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, Joe Ely, Willie Nelson, Linda Ronstadt, Dr. John, Susanna Hoffs, The Thorns, The DiVinyls, John Doe, Peter Case, Juliana Hatfield, Paul Jones, Rick Vito, Barry Goldberg among others. Marsico has co-written songs that appear in the motion picture ''Desperados''. In addition, Marsico was the bassist for indie pop singer

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for over 10 years. Marsico recorded the soundtrack to the Oscar winning film Session Man. He has written four books “ I’m Just Here for the Gig”, “Late Nights with Bob Dylan'',” Wild Things” and “King of Andalusia”. Marsico has produced two motion pictures ''Satan's Angel'' and ''Camp Burlesque''. Marsico leads his own Jazz band The Martini Kings and has released 25 albums, with music appearing in HBO'S ''Entourage'' and ''Six Feet Under''. Marsico has acted in motion pictures which include ''Roadhouse'', ''Georgia'', ''Somebody to Love'', ''LA Story''and ''Static''. In 2021 Marsico reformed his band “Cruzados” and released a new album titled “She’s Automatic”. Marsico has two children and lives in La Palma California.

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