Bernard John Marsden was born on 7 May 1951 and is an English rock and blues guitarist.
17 Facts About Bernie Marsden
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Bernie Marsden got his first professional gig with UFO in 1972.
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Bernie Marsden next played with Glenn Cornick's Wild Turkey in 1973, before he joined drummer Cozy Powell's band Cozy Powell's Hammer.
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Bernie Marsden then joined Babe Ruth in 1975, and played on two releases for Capitol Records, Stealin' Home and Kid's Stuff.
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Cozy Powell recommended Bernie Marsden, who auditioned alongside bassist Paul Martinez.
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Not long after, Bernie Marsden formed the band Alaska with Robert Hawthorne on vocals and Richard Bailey on keyboards.
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In 1989, Bernie Marsden reunited with Whitesnake guitarist Moody to form The Moody Bernie Marsden band, recording an acoustic live album in Norway called Live In Hell and an electric live album recorded in England Never Turn Our Back On The Blues, that featured Zak Starkey on drums.
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Bernie Marsden released two solo albums during his time in Whitesnake.
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Bernie Marsden recorded two soundtrack CDs; his music has featured in many US TV shows.
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Bernie Marsden has produced his own documentary blues-based DVD, filmed in Mississippi.
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Bernie Marsden's continuing fascination with blues music led to him producing USA artist Larry Johnson's Blues From Harlem CD, and forming close relationships with Honey Boy Edwards, John Jackson and Louisiana Red, playing with all of them as well.
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Into the 2000s, he produced his Big Boy Blue double-CD, Stacks, featuring Jimmy Copley, Big Boy Blue Live, and Bernie Marsden Plays Rory, a double CD of Rory Gallagher's material.
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Bernie Marsden played guitar with Elkie Brooks, a singer he long admired; with The Diesel Band with John Coghlan; worked at The National Theatre in two Shakespeare productions with Sir Nicholas Hytner; wrote for Joe Bonamassa; and played with Warren Haynes of the Allman Brothers Band; joining the band on stage at the Beacon Theatre in New York.
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In 2021, Bernie Marsden was crowned The Lord Of The Blues at the HRH Awards.
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Bernie Marsden continues to play solo shows, mainly festivals in Europe and the UK, joining Joe Bonamassa's Blues Cruises, and took a show on the road playing the Whitesnake album Ready And Willing in its entirety in the autumn of 2019.
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Bernie Marsden's second book, released in 2018, is Tales of Tone and Volume and is a large tome featuring his guitar collection.
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In 2014, Bernie Marsden was signed to the Dutch record label Mascot Provogue and released the critically acclaimed album, Shine.