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From the “Daily Citizen” local newspaper, Beaver Dam, WI
December 20, 2006
Marvin's Garden to play at Jumpers
By TERRI PEDERSON/Staff Reporter
A band with two local members will be playing at Jumpers on Saturday night.
Marvin's Garden was formed in October of 2005 and has two Beaver Dam High
School graduates as members of the group. Ken Leiser, who plays guitar,
violin and does vocals was a 2000 graduate. Justin Sprague, the band's
vocalist and acoustic guitar player is a 1998 graduate. The band's other
members are Tim Giles on drums and Tim Peeters, who plays upright bass and
electric bass.
The band plays funk, folk, rock and rhythm.
Leiser said after graduation Sprague moved to Colorado and he went to La Crosse.
"When we returned to the area, we both realized Madison is where the music
was at," Leiser said. "I teach music. Everything I do revolves around music."
Leiser said one thing the band is really excited about is their first CD,
which is coming out in February.
"We plan on playing a show in Beaver Dam around that time," Leiser said.
A producer from Los Angeles, who produced Ray Manzarek's last CD, knows
Giles and helped the band to produce the CD.
"It's a good album," Leiser said "It was great help to get us going."
The band recorded the CD last summer.
"We're very excited about it," Leiser said.
The show at Jumpers will be free and begin around 9 p.m.
"Everyone should come on down," Leiser said. "It's a free rock and roll show
and there will be a lot of people from our classes there."
Jumpers is located at W9305 Highway D in the town of Beaver Dam.
December 20, 2006
Marvin's Garden to play at Jumpers
By TERRI PEDERSON/Staff Reporter
A band with two local members will be playing at Jumpers on Saturday night.
Marvin's Garden was formed in October of 2005 and has two Beaver Dam High
School graduates as members of the group. Ken Leiser, who plays guitar,
violin and does vocals was a 2000 graduate. Justin Sprague, the band's
vocalist and acoustic guitar player is a 1998 graduate. The band's other
members are Tim Giles on drums and Tim Peeters, who plays upright bass and
electric bass.
The band plays funk, folk, rock and rhythm.
Leiser said after graduation Sprague moved to Colorado and he went to La Crosse.
"When we returned to the area, we both realized Madison is where the music
was at," Leiser said. "I teach music. Everything I do revolves around music."
Leiser said one thing the band is really excited about is their first CD,
which is coming out in February.
"We plan on playing a show in Beaver Dam around that time," Leiser said.
A producer from Los Angeles, who produced Ray Manzarek's last CD, knows
Giles and helped the band to produce the CD.
"It's a good album," Leiser said "It was great help to get us going."
The band recorded the CD last summer.
"We're very excited about it," Leiser said.
The show at Jumpers will be free and begin around 9 p.m.
"Everyone should come on down," Leiser said. "It's a free rock and roll show
and there will be a lot of people from our classes there."
Jumpers is located at W9305 Highway D in the town of Beaver Dam.