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Marwood’s Bio

Hello to you! I'm Benji and well I'm also Marwood. That is to say that I sing, write, make records and perform under the name Marwood. It's a long story as to why, but that's where it is for now anyhow!

If I'm not playing shows I ought to be, and if I'm not writing songs I'd better get back to it, as this is what puts a big old smile on my face!

I am currently musically based between New York and London (where I was born), but spend precious little time in either, as life seems to have been one never ending and ridiculously fun string of shows where ever good folks will have me.

I am blessed to have some of the finest musicians that I have ever met play with me on my records and live, and they include: Nic D'Amato, Mike Talbot, Matt Johnson, Rob Calder, Sarab Singh, John Embree, Matt Beck, Gerald Menke, Rob Overbey, Brett Conti, Emily Zuzik, Leslie Mendelson, Nell Bryden, Ernie Fortunado, Dave Boyle...

I have made seven official records, if you count E.P's and live records which I'm very proud of: "Another Day Gone" (which is under the name "Ben Rogers Band" and is from way back in the day) "Regular Fips" (Currently sold out in CD but is available in digital) "The Blue E.P." "One Mile Down The Road" "Marwood Live At Rockwood 2006-2007" "A Few More Days"

Let's see what else? I like to read, I enjoy a fine whisky (or whiskey) I have no favorite color (or colour) and my goal is to spend less time on the cell phone and more time at the piano this year. There is more music on my Ipod that I can ever listen too, though I still prefer the vinyl! and the only sport I like is Hockey, and I like the Rangers though it is breaking my heart right now!

Keep in touch and thanks for reading and for listening.

Cheers to you in 2008!

luv

Benj

Influences:

Chris Whitley, Otis Reading, Aerosmith, Pawnshop, Jeremiah Birnbaum, Jimmy Lee, Dr, John, Donny Hathaway, Mazzy Star, Me'shell Ndegeocello, Kelly Jones, The Replacements, Kiss, Marvin Gaye, Traffic, STP, New York Dolls, Sex Pistols, Soul Coughing, The Bothy Band, Lowell George, Pearl Jam, Mike Doughty, The Hold Steady, Susan Enan, Cheap Trick, Jellyfish, Jullian Velard, Rufus Wainwright, Oasis, T. Rex, The Last Town Chorus, Motor Head, Django Reinhardt, Afghan Wigs, Van Morrison, Madjuanna, Spoon, Kung Pao, Nell Bryden, Planxty, Lucinda Williams, Talking Heads, Black Rebel Motor Cycle Club, Tom Petty, James Maddock, William Blake, The Blue Nile, Lead Belly, The The, Ricky Baccus, Looker, Kid Casanova, Eddie Cochran, Ryan Adams, Sam Cooke, Emily Zuzik, Primus, Def Leppard, Jon Brion, Bill Evans, Shelby Lynne, Billy Holliday, Rod Stewart, The Carter Family, Ari Hest, Howard Jones, Leslie Mendelson, The Hold Steady, 80's, 70's, 60's, Elvis Costello, Dave Matthews, Ben Harper, David Grey, Elvis, Violent Femmes, The Cars, Emily Zuzik, Guyora Kats, Leslie Mendelson, Prince, Los Lobos, REM, The Shins, Coldplay, Nirvana, Wayne Dyer, Linda Ronstadt, Beth Orton, David Poe, James Maddock, Gang Of Four, Curtis Mayfield, The Helio Sequence, Blondie, Frank Zappa, Sheryl Crow, U2, Beck, Miles Davis, The Hold Steady, Neko Case, Ray Charles, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, M. Ward, The Jam, G. Love, Stereophonics, Counting Crows, Arctic Monkeys, The Pretenders, Jimmy Cliff, Cocorosie, Secret Machines, LL Cool J, Brett Conti, Joanna Newsome, Kathryn Williams, Eckhart Tolle, Ozzy, Josh Rouse, Oasis, Janes Addiction, Chet Baker, Christy Moore, Radiohead, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Joan Jet, Rick Henrickson, Soko, David Bowie, Sly Stone, Aretha Franklin, Freddie King, Beastie Boys, The Long Pigs, Al Green, Van Halen, Uncle Tupelo, Mississippi John Hurt, Black Crowes, John Martyn, Frank Sinatra, Sunvolt, The Buzzcocks, The Kinks, Duke Ellington, Keith Jarret, Jim Sturges, Willie Nelson, The Dead Boys, The Jam, John Lennon, Art Tatum, Jack Johnson, Merle Haggard, Drive By Truckers, Charley Patton, Gomez, Guns N' Roses, ACDC, Ben Folds, Rage Against The Machine, Holcombe Waller, Talkdemonic, Bill Withers, Looker, Stephen Colbert, John Stewart, Charles Olson, Muddy Waters, Hot Chip, Foo Fighters, Cat Power, Elmore James, Squeeze, John Lee Hooker, Gram Parsons, The Byrds, Madness, Sugar, The Verve, Bill Janowitz, The Cure, Ross Clark, Abra Moore, Bob Marley, Louis Armstrong The Ramones, The Sundays, Sisa, Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Hank Williams, The Band, Neil Young, Buffalo Springfield, Peter Gabriel, Count Bassie, and on and on.