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David Marshall Band: Local musicians, local gigs

From the left, Ken Bindas, Aaron Fuller, David Marshall, Mark Peterson and Ric Peterson are the David Marshall Band. They perform locally at Hemingway’s Port of Call in Lake Geneva. File photo.

The thing you need to know about the David Marshall Band is that they really want to play. Once upon a time, Marshal, the lead vocalist and for whom the band is named, had a manager. His manager, he says, didn’t want him singing in small bars or off-the-beaten-track venues.

Performance schedule is HERE.

His manager, he says, wanted to control not only where he played, but what he wore when he did take to the stage. Needless to say Marshall no longer has a manager. But he and his band are living proof that when something ends, something better can take its place.

Better in this case is the freedom for the DMB to play over 50 gigs a year, and grow a loyal fan base that can’t get enough of their Country and rock-infused sound.

On a recent Saturday night at Suhmer’s Saloon in Eagle, David Cook was listening to the DMB warm up.

“I’ve been following Dave for three to four years, from Watertown to Rome to Eagle,” Cook says, seated at the end of the bar. “Dave is Dave. He’s down to Earth. He needs to be in Nashville. He’s a good singer, a good performer.”

While Marshall’s name may get top billing, equality reigns in this quintet. Marshall himself had no live music experience until he took the title the first-ever Walworth County Idol contest in 2003. But with his band mates, all of whom supply supporting vocals, the group has 95 years of combined live performance experience – and it shows.

Ken Bindas, a two-time Wisconsin Area Music Award winner, is on bass and toured Europe with the Spanic Boys. Mark Peterson plays drums and his brother, Eric “Ric” Peterson, is on guitar and writing the lyrics for most of the band’s original songs.

Aaron Fuller, at 29, is the baby of the group but able to pull his own weight, and then some. A composer, he premiered his big band composition “12:43” with the Pioneer Jazz Orchestra in Platteville.

Read the full story in the June 2, 2010 e-edition of Weekender HERE.