Marlon Longid

Specialties

Solo Musician available for Private Parties, Weddings (ceremony, cocktail hour) and Corporate events with sound and lighting equipment appropriate for up to 1,000 guests.

History

Established in 1995.

Marlon Longid has over 15 years of experience playing a variety of events, including private parties, weddings and corporate events. He began his professional musical career playing in the Chicago Irish Band Napper Tandy, a position that he held for almost 4 years. After leaving NT he toured coffee houses, bars and universities as a solo artist for 2 years before forming the original rock band SoulFix. SoulFix has had the pleasure of playing at many popular Chicago venues such as the House of Blues, Metro, Double Door and Cubby Bear. They also participated in the very first Chicago Music Explosion, a two week tour of England featuring some of Chicago’s very best musical acts. Throughout his musical career Marlon has had the opportunity to play with Rick Danko (The Band), John Popper (Blues Traveler), Chicago Rhythm and Blues great Pete Special and blues great Son Seals.

Marlon has performed at events for corporations such as Anheuser-​Busch, GlaxoSmithKline and Abbott Health

Meet the Business Owner

Marlon L.

Business Owner

Marlon Longid is all alone, and sometimes he’s perfectly fine with it. Armed with a guitar and a looping pedal, Marlon is a one-​man musical army whose skills embody true musical innovation. His mind-​boggling creations of percussion, layered vocals and bass lines (all summoned from his voice and acoustic guitar) impress both musician and layman. The truth is, not many of the bigger live music acts bring what Marlon Longid does. In his case, less is more. Marlon cut his musical teeth with some of the finest musicians of this time, sharing the stage with roots rock legend Rick Danko (The Band), Blues Traveler and Chicago R&B great Pete Special (Pete Special Band & Big Twist and the Mellow Fellows). After forming the rock trio SoulFix in 1999 he and the band have earned the right to rock on stage with national acts Staind, Maroon 5 and King’s X and have performed at venues such as CBGB’s, the Metro, Double Door, House of Blues, Alpine Valley and First Midwest Bank Amphitheater.