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Lisa Marshall sings at Ryan’s Tavern, Aug. 12
Singer/songwriter Lisa Marshall, 9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13; Ryan’s Tavern, 241 High St., Hamilton. $5 cover. (513)737-2200.
Although she was born in the South, until recently singer/songwriter Lisa Marshall spent most of her professional career in Los Angeles and Seattle before settling in Austin, Texas, earlier this year, partly to re-connect with her musical roots.
“Austin is all about the style of music I love so much, the Southern soul, delta blues, the rhythm and blues that was born out of the South,” she said. “I wanted to get back to that vibe, to where it all came from.”
Plus, being in the middle of the country, she said it’s a good place to launch out of when she goes on tour, which she has frequently since moving there. Her journey will soon bring her to Hamilton, where she’ll perform at Ryan’s Tavern, 9 p.m. Aug. 13.
“I had visited Austin a couple of times and met the most fantastic musicians with the greatest attitude,” she said. “It’s really a unique scene there. Everyone will have their own projects going but will always chip in and help out another musician with theirs.”
Although she will perform solo on a hollow-body guitar at Ryan’s, part of her goal of moving to Austin was to put together a band, which she has made considerable progress on, she said, having lined up a rhythm section and a trio of back-up vocalists.
Before striking out as a solo artist, Marshall was part of the L.A.-based Peculiar Boogie for 10 years. It was for that band that she first started playing guitar at the insistence of one of her band mates.
“I just wanted to sing, although I played all kinds of percussion,” she said. “But I learned to play guitar against my will and ended up playing bass. They forced me into it, but looking back I am grateful for it. Playing guitar is a useful tool to be able to write music.”
Marshall released her first solo CD, “Simple,” in May, 2008, and is getting ready to record a news single with the plan of releasing one song a month on her website, lisamarshall.com, until she has enough for a new album.
“I’ve also recently started working on a video journal,” she said. “I thought it might be amusing at times, the trials of a 41-year-old pursuing my dream of music as a career and trying to establish a record label. Maybe it will inspire people to do what they want to do, or maybe it will give them a good laugh, or maybe I’ll just bore people.”
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By Gourmand
August 5, 2009 11:08 AM | Link to this
Still won’t improve the bad food there.