Koch Marshall Trio (w/ Ali Handal)

Collar City Guitars presents Greg Koch and the Koch Marshall Trio w/ support from Ali Handal at The Hangar on the Hudson. at 8pm on Saturday October 26th. $20 before Oct 21st. and $25 week of the show.

Milwaukee native Greg Koch has forged a successful career as “a guitar player’s guitarist.” He is not only a fiercely creative player with a whole trick bag of impressive techniques, ranging from Albert Lee chicken-pickin’ to Albert King string-bending to all-out Hendrixian abandon, he is also is a clinician for Fishman Transducers and his wildly popular “guitar test drive” videos (4,000 to date) for Wildwood Guitars of Louisville, Colorado have generated 50 million views.

Hailing from the Twin Cities area, Toby Lee Marshall came from a musical family, playing piano for years until falling under the spell of the sound of the organ while at a baseball game at age seven. His fascination for the Hammond B3 took hold after his Dad took him to see Steve Cherewan playing with Dr. Mambo’s Combo during their legendary residency at Bunker’s in Minneapolis. Steve mentored Toby in the ways of the B3 and he hit the ground running, landing a gig with bluesman Lonnie Brooks while still a teen. He would go on to travel the world as a member of Bernard Allison’s band.

Dylan Koch gravitated to the drums early on in his life using kitchen utensils to play along with music as soon as he could walk. After digesting an early diet of Ginger Baker, Keith Moon, Mitch Mitchell and John Bonham, Dylan was mentored by the legendary Tom Brechtlein (Chick Corea/Robben Ford). In high school, Dylan participated in the Jazz Institute at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music and furthered his studies at the McNally Smith School of Music in the Twin Cities.

Moved early on by wise and resilient women, singer/songwriter Ali Handal wore out Carole King’s Tapestry album. She had an epiphany when, as a teenager, she heard Led Zeppelin for the first time. Completely mesmerized by Jimmy Page’s seductive guitar riffs, Ali quit her piano lessons to begin a life-long love affair with the guitar. Now based in Los Angeles, Ali unleashes sultry, groove-filled songs upon live audiences, setting the stage ablaze with fiery leads and soulful lyrics delivered by her powerhouse voice. She holds her own among the ranks of fierce axe-wielding performing songwriters like ani difranco & Larkin Poe and formidable guitarists such as Jimmy Page & Joe Perry. When asked about her music and stage presence, fans simply say “badass.”

Ali’s songs have been featured in numerous films and hit TV shows. She’s toured Australia, Japan and beyond, provided backing vocals for Neil Young, and shared the stage with songwriting legend Paul Williams as his featured vocalist. Also a published author, Ali penned Guitar for Girls (Hal Leonard), a guitar method book + audio brimming with advice for aspiring musicians, as well as encouraging quotes and remarkable songs from female songwriters in all genres.

After releasing three albums independently, Ali’s fourth album, the Billboard-charting That’s What She Said, was released on Red Parlor Records/Sony Distribution in 2017. It was produced by Ali’s long-time collaborator & four-time Grammy Award winner Seth Atkins Horan.

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