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SHORT FORM BIOGRAPHY
Following a youth of accompanying his roaming country musician father, and years of touring the world non-stop with Canadian alt-country luminaries Fred Eaglesmith and Willie P Bennett, and working with acts such as Willie Nelson, Junior Brown, Del McCoury, Hayes Carll, Adam Carroll and Delbert McClinton, Roger Marin now delivers his own distinctive voice and an honest, razor sharp sound that cuts through the manufactured pretense of commercial music.
LONG FORM BIOGRAPHY
Alternative existing outside the establishment Garage not mainstream Roots the un-genre of genres When it comes to learning how to make a name for yourself as an independent music artist, Roger Marin has been a life long student. Living and breathing music for most of his life, as a teen playing guitar alongside his father - a roaming country music artist, then several years as pedal steel and lead guitar with Fred Eaglesmith and the Flying Squirrels. More recently on his own and ramping up to record, promote and release his third album, the lessons learned have paid off in many ways for the Thorold guitarist and singer-songwriter. Marin's stage performance is well honed, engaging and brimming with his zest for life. His song writing resonates with his belief that "You only find satisfaction in music by doing it your own way. Right or wrong, you should do it the way you feel it. Don't rush, just work hard and do it right." He has made a world of friends in the business and has an enthusiastic and growing audience. Marins no-nonsense approach has earned him the respect and camaraderie of many fellow singer-songwriters. He has worked with the likes of Willie Nelson, Willie P. Bennett, Hayes Carll, Adam Carroll, Scott Nolan and Gordie Tentrees. Constantly evolving as songwriter and performer, Marin's eagerly anticipated third album has just been released. His debut album, Roger Marin Jr., features 12 tracks giving insight to the mechanics and road warriors he was raised with. Marin is no stranger to the rough men and tough lifestyle he writes about. The sophomore album, High Roads, with co-written title track, "High Roads" (written with Texan songwriter Adam Carroll) and its metaphoric imagery to "Rollin On", "Hang this Hat", "Broken Glass and Busted Songs" and "City Girl", this album paints a cinematographic portrait of life on the road. There is sincerity and authenticity to this artists writing that is unmistakable. Whether performing solo or with the band, the Roger Marin Band, including Phil Bosley (Bass/Vox), Mike Tuyp (Lead Guitar) and Matt Keighan (Percussion/Vox), from reaches around the globe to perhaps your very own backyard, do not let an opportunity pass to experience this talent.
Reviews & Interviews
2004-07-22 Niagara Pulse Magazine - Shain Shapiro - Feature Article     2007-07-25 Yukon News - Genesee Keevil - Marin mixes country folk with Zappa punk     2007-08-23 Toronto Star - Greg Quill - Festival Takes Root In Niagara     2008-06-01 St Catharine Standard - Don Fraser - With a little help from his friends     2009-08-13 Edmonton See Magazine - Tom Murray - Scenes From A Marin     2010-06-01 Welland Tribune - staff - Everyday experiences inspire Marin's latest     2010-06-24 LA Beat - Richard Amery - Roger Marin bringing real country to Lethbridge     2010-06-29 Lethbridge SunTimes - staff - Strong lineup of local music for Canada Day     2010-07-01 BeatRoute Magazine - Spencer Brown - Roger Marin prefaced with pedal steel     2010-07-05 Welland Tribune - staff - Everyday experiences inspire Marin's latest     2010-07-07 LA Beat Magazine - Richard Amery - Roger Marin has a knack for a country hook and a catchy song     2010-07-10 Welland Tribune - staff - The road to growth Extensive touring gives ...     2011-07-04 Niagara This Week - Cicada Fest at Five     2011-07-04 Welland Tribune - An Original Concept
Posters
	Roger Marin Solo Poster 1
	Roger Marin Solo Poster 2
Promotional 1 Sheets
	Roger Marin Solo    [HTML]  [PDF]
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High Resolution JPEG Images
	Roger Marin on Steel
	Roger Marin
	Roger Marin
	Roger Marin & Mike Tuyp
	Roger Marin Toonified

"Roger Marin gave us the countriest rock and roll I've ever seen."
Phog Lounge Blog

