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AUG. 10-17, 2022
SOUND CHECK
WHAT’S PLAYING AROUND
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Returning to his roots
Jeshua Marshall
performs live in Baker
City for the first time
By Lisa Britton
Go! Magazine
BAKER CITY — Jeshua Marshall was
born in Baker City, and lived here off and
on throughout his childhood.
And although he’s toured as a profes-
sional musician since 2003, this month is
the first time he’s performed a concert in
Baker City.
And it’s at renovated Churchill, which is
where his grandmother, father and brother
attended school.
“This will be my first-ever show in Bak-
er,” he said.
The concert is Friday, Aug. 19. Doors
open at 6 p.m. at Churchill, 3451 Broad-
way St. (enter through the 16th Street
parking lot).
Tickets are $10 in advance at churchill-
baker.com, or $15 at the door. Proof of
COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test
is required. Fully vaccinated children age
15 and younger attend free with a tick-
et-holding adult.
Marshall remembers dreaming about
guitar music when he was 7 or 8.
“I woke up and asked my parents for a
guitar,” he said.
First he received a toy guitar. Then,
when his interest seemed genuine, he was
gifted an acoustic guitar.
He grew up singing in his church choir,
and played trumpet for band in Redmond.
He switched to the electric bass at age
12.
“That’s when I really got into music,” he
said.
Bass is his main instrument, and he’s
played upright bass professionally for
about 17 years.
At 16, he and his older brother Jamin
formed the band Larry and his Flask,
described as a “grimy, fast and loud punk
band.”
That band toured from 2003-2019.
They played in every U.S. state, across
Canada and in 18 countries.
After disbanding in 2019, Marshall set
his sights on a solo career.
“All of the songwriting was back on my
shoulders,” he said. “Which was freeing,
but also intimidating, in a way.”
Late that year he was recruited to tour
in Europe with Whiskey Shivers, and in
early 2020 he began working on his solo
album.
Then March 2020 came.
“It put a slow-mo on all my plans, like
Triston Lane Photography/Contributed Photo
Jeshua Marshall was born in Baker City, and returns Friday, Aug. 19, to play at Churchill
School. It’s his first show in Baker City.
everybody,” he said.
He continued working on his album,
and released it in September 2021.
He just finished his first full U.S. tour as
a solo performer.
Marshall plays with local musicians
on occasion, as well as with a full band.
For the Baker City show he’ll be joined
on stage by Seth Acquarolo (lead guitar),
Joshua Hernandez (bass) and Patrick
Bedard (drums).
Although he gravitated to a punk rock
sound, thanks to albums from his brother,
Marshall said he’s evolved over the years
and now describes his music as Ameri-
cana with influences from the 1960s New
York folk scene, Irish traditional music and
a bit of hip hop.