Marshall Crenshaw Trio w/ special guest Ray Mason

Thursday May 14, 2015 @ 8:00 PM

Born near Detroit, Michigan, Marshall Crenshaw began playing guitar at age ten and he received his first break playing John Lennon in the off-Broadway company of Beatlemania. In 1987, he played Buddy Holly in the Richie Valens biopic “La Bamba.” While living in NYC, he recorded the single “Something’s Gonna Happen” for Alan Betrock’s Shake Records, which led to a deal with Warner Bros. His debut album, Marshall Crenshaw was acclaimed as a pop masterpiece upon its release in 1982 and established him as a first-rate songwriter, singer and guitarist. The record spawned the Top 40 single “Someday, Someway,” which rockabilly singer Robert Gordon covered and scored a hit with a year earlier, and other classics such as “(You’re My) Favorite Waste of Time,” “Whenever You’re On My Mind” and “Cynical Girl.”

Over the course of a career that’s spanned three decades, 13 albums and hundreds of songs, Marshall Crenshaw’s musical output has maintained a consistent fidelity to the qualities of melody, craftsmanship and passion, and his efforts have been rewarded with the devotion of a broad and remarkably loyal fan base.

Marshall Crenshaw has recently started releasing his music on a subscription based EP series available only on 10” vinyl and digital download.

Each EP consists entirely of newly recorded, never-before-released material, encompassing a new original Crenshaw composition, a classic cover tune, and a new reworking of a time-honored Crenshaw favorite. Marshall is also kept busy touring around the country and hosting his radio show “The Bottomless Pit” every Saturday on WFUV.

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Ray Mason and his road-worn 1965 Silvertone guitar have been tirelessly touring since 1982. Averaging over 140 shows a year, he's like a teenager with thirty-plus years of experience! The Ray Mason Band has released 7 full length albums including their latest 2004 critically acclaimed release, Idiot Wisdom. In addition, Ray recently played with J Mascis on J's contribution to the upcoming NRBQ tribute - Q People album on Spirthouse Records.

Thoroughout the years Ray has opened shows for NRBQ, The Band, Marshall Crenshaw, Bill Morrissey, Graham Parker, They Might Be Giants, Nils Lofgren, Warren Zevon, Joan Osborne, Freed Johnston, Joan Jett, Blue Mountain and more.

Ray's tunes follow no trend while keeping an upward slide on the songwriting scale. It's rock with the roll! Kick back and enjoy!!

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Tickets:

$25, $35