"Oh, the good ol' days of country music. When Johnny Cash would make you walk the line, Elvis Presley would break your heart and Carl Perkins would sing about them blue suede shoes. If one were to envision today's Cash, Presley or Perkins then Roger Marin brings it home."
Jordan Nunziato
Welland Tribune

"Another young cat who grew up playing Country in Canadian bars (Roger Marin), a really fine player on guitar and steel."
Pure Music

Saw a great band called the Roger Marin band who are from the Niagra region of all places, apparently I need to go out west to take my head out of my ass and hear good Ontario music.
Joshua van Tassel's blog

Roger Marin isn't so much the kind of songwriter who's heard as much as felt. With his combination of honest lyrics and rough-and-tumble life experience, Marin aims for the heart and hits it every time.
Spencer Brown
Beat Route

When your father's a roaming country artist, it's hard not to become a lifelong music student. That's just what Roger Marin is.
Saskatoon Star Phoenix

"...and Roger Marin flooring them with his acoustic solos."
Redeye USA

Adam Carroll and Roger Marin play the middle of nowhere
For some inexplicable reason Texas singer songwriter Adam Carroll (of Blondie and Dagwood fame) played PK's, a tiny hole-in-the-wall Irish pub in Bellows Falls, VT with Ontario musician Roger Marin (formerly of Fred Eaglesmith's band) on Sunday. They did a small tour of Canada and god knows why but they drove 18 hours to play a room with a capacity of 30 max and literally passed the hat for gas money. Plus they blew a tire on the way in.

They went on a little after 5 and alternated songs for two sets, stunningly good stuff (I was already a Carroll fan) including the co-written Whiskey Take Me Off the Shelf which Willie Nelson had them write for him.

Aside from that and a late appearance by the town crazy lady who would not SHUT THE F**K UP it was a pretty magical night, two world-class songwriters playing in an as out-of-the-way venue as you're ever going to find. Or not.

Imagine if John Prine and Steve Earle pulled up to your local pub in a beat-up Ford Escort and then traded tunes back and forth for a couple of hours. It was that kind of an evening.
Johnny Black Trio blog

...the roger marin band shook off the effects of months of winter touring, setting up, tearing down, driving for hours, to entertain the fine folks of stony plain. entertain - hell, they rocked in the best sense of the word...
The Tom Murray Reader

The young man is a modern day traveling minstrel. He is the epitome of roots music because he gets to the soul of the matter: a song that everyone relates to because he's tapping into the human condition. He charms his audience by singing about Texas moons, road trips....
gilliangates.com

I went once with Roger Marin from Ontario over to Manitoba in the summer, Once to Niagra Falls in the summer, it was great, once from Niagra over to Nova Scotia in January great music... bad weather... They, (the canadians) are some of the most whiskey drinkin hard partyin frendliest and life loving people i've met on the road so far, i'm glad i've met them
Adam Carroll
Lone Star Music

"Roger Marin is a constantly-evolving, highly entertaining and increasingly powerful songwriter and performer.

We first heard Roger accompanying Fred Eaglesmith on lead and steel guitar, and it has been a joy to get to know him and his music, first under Fred's tutelage and now as he steps out on his own.

It's always a privilege and a joy to have Roger be part of Roots on the River, and we hope he is a part of it for years to come."
Charlie Hunter
Flying Under Radar
Roots on the Rails/River

"...and Roger, with a wonderful John Prine-y approach to song."
Flying Under Radar


Eternally scruffy, (his 8x10 literally looks like John Dillinger's death photograph), country singer Roger Marin looks the part of the mechanics and modern cowboys he eulogizes. Marin's backup band, on the other hand, looks like he stole them from the mosh-pit of a Gwar concert. Buy a schooner of Yukon Gold and see them both this weekend...
Yukon News

"On Friday I played a place called P.K.'s with Roger Marin... We did two sets and I think it was the first time I've ever had people sitting on the floor in a bar to see the show."
Hayes Carll's Road Journal

Roger Marin Jr has come into his own as a really talented and appealing singer-songwriter. Marin, who toured with Fred Eaglesmith for many years, has released his latest fantastic, almost more mainstream CD, "Silvertown." Rather it would be mainstream in country radio played authentic country rock music rather than pop music with steel guitars.
Richard Amery
LA BEAT Magazine