MARINA ROCKS & AFTON WOLFE
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Marina Rocks, native Texan, was born in Austin during a summertime heat wave. She arrived in this world smoking and she has never cooled off. Her mom bought Marina her first guitar. She played it till her little kid fingers bled. And then she played it some more. Then her mom bought her a Marshall stack! Her semi-autobiographical composition, "Shero", reflects her deep feelings of
love and gratitude for a parent`s support of a daughter`s dream.
The indefatigable pursuit of the dream; the "beat of a different drummer... these are hallmarks of her strong work ethic. Just take a look at the face of the Godin guitar that she has beaten into submission. Giving up is not something that someone as determined as Marina does very often. It is simply not in her makeup. Marina is not merely a guitar slinger but is an award winning songwriter...writing epic songs that paint stories about life & love. Some say her songs are alternative Americana because of the grit & edge.
Afton Wolfe has worn the hats of many humans from philosopher to lawyer, neuroscientist to bartender, from Washington to Tennessee, but his roots are in those of the rock, blues, and soul music of Mississippi. Armed with an additional deep love for Oscar Wilde, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits and Elvis Costello, Wolfe’s music aptly sits somewhere between these influences and his youngest musical experiences singing onstage with his mother at the State Boulevard Baptist Church in Meridian, MS. With a few starts in stops in recording and touring, between studying and sampling alternate means of making a living, sometimes a defender and sometimes a defendant before judges, Wolfe has remained a consistent songwriter reflecting on all facets of his wandering.
