MP3 Exclusives New Arrivals   Alt-Country Alternative Blues Electronic Jambands Jazz Metal Pop Punk R&B Rap/Hip Hop Reggae Rock   Top Downloads Features Archive Contests Control Panel MUSICBLITZ Alert!   METALBLITZ REGGAEBLITZ BLUESBLITZ Musician's Friend   Alt-Country Alternative Blues Electronic Jambands Jazz Hip Hop Metal Pop Punk R&B Reggae Rock   Getting Started Free Players	Welcome !      Marah Marah (pronounced Ma-RAH) came together in Philadelphia in 1993. Originally a three-piece, singer/guitarist/banjoist Dave Bielanko, bassist Danny Metz, and drummer Ronnie Vance were equally inspired by the raucous rock of the Replacements and the grittier, rootsier sound of Bruce Springsteen. Gigging around the City of Brotherly Love, one of their earliest fans was Dave's own older brother, Serge, who was so impressed that he spent two years trying to find a way into the band, eventually joining up in 1995 on guitar, harmonica, and backing vocals. As their Philly following began to grow, they eventually met up with producer Paul Smith, who they first met as a sound engineer at some of their shows. Smith became the unofficial fifth member of Marah, and took the band into the studio for the first time in 1997. The tracks found their way to Cary Hudson of Blue Mountain, who was so taken with the band that he released them early in 1998 on his Black Dog label as the band's debut album, Let's Cut the Crap and Hook Up Later On Tonight. Let's Cut the Crap was an instant critical hit, with Rolling Stone's David Fricke describing it as "what Exile on Main Street might have been if the Stones had made it on a Folkways Records budget." More significantly, it brought the band to the attention of alt-country/roots rock icon Steve Earle. Earle, who considered the band "a literate AC/DC," invited the band on a Northeast tour, and eventually signed them to his own E-Squared label, going so far as to loan them higher-fidelity equipment to record 2000's Kids In Philly.     Marah Point Breeze MP3 Rock Philly's new favorite sons turn out a feel-good tune, which positively reverberates with the surreal echoes of early Springsteen! Marah The Catfisherman PlayJ Rock It's hard to believe Marah are from Philly on this one -- this swampy, rootsy tune is pure Southern rock!
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