Marcus King
Songwriter. Guitarist. Singer. Bandleader. At only 23 years of age, Marcus King has been writing songs and performing onstage for half his lifetime, delivering a blistering brand of Americana inspired by rock n' roll.
King is a Blue Ridge Mountain boy, born and raised in Greenville, South Carolina. A fourth-generation musician, he traces his lineage back to his fiddle-playing great-grandfather, while his grandfather was both a fiddler and a guitarist. His father, Marvin King, is a singer/guitarist who has been touring nationally since the ‘70s with various artists, as well as with his own group, Marvin King and the Blue Revival.
Marcus King doesn’t just strive for authenticity—he embodies it. It bursts forth from his DNA in every note he plays and every word he sings. This focused, firmly rooted artist isn’t just perpetuating the proud legacy of American rock and soul music; he is adding his own eloquent chapter to that rich narrative in his new hometown, Nashville.