John "Marx" Markowski - Guitar and Vocals
  Born and raised in East Baltimore Maryland, John began singing in church and for audiences at the age of six. He played the drums from ages ten to fifteen, and then took up the guitar to better accompany his singing. In 1967 he started the "Daddios" his very first blues band. They recorded an album for Decca records in 1968, and soon started playing bars and coffee houses in southern California until 1970. During this time, he was very fortunate to have met and played with Lightning Hopkins, Sleepy John Estes, and Albert Collins and many others. |
| From 1970 to 1978 he traveled around California and Arizona as a band leader and side-man. In 1979 while living in the San Fernando valley, a friend of his hooked him up with the famous duo "Captain and Tenille", who needed a strong singer-guitar player. He was a natural for the band and found himself working with them for five years, until 1984. In 1987 he formed his own blues band the "Blues Patrol" which he has played many gigs around Los Angeles, Ventura and Orange County. During this time he has had the good fortune to have played the Blues with Luther Tucker, Larry Davis, Cash Mc Call, Earl King, Floyd Dixon, and recorded and toured with William Clarke. |
| Over the years he has found himself either on stage or in a recording studio with Albert Collins, Lowell Fulson, The Drifters, Gladys Knight, Carmelo Garcia, George Benson, The Dells, Al Duncan, Luther Tucker, Lee Oskar, Gabor Szabo, The Platters, Larry Hopkins, Luis Gasca, The Coasters, Charlie Musselwhite, Jimmy Smith, Jesse Ed Davis, and many others. After jamming at a local Bar one day with Saxophonist Joel C. Peskin and drummer Mike Kowalski, was offered a job with their group the "Backsters" and ever since they have been playing around So. Cal., tearing the house down. |
| John Marx has a great Voice and can really sing the blues in the tradition of Albert King, Bobby Blue Bland, Robert Crey, Nat King Cole and B.B. King His guitar playing is influenced by such greats as Albert Collins and Grant Green. He combines some different styles into his own blues, jump and jazz mixture. |
The Guitar Man 
