Marshall Crenshaw

by Ryan Meehan
 
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Marshall Crenshaw began playing guitar at age ten and he received his first break playing John Lennon in the off-Broadway company of Beatlemania.  Living in NYC in the early eighties, he recorded the single “Something’s Gonna Happen” for Alan Betrock’s Shake Records, which led to a deal with Warner Brothers Records. His debut album, “Marshall Crenshaw” was acclaimed as a pop masterpiece upon its release in 1982 and established him as a first-rate songwriter, singer and guitarist.  The record spawned the Top 40 single “Someday, Someway,” which rockabilly singer Robert Gordon scored a hit with a year earlier. Crenshaw’s second album, 1983′s Field Day, was another critical smash and led to a successful slate of 20-plus years of studio recordings that offered a fascinating evolutionary journey through an array of musical landscapes.  In 1987, he played Buddy Holly in the Richie Valens biopic “La Bamba.”  Since that time, he has went on to record six other studio albums, the latest of which was 2009′s “Jaggedland” and we are proud to have him as our guest this week in 5 Questions. Continue reading →