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Mr. FriCKiN' SuNsHiNe

La Crescenta, CA

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The Band
Local Band Network Member Since: April 26, 2010            Last Update: April 26, 2010
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Music types: Roots Rock, Bluegrass
Description:
Just your typical ragtag group of musicians who love to make great music, scoff the major labels by continually refuse to even take a meeting with any of them. Instead this "many member" rotation of talented and amazingly gifted musicians are spreading their version of Rock'n Alternative Blues playing to sell out crowds based on a magical word of mouth following that's been brainwashed by high energy stage shows, soul baring lyrics, and "billboard" award winning talent.

You never no who these guys are going to have step up on stage with them, but quite simply...I just doesn't matter since each and every show will blow you away...Besides the long list of friends who performed on the album, it's not uncommon to see 1 or 2 current chart toppers (the likes of whom have included Lenny Kravits, Johnny Lang, Flea, Edwin McCain, Dee Snyder, Lita Ford, Bonnie Rait, the entire Fishbone brass section and dozen more) who show up on stage to play along and has the sensational feeling of the most amazing backyard jam session anyone could have ever dreamed up.

If you know anything about this oddity, then you know that the brain child (self proclaimed "instigator") Michael Marshall of decades past Hollywood fame will simply say that "this whole thing is just one BIG fluke"! 2009 was a though year and took me back 20 years to when I lost me best friend and band mate to a drug overdose...and I had A LOT of pain, frustration, and things that I just had to purge from my soul. So I blew 20 yr's of dust off my guitar started picking and writing...quickly realizing I had to record it, phone calls were made, old friendships reformed, new friendships started and a great many insanity filled hours/days/weeks later, 36 new tracks had been laid down and I thought I was done. Little did I know these "friends" whom I couldn't have done this without, turned on me! Every "soul sucking" one of them (they even got my daughters to join their efforts) and essentially FORCED me into sharing the music which WAS NOT my plan...


Band Members:
Band Members?!?! Are you Frickin' SERIOUS!! I'll get carpal tunnel just trying to name them all...besides I'm bound to forget a few (too many miles on the brain)... Basically it's me...and whomever shows up in whatever city I'm play in. It has been pretty amazing to think I've yet to play alone. Dallas was 14 people at one time or another! But in all honest I have to say that none of this music would have been possible without those who quite literally came to my rescue and saved me from self destruction and humored me by following my rambling direction and helped create this material and let me free myself of the burden of crap and torture that inspired each one of these songs... So to all of the following Mr. Fricken Sunshine collaborators/lifesavers I thank you, your families, for all of the love you should me still existed in this world.

Michael Marshall - Vocals/Guitar "INSTIGATOR" general cause of insanity Andrew “General” Jackson - Drums/Conga Robert Magee - bass guitar/backup vocals Kevin Watson - 12 string Guitar electric and acoustic Stephan Leduex - Tenor/Alto Sax & ANYTHING brass Lita “Big Sister” Ford vocals/guitar/inner balance Jerry “12 Finger” Johns - keyboard Carl Ivers - Stand up bass Chris DeRose - Drums/Percussion Nelanie Martin - Percussion/backup vocals Ruby "Gorgeous" Mills - keyboard/harmonica/tambourine Jordan Marshall & Kylee Marshall -- backup vocals/tambourine - love/strength/and being the best daughters a father could have

VERY Special thanks to my Tennessee Sunshine - From my heart I thank you, I wish you the best of luck on the road you choose to go down once again. I pray it may somehow lead you to somewhere other than where it has every time before. Your role in my life while brief, painful, and tragic, was the spark and the flash point for all of this. I have no regrets other than your absence in the music and hope you will someday see what you refused to see before and you again risk chasing a dream or two and being that "New Years Woman" you spoke of wanting to be...remember "I'm Yours"!

Great Appreciation to: The Nashville Philharmonic Orchestra - those 3 days were a blast and the music we made is amazing (possibly even too amazing to release), but I promise to come back and do it again. AND TO Blue Highway TV for dreaming up the Orchestra Shoots and making it all possible.

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Latest News:
Months on the road and if wasn't for the great support of fans, friends, and family, I would have long since been back home. Wrapped up in Cochella with what was a great show... And while I'd love stay here in California, it will have to wait and while I was only an hour from home the entire time, not being able to get there was hard...Thankfully my daughters, dogs and friends once again came to me and enjoyed the music and mayhem that always seems to surround Cochella! What a great way to start the Festival Season and the lists of Festival requests seem to multiply overnight, and again it seems our simple word of mouth and great music seems to spread faster than the bus can go. Yeah I know being patient sucks...Not to worry, we'll make final festival choices in the next few weeks and post them up... Until then I't's Dallas, New Orleans, Atlanta, Miami then my "other hometown" Nashville with venues announced soon.. Stay Honest, Stay Righteous, Stay Real. Peace! Mr. FRiCkEn SuNsHiNE.. MM

Their Music
Original Music? Yes
CD Recorded?  Yes
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Contact Name:  Michael Marshall
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Localities: California-Los Angeles


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