Marshall Lawrence “Doctor of the Blues” is an awesome slide guitar player out of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He is also a friend of Worldofblues.com on myspace. His new (2009) acoustic CD “The Morning After” has charted at Number #2 on Canada’s Roots Radio Airplay Chart this month. Last month it charted at #1. Dr. Marshall Lawrence is also a Ph.D, holding a doctorate in psychology! This all adds up to an articulate, intelligent and committed champion for the blues in Canada. There are videos on Marshall’s web site (http://www.doctorblues.com) documenting many life experiences of a blues man in Canada making his way around the blues scene. But my favorite videos are the one of him playing songs from his CD on Help TV in Edmonton.
Marshall Lawrence – Mockingbird Blues
Marshall Lawrence “Doctor of the Blues – Keep On Walkin’
Marshall’s first CD, in 2003, has him playing mandolin and electric guitar and includes a couple of blues standards; Bill Broonzy’s “Key To The Highway” and Howlin’ Wolfs “How Many More Years”. That mandolin playing has also influenced his guitar playing allowing him to achieve stunning speed and add a new dimension to everything he plays. As one reviewer states, “delta blues but different” and another reviewer compare Marshall to the likes of Bernie Pearl and Corey Harris and Taj Mahal. Thats fine company indeed and I think the future is bright for Marshall Lawrence. Marshall, thanks for being a friend of WorldofBlues.com.