marvin "Marv" Ashby

Listen to Marv's Radio Interview  https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/musicians-cafe/episodes/Marv-Ashby---Ep--43-e233gcb/a-a9o392t

Marvin Ashby was born and raised in the Shenandoah Valley of Winchester Virginia. At the age of six he started with the guitar and continues to this day as a South Paw guitarist. His early influence was his late grandfather Howard Ashby Sr., a bluegrass/old time flat picker who passed the passion of music into Marvin’s heart and soul. 

Marvin has formed several bands throughout the years, performing on the east coast from New York to Florida. Enjoying the opportunity of performing with many musicians over the past 40 years, while delivering several genres of music to folks all over. Route 9 Records was created over a decade ago by fellow bandmate Doug Moats. The founding idea was to produce the first Bluegrass album by Marv Ashby & High Octane titled “Rt.9 to Berkeley Springs”, and has continued to produce many more albums.