Marc Brown was raised around a large family of guitarists, fiddlers, bassists and harmonica players. He was given his first guitar at the age of 4 and the rest is history. He was the first Native to play a sold out concert ( 5,500 people ) at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks, back in '99, when he opened for ZZ Top. He did it again the following year when he opened for Jethro Tull. He's also opened for John Hammond ( twice ), Eddie Shaw ( Howlin' Wolf's sax man ), J Geils Band, Fabulous Thunderbirds and toured with the Chieftains of Ireland.......................Marc Brown & The Blues Crew's 7th release was recently sold out and are waiting for more copies. If you are interested in purchasing a cd, leave a message at 907-452-6683. Out of his previous 6 releases, he's sold over 12,000 cds and cassettes.The summer of 2005, Marc and 3 local guys from Fairbanks, travelled all the way to Vegas, where they did a gig at the world famous, House Of Blues. The day before, they played a sold out concert at BB Kings in Hollywood. Two days before that, they played a pow wow in Idaho...............................Now, they've got the best bassist in Alaska, Noel Camp holding down the bottom. Since he's joined the Blues Crew, the band has never sounded better. Noel joined the band four years ago and is featured on the cd, Keep On Smiling, which was released in '06 and has sold a thousand copies so far.John Bringhurst, the drummer, joined the band in December of 2006. He was a fill in for our other drummer, but we liked him so much that we stole him from the Greyhound band.
Jason Slats once finished 4th in a nationwide sax competition out of over a thousand contestants. He was featured on the past two Blues Crew releases and is also on the new one that will be coming out next month before Christmas!
Larry Cantil first met Marc at the Blues Breakers in the early 90's and they've done hundreds of gigs together since then. Larry was on the hit Standing On The Crossroads, which got major airplay in '98 and '99 and is also on the last song of the new cd, Keep On Smiling....................There you have it, four guys from the Interior that are holding it down with the best of them. They'll be playing at the Arctic Bar in Fairbanks, Alaska for most of the winter, but they are most definitely open for private parties, weddings, dances, etc.......
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