Roger Marshall & the Law offer up hot southern-fried country rock at its best - good time music that makes you want to "crank it up and have a good time." And while they have been influenced by the great country and southern rock music traditions of the past, their sound is firmly anchored in the present.

Lead singer Roger Marshall and his band have been compared to some incredibly talented and legendary music makers, including Montgomery Gentry, Van Zant, and the Charlie Daniels Band. And while Marshall himself is flattered by the comparisons, he doesn't let it go to his head. Having recently survived cancer, he is just happy and thankful to be alive and making the music that he loves. He knows that his story could have had a much different ending.

Marshall, a native of Ft. Wayne, Indiana, set out for a career in music over 30 years ago, but getting a shot at the “big time” has never been easy. His story is not about planets aligning, lucky breaks, or overnight success - but instead, it's a lesson in persistence and a remarkable example of one man's simple devotion to music. “My dad was a musician and I was raised around it,” Marshall says. “His love of country and bluegrass music was a big influence on me.” In the early 1970s, Marshall began performing in local nightclubs, and in 1977, he put his first band together. In the late 1980s, he met and began working with Harold Shedd, one of Nashville's most successful music producers and record executives, who had launched the career of supergroup, Alabama. Marshall was the first to record "Achy Breaky Heart," and he appeared to be on his way, but because of poor timing and bad luck, his version was never released. Meanwhile, another country singer, Billy Ray Cyrus, later recorded the song, and it went on to sell over 7 million copies. If that wasn't enough to knock the wind out of his sails, Marshall was then diagnosed with testicular cancer, and was forced to put down the musical ambitions that had always driven him, and fight for his life. Miraculously, after years of grueling treatments, and long-shot odds, he survived his bout with cancer.  

To celebrate his new lease on life, he assembled a new band, and reconnected with his old friend, prominent Music City record producer, Russ Zavitson (Kinleys, Wilkinson's). While Zavitson was happy to hear from Marshall, he was skeptical about Marshall's ability to break through in a music business dominated by singers half his age. However, Marshall was persistent, and soon, he and Zavitson were recording the band's debut album, