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Marshall Okell
12+ albums
blues rootsblues
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MARSHALL OKELL MUSIC OZ 2012 BLUES & ROOTS ARTIST OF THE YEAR “Love that slide playing.” – Chris Scaddan – TRIPLE J Marshall OKell was born on Good Friday, Friday the thirteenth 1979 on a full moon. His father, a Melbourne Rock and Roll Boogie Guitar player, named him Marshall Dawson OKell, the ‘Marshall’ coming from Jimi Hendrix’s middle name and the ‘Dawson’ from Johnny Winters, a Texan Albino Slide shredder. Marshall was taken home and put in a guitar case behind his old man’s Fender twin where he would sleep through high-decibel ear-piercing jam sessions. Groomed on Hendrix, Winters, Little Feat, Muddy Waters and AC-DC, his journey was set forth before he ever had a choice, a victim of rock and roll circumstance. Marshall’s father and his entourage of talented musical friends from all over Australia taught him licks, tricks, riffs, styles, techniques and drum and bass grooves. Marshall OKell formed three-piece rock and blues band on the Far North Coast of NSW at the age of eleven The Immortal Flames, hitting the school Rock Eisteddfods and supporting older working bands in the late 90’s. Marshall would have to stay behind the stage in set breaks due to being so young looking and five years under. By the age of 19 Marshall had supported hundreds of older acts and played most of the music venues in the region, performed at smaller festivals in a punk band called Noosphere and hard rock band called Spirit. At this time of his life Marshall felt the burning desire for m
