On Oct. 9, the Mae Wilson Theatre will host Relive the Music '50s & '60s Rock ‘n Roll, a pedal-to-the-metal trip into music history with trivia, tributes, memories, and, of course, the greatest hits from two of modern music’s most influential decades.
Steve Marshall is an entrepreneur and musician from B.C. who created the show with the help of his multi-talented family members.
“My daughter Kimi is our guitar player, my youngest daughter Zenia is one of the main singers, my wife Luisa Marshall is a world-renowned … Tina Turner tribute artist who stars as many artists in the show,” Marshall explained. “I’m the drummer, and my sister-in-law is another of the main singers.”
Marshall has been hosting live bands at his pub, Daddy Cools in Haida Gwaii, since the late 1980s. One of the bands that played at Daddy Cools was headlined by Luisa Mendez, who became Marshall’s wife — and he became her drummer.
Together they created the Luisa Marshall Band, which has since earned a reputation as a high-energy, internationally touring cover band.
Marshall has been a bar owner for 35 years. He is a self-described “boomer” — he’s 66 — and a car enthusiast. He said his background and having a musical family is the reason that a ‘50s and ‘60s throwback show has simmered in the back of his mind for over 20 years now.
For a long time, his family kind of ignored him when he spoke about it, Marshall said. He made a song list anyway, going through the painful process of trimming it down until it could fit in a 60-minute stage format.
When the Port Theatre in Nanaimo agreed to do a showing, the Marshall/Mendez clan perked up and realized Relive the Music could actually happen.
Since then, Steve, Luisa, Luisa’s sister Tota, and daughters Kimi and Zenia have headlined for 19 standing ovations and sold-out shows throughout 2018-19.
COVID-19 was a speed bump, no doubt, but Marshall and the rest of the cast are eager to begin playing, singing, and dancing again.
“We’ve been described as (similar to) the Von Trapp/Partridge families,” Marshall said.
The full cast and crews consists of:
- SINGERS
- Luisa Marshall
- Zenia Marshall
- Tota Mendez
- John Pippus
- Scott Walters
- Eli Williams
- BAND
- Drums: Steve Marshall
- Guitar: Kim Kaos
- Keyboards: Jojo Palermo
- Bass: Marlowe Mata
- Sax / Flute / Percussion: Denis Timoshenko
- DANCERS
- Makai Genovese
- Rick Genovese
- SOUND
- Kurtis Hannas
Relive the Music has three dates in Saskatchewan. On Oct. 7 they will be in Regina at the Conexus Arts Centre Theatre. On Oct. 8 they will perform in Saskatoon at the TCU Place Sid Buckwold Theatre, and on Oct. 9 they will be in Moose Jaw before continuing to Manitoba.
The Moose Jaw Express has eight tickets to the show, which will be given away as part of a contest.
The deadline for contest entries is Sept. 30 at noon. Entries will be drawn the same day. Forms for the contest can be cut of the paper and dropped off, or filled out at our office at 468 High Street West.
Tickets can be bought online at Sasktix.ca. Learn more about the show at ReliveTheMusic.ca.
