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Rabble Rouse News
Runnin Outta Road the fierce new single performed by Marlon Hoffman & Davey Johnstone was written by Davey Johnstone (Elton John Band) and Rick Otto.
Rabble Rouse News
Rabble Rouse News
"Holy Matters, Marlon Hoffman's new album co-produced with Davey Johnstone. Robert Morgan Fisher reviews this 'Collaboration between Kindred Spirits'"
Yahoo!
Yippee Ki-Ay Blues
Two new smashing singles by Marlon Hoffman, written by Davey Johnstone & Rick Otto, Soon to be Released!
Yippee Ki-Ay Blues
Yippee Ki-Ay Blues
"In this interview, I managed to get hooked up with one helluva human being and wonderful musician on the WIRE with me. I am speaking of, Rock Musician by the name of Marlon Hoffman. Both of us exchanged stories on how we both got that calling and check out on how Marlon handled the curve-ball question.."
The Boise Beat
"Marlon Hoffman has led a very interesting life, both in the music business as an artist and also as a fan. He’s presently recording a new album, with many friends of his that others would love to have on an album..."
Music News
"What a terrific album, and completely unexpected too.
Chock full of Noo Yawk Attitood and crossed with Americana and top Blues/rock/punk playing, the result is one of the freshest albums I’ve heard in a long while..."
Antimusic
"Marlon Hoffman Band recently released their live album, "La Paix: Live at the Village, Vol. 2" and to celebrate Marlon tells us about the song "When the Pope Comes to Town". Here is the story..."
IndiePulse
"Meet the Multi-Faceted SoCal Singer / Songwriter / Guitarist, Marlon Hoffman..."
Hipland
"You’ve heard the saying ‘can’t keep a good man down’. Well now apply it to a band. The Marlon Hoffman Band in fact, a band who — despite the apocalyptic nightmare that was 2020 — have found a way to keep on keeping on with their brand of feel-good Americana, led by their fearless namesake Marlon Hoffman himself..."
Valley Scene Magazine
Valley Scene Magazine
"A live gig. A new album - dropping June 27, the same day as the gig. Local rocker/guitarist/composer favorite Marlon Hoffman is on a roll - dare we say a "rock 'n roll"..."
Valley News Group
Valley Scene Magazine
Valley News Group
Marlon Hoffman brings rock n roll classics to the stage June 27.
Marlon Hoffman
Marlon Hoffman’s musical path… Big Mama Thornton spent seven weeks at number one with “Hound Dog” in 1953, the year Marlon was born. His Dad heard Elvis sing it in 1956 and went on to sing it to young Marlon over and over again. Drilled it into his heart. Raised right on Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Patti Page, Harry Belafonte, Burl Ives and Fess Parker but by the time he hit ten he was hit hard by the Four Seasons, Leonard Bernstein, The Beach Boys, Chubby Checker, and The Beatles. Then, with a set of drums…his path was full on Rock and Roll.
By the age of twelve he was playing songs by the Yardbirds and the Kinks, which came in handy in 1968. Nineteen-sixty-eight, Marlon’s fourteenth year and the year of the last Yardbirds tour when he met Jimmy Page. Jimmy had him carry his guitar to the gig at The Image on Miami Beach. From a folding chair on stage, Marlon got to see and feel the power and magic up close. Hooked. From then on he immersed himself in the power and magic of countless concerts and gigs dedicating his eyes and ears to amps, guitars and songwriting crafted under the influence of mojo and juju lessons galore from artists like McClinton Rayford, Dave Von Ronk and Kinky Friedman. It has been a spiritual path winding through family breakdowns; wars at home in a country with wars all over. Marlon studied psychology and worked First Aid at rock concerts for the Woodstock Generation. This granted the wonderful perk of meeting George Harrison backstage at the Concert for Bangladesh.
Marlon Hoffman is keeping the music alive with his ‘65 Strat on a musical path that has wound all over this world, in Recovery, the Arts and gigs of all kinds just about everywhere. His new double album “The Marlon Hoffman Band - Live at the Village Recorder I & II” will be released early this year. For information on the record, tours and the band go to http://marlonhoffman.com or YouTube:Marlon Hoffman Band Music.
Enjoy his offerings. Food for the soul. You can dig it.
