He formed a band in New York and kept making raw, blues-touched records.
For a good sense of his sound, try 'When I Was A Baby' or the title track from that first album, 'Bad.' They frame what he does pretty plainly.
Marsters writes songs that feel lived-in, like 'When I Was A Baby' or 'Too Fast,' with a vocal style that doesn't smooth over the rough edges. His music carries that Southern blues and rock he heard growing up in Greenville, and he's kept at it through lineup changes and personal trouble. The records, from 'Bad' in 2007 to 'Revenant' in 2016, have a direct quality that sticks with you.
He started the band in New York around 2005, with Matt Sweeney, David Shalansky, and Jimbo Mathus. They put out four studio albums over a decade, and Marsters was the only constant member through the shifts. After a 2008 arrest, he addressed it through treatment and kept writing and playing shows.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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