Jack Williams
Sally Johnson Presents House Concerts
Booking Regional and National Artists in my Living Room! 
MARKLEY & BALMER
SATURDAY JANUARY 2ND 2010 @ 7:30PM
(DOORS OPEN @ 6:30)
"THEIR MUSICIANSHIP AS WELL AS THEIR EASY RAPPORT WITH THEIR AUDIENCE SEALS THE DEAL FOR ME. THEY ARE THE REAL DEAL." --Terri Hendrix
"...FUNKY, FREEWHEELING ACOUSTIC ROMP..." Melody Townsel, Cliffdweller Magazine
"...SOME OF THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED MUSICIANS I'VE EVER HEARD. THE SECOND COMING OF ELLA AND BIRD,...THE TUCK AND PATTI OF THE SINGER-SONGWRITER WORLD." --Tom Prasada-Rao
Bruce was born a guitar player in Margaretville, NY, from a musical family. After music at Marlboro college, he's played lead guitar for rock, jazz, and country bands, and composed for dance performance and film (including credits on a Bill Plympton animated film). He is a singer/songwriter recently of the NYC area. He and his thousand pound upright piano have now officially transplanted themselves to Texas. He pounds nails while singing.
Lisa Markley was born a three-and-a-half pound Capricorn with a set of lungs. She is a survivor of the University of North Texas where she played trombone in the lab bands, sang in the Jazz Singers, skipped out on music history classes, composed suitably atonal pieces for an assortment of instruments, and crashed the hard-drive on the Synclavier (many times). Upon graduation, she took a long hard look at what drove her musically and decided to put down her trombone and turn full-force to singing and writing songs.
Lisa and Bruce were married at the Kerrville Folk Festival last year and their musical partnership has blossomed even more since their union. Lisa is one-third of the trio "The Malvinas", for whom I produced their CD, 'Love Hope & Transportation'. The duo of Markley & Balmer have allowed Lisa to move even deeper into her delightful world, somewhere between folk and jazz, and Bruce just happened to have the musical understanding, the original songs, and the chops to support her and to have created his own brand of music, which also lies somewhere in the same realm. Jack Williams
"MARKLEY HAS A DANGEROUS CONTRALTO THAT VANQUISHES BALMER'S STUDIOUS ATTITUDE ON AN ANTIQUE GUITAR." --an innocent bystander
"CRAFTY AND PASSIONATE" --Beth Wood
