The Roger Marin Band introduced about a dozen people to their brand new CD ‘Silvertown,’ and a lot of old favourites, at the Slice,
June 27.
he played all of the country style tracks on the new CD. I arrived in the middle of one of the highlights, ‘Long Way Down.’ And really enjoyed he descending guitar riff on ‘Whiskey Take Me Down.’ Marin was an affable performer as always, telling stories about following Winnipeg musician Scott Nolan and pestering him to play his song ‘Rosie,” and then deciding to write his own ‘Rosie.’
He also told stories about writing “I Ain’t Crazy, I’m Just A little Insane,” with his sister , Kori Heppner,’ who is Fred Eaglesmith’s drummer. He also let bassist Phil Bosley, who sounded a little like Travis Tritt, take a turn on lead vocals as well as drummer Mat Keighan, who sported a CKXU t-shirt.
One of my favourite songs ‘Blondie and Dagwood ’ was a highlight of Marin’s first set, as was all of the new material.
Old favourite ‘Broken Hearts and busted songs’ was a highlight thanks to excellent vocal harmonies and a harmonized guitar outro.
The second set started with a bang and ‘High Roads,” followed by a repeat version of the title track of the new CD ‘Silvertown.’
He wound down his show with his cover of 49 Tonnes,” and ‘The Way I Am.’
