On November 20th, 2020 Marcus Rezak’s Gateway to the Galaxy featuring Kris Myers (Umphrey’s McGee), Scott Page (Pink Floyd), Shira Elias (Turkuaz), Ben “Smiley” Silverstein (The Main Squeeze) and Pete Griffin (ZPZ) will perform a one night only livestream concert at Gnarlywood in Carlsbad, CA. The event will be streamed live from 7pm-10pm PT. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Backline, helping music professionals with their mental health and wellbeing.
Visit EVENTS.COM to register for the livestream.
About Marcus Rezak:
Marcus Rezak is a recording artist, touring musician, session guitarist, and music theorist. His debut solo album entitled, “Gateway To The Galaxy” ft. Bill Evans (sax, Miles Davis), Arthur Barrow (bass, Frank Zappa), Kris Myers (drums) and Joel Cummins (keys) (Umphrey’s McGee) was released back in 2018.
Marcus carves out a distinguished style in the world of guitar with several well-known cutting edge groups including Katharsis, Shred is Dead, FrankenZaps Monster, Digital Tape Machine, Stratosphere All-Stars, and as an artist at large.
Marcus has collaborated with a vast array of musicians from members of Frank Zappa, David Bowie, Umphrey’s McGee, Jerry Garcia Band, Melvin Seals, The Motet, Dopapod, Primus, Ratdog, The Disco Biscuits, SCI, Lotus, STS9, Lettuce, Garaj Mahal, Robert Walters 20th Congress, Circles Around The Sun, The Aristocrats, Steve Vai, Megadeth, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, and many more.
About Spin Cycle Presents:
Spin Cycle Presents is a music and events promotional company that focuses on building the Southern California jam band community, deriving its sound from The Grateful Dead and Phish cultures, but also branching out to other distinct genres such as psychedelic rock, reggae, funk, folk, blues, electronica, bluegrass, jazz, fusion and world music. Spin Cycle Presents has been involved in other high profile events around the SoCal area such as promoting nationally recognized bands at the Wiltern, the House of Blues Anaheim and The Teragram Ballroom, just to name a few.
About Gnarlywood:
Gnarlywood is a brand new state of the art livestream music venue in Carlsbad, CA. Featuring a full concert level lighting and a six camera angle live stream control room, Gnarlywood is bringing the feel of a live rock n’ roll show into your living room.
About Backline:
Mental health in the music industry is important. A portion of proceeds for this show will support Backline, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that connects music industry professionals (artists, mgmt, promoters, crew, etc.) and their families with mental health and wellness resources. Visit https://backline.care for more information.
Sponsors include RTW Health Services, events.com, ShakedownNews.com and TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik.
