Midge marsden biography sample
Biography sample for work.
Midge Marsden
Midge Marsden MNZM | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Keith Douglas Marsden |
| Born | (1945-09-17) 17 September 1945 (age 79) New Plymouth, New Zealand |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Instrumentalist, singer |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, harmonica |
Musical artist
Keith Douglas "Midge" MarsdenMNZM (born 1945) is a New Zealand blues and R&B guitarist, harmonica-player, and singer with a musical career spanning four decades.
Free biography sample
Life and career
Marsden was born and brought up in Moturoa, New Plymouth, Taranaki, the son of Les and Elaine Marsden. His musical education started on the piano and included singing in church, though his first musical love was rock and roll.
As a teenager, he took guitar lessons from a New Plymouth musician called Leo Davies, who also owned a recording studio in the town, and went on to further lessons with another musician, Johnny Williams.
Marsden's career spans four decades, and during that time he has played thousands of concerts in