Biography

Nearly 15 years and 10 CD’s into his musical career, Houston Marchman continues to give folks his down-to-earth, honest view of the world. His latest release, Long Gone, is a slight departure from the norm. Marchman maintains his singer-songwriter roots, but pushes it to the edge with tracks like “I Can’t Go Back,” a blues-rock number and a featured duet with Carolyn Wonderland. Other artists who helped shape this album include Cindy Cashdollar on steel, Gabe Rhodes on guitar, Brendon Anthony on fiddle, Tom Gillam on vocals and many more.

Marchman got his first guitar at age 5 and penned his first song at 13. After a semester at college, he ran off to join a western show in Japan, working the rodeo and playing guitar in the Wild West Show Band. After returning to the states, he made his way to Nashville where he spent 8 long years trying to prove himself. Feeling that Nashville was turning into a giant infomercial, he packed up & headed back to the Lone Star State, back to Texas where the people care about their culture and value a well-told story over a well-polished puppet.

After returning home in 1995, he released his first full-length CD called Viet Nashville. Leavin’ Dallas, released in 1999, charted on Gavin Americana and prompted the “Blue Chip Radio Report” to carefully describe him as “...somewhere in the ballpark of Townes Van Zandt and Robert Earl Keen in the songwriting/storytelling department ...” Released in October 2000, Tryin’ for Home gained success on the Americana Chart and remained in the Top 10 for several months. 2001 brought his classic Live recorded at Cheatham Street in San Marcos and The White Elephant in Ft. Worth Texas. Desperate Man (2003), has been considered some of his best work, charting on the XM Satellite Chart, the Americana Chart, the Texas Music Chart, and the Roots Music Chart. Blue Cadillac, was independently released in 2004 followed by Live & Still Standing in 2005. Key To The Highway came in 2006 and held a position in the top twenty of the Americana Music chart for several weeks. Naked, (2009) treated fans to a stripped down version of his most popular tracks. Long Gone entered the American Chart the first week of release climbing to #13 and is still going strong.

No matter the pressure to cave in to the status quo, Marchman never gave up; he never gave in. After all this time, he continues to follow his heart and fight the good fight. He is truly an independent artist. No strings attached!