SpeedLimit and The Violations

Lyric LaCeile UNSIGNED (U.K.) MAGAZINE “one HELLUVA songwriter, arranger, player, why its as if R.L. Burnside mixed some genes with Eric Clapton and Otis Redding, who then mixed more genes with Patti Smith and Tamra Spivey and you were born! My oh my"

The band are local musicians I find to play with at paying gigs.

Of course I play LIVE. I average well over 100 plus gigs a year and have no 'Day Job', but music. Playing is my life and pretty much for the exception of having to make a million calls to keep myself booked all I ever do. Special Moments??? So many I lost count!

Frank Zappa, The Beatles, Lightin Hopkins, Janis Joplin, Hendrix, Elvis Costelo, The Sex Pistols, The Who, Miles Davis, Stravinski, Muddy Waters, Woody Guthrie, Country Joe and the Fish, The Doors, Bessie Smith, The Stones, The Lasts Poets, LeadBelly, Dylan, The Kinks, Louis Armstrong, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis, Jane's Addiction, NRBQ, Pink Floyd, Sam Cooke, Steve Miller, Al Kooper, Van Morrison, The Masked Mauraders, Toots and the Mayals, Jimmie Rodgers, Peter Tosh, Taj Mahal, Patti Smith, B.B. King, U2, Nirvana, Beach Boys, Alejandro Esovedo, Annie Lennox, Aretha Franklin, Beastie Boys, Beck, Bill Monroe, Billy Holiday, Blood Sweat and Tears, Blue Cheer, Charlie Parker, Creedence, Def Leppard, Dave Edmunds, Donovan, Doug Sahm, Duke Ellington, Clapton, Gram Parsons, Nilsson, HillStomp, Ike and Tina Turner, J.J. Cale, Jeff Beck, John Hiatt, John Mayall, John Winter, Joni Mitchell, Lucinda Williams, Marvin Gaye, Micheal Nesmith, Neil Young, Nick Lowe, Otis Redding, Randy Newman, QuickSilver Messenger Service, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Rod Stewart, Rory Gallagher, Sam & Dave, Steppenwolf, Eric Burden & The Animals, The Byrds, The Ramones, Captain Beefheart... to name a few!

I have 2 main guitars. A nice Bose Personal Sound System that seems to work for about any occasion I've use it for.

MY BIO... Rocky Erickson 13th Floor Elevator "Wow Marvin, are you still playing that weird music?" It was 1962 and Marvin Forrest Gershowitz, not yet 10 years old, was being compared to another native to Brownsville in deep South Texas, Kris Kristofferson. Mrs. 'C', the owner of the only music store in Brownsville, said to Marvin one day while picking through her 45 rpm records, "There's only one kid I know who is as weird as you Marvin, his name is Kris Kristofferson." Though not understanding at the time, years later the comparison would become a good thing in Marvin's mind. The first music legend Marvin met was the Blues guitarist/songwriter Lightin' Hopkins from Houston, Texas. At 16 Marvin hitch hiked 300 miles from deep South Texas to Austin, Texas. While there he talked his way into a dark blues club on 15th Street and Lavaca. Lucky enough to be in the right spot at the right time, Lightin' Hopkins gave some advice directly to him "I don't know why all them white boys want to be like me why don't they be themselves." Of all the advice Marvin has received through the years Lightin' Hopkins' wisdom has shaped his musical career. Taking it to heart Marvin has only wanted to be himself. Lyric LaCeile UNSIGNED MAGAZINE (U.K.) "one HELLUVA songwriter, arranger, player, why its as if R.L. Burnside mixed some genes with Eric Clapton and Otis Redding, who then mixed more genes with Patti Smith and Tamra Spivey and you were born! My oh my" Self taught, Marvin has sought to find something difference to add to the music and poetry of this world. To pay the cost of self-examination, Marvin pays respect to all the artist who have contributed in the arts. Marvin's first musical roots may have sprouted from the 1960's and 1970's, but his limbs reach for the sky. Marvin's taste in music is as diverse as a copy of 'Billboard Magazine's' list of genres. In conversation Marvin has often said, "that just because I don't understand a kind of music only means I don't understand. I believe there is a musician doing something great in every musical genre even if I haven't yet figured it out." Townes Van Zant EmmaJoes 1982 Austin, Texas "I like them Texas Jewboys." Marvin wants to achieve sounding like an orchestra with his guitar 'The Widowmaker' and his vocals hoping to draw on the inspiration of the creative listeners mind. On Marvin's guitar you might spot small dried droplets of blood, which testify to the unusual way his guitar technique have developed over the years. His vocals or anit-vocals have found warmth out of chaos and remind those listening every possible vocal genre and some not classifiable. Life without subjectivity is boring and Marvin (aka: SpeedLimit) Gershowitz challenges you to make your own mind up each and every individual, one at a time! ***20-year veteran of the Austin, Texas Music scene. SpeedLimit (aka: Marvin Gershowitz) has played virtually all of the major venues in Austin, Texas between 1980 - 2003. Marvin (aka: SpeedLimit) has spent 2004 through 2006 in the Northwest Untied States becoming a well known musician from Texas Ed Crowell Austin American Statesman "Funny speed folk / rock." John Conquest 3rd Coast Music... San Antonio, Texas "The Clear Winner!" Jim Serpiello Austin Arena Mag. "Imaginative, powerful songwriting with more hooks than a tackle box. SpeedLimit is a High-octane joyride!" Aaron Linn Rosedrop Media Circus Podcast Portland, Or. "Genuinely nice veteran songwriter plays forlorn Texas laments" Texas Arista Records Austin Songwriters After Hours Play and Pitch Session 1995 "Too old, too fat, too ugly, and too hard to market, but one of the best songwriter performers I've seen in years!!" Amy Corbin Stubbs BBQ - Austin, Texas "The most persistent musician I have ever known." Rusty Weir Veteran Texas Songwriter/Performer "was that a hit on the radio.. or did you write that song?"