Marcus Allen

Started playing around 1965. Still playing out today at festivals, bar gigs, corporate parties. Opened for " The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown" at Olympia Stadium in Detroit in 1969, when still in high school. Had recording studio for 4 years in the eighties. Played in the mid eighties with a version of "The Frost", a successful Detroit area group that featured Dick Wagner of Alice Cooper fame. Met up with Motown artist Kim Weston ( It Takes Two, with Marvin Gaye) .Wrote and Performed original songs with her. Starting around 2000, began playing weekly gigs with local bands. Started working with the "insane" world of computer recording, around 2005, and have been hooked ever since. Have always been writing songs through out my career. A lot of Motown Sound influence, having grown up in the Detroit area. Opened for the Four Tops, played gigs with some of the guys from the Funk Brothers. Also have been in Beatles, Byrds, Doo Wop, Country, Classic rock Bands to name a few.