm seeing things I never saw before." From "Naked Lesbian We...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 16:00:00 GMT

Song find of the Week

Didn't exactly find it today, but I thought it'd be a good one to start with.  Just an all-around good song top-to-bottom (vocal perf, band, lyrically) from a local gal: "Hello California" by Kri...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 13:43:00 GMT