Niagara Falls based alt country musician Roger Marin, who spent many days on the road with Fred Eaglesmith never gets the crowd he deserves at his shows.
His June 13 show at the Slice was no different, but nonetheless Roger Marin, on guitar and vocals and drummer Pat Phillips killed it as per usual.
While I missed their first set, their second was loose and a lot of fun.
They played many of the highlights from Marin’s last Cd ”Silvertown,” as well as old favourites like “High Roads.”
He played some of the highlights from “Silvertown, including the title track, “You Hate Yourself and “It’ll Be all Right.
Pat Phillips sang backup harmonies which fit in perfectly.
Noether of them minded they only had about 20 people in the audience, but all of them were listening and applauding.
“Bar of Broken Hearts,” an older song from his first solo CD, was another highlight of a set of gritty honky tonk country.
He ended his show with a couple of Fred Eaglesmith songs including a solid version “Freight Train” and “49 Tons” which he recorded on his second CD. For this performance he added a little bit of a reggae feel to it.
He told some stories and ended his show with the apt “Rolling On.”
— By Richard Amery, L.A Beat Editor
