Susan Marshall (musician)

Susan Marshall is an American folk rock, pop and soul vocalist, pianist, songwriter and recording artist.

She is best known for her work with Mother Station, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Lenny Kravitz, The Afghan Whigs, Primal Scream, North Mississippi Allstars, Lucinda Williams, Ana Popović and Katharine McPhee.

In 1990, she returned to Memphis, where she co-founded a band, Mother Station, began writing songs and soon became a backup vocalist for well-known artists, contributing vocals to dozens of albums.

Marshall was born in Utah, but during primary school she lived in Eugene, Oregon, Whittier, California and later Albuquerque, New Mexico.

[2] In 1980, Marshall received a scholarship to the United States International University in San Diego, California, which she attended for two years.

After college, Marshall remained in New York and joined the Light Opera of Manhattan (LOOM), an Off-broadway, 52-week-per-year repertory theatre company.

They released an album, Brand New Bag,[6] and reached #34 on the Billboard rock charts with "Put the Blame on Me", but soon afterwards, the group disbanded.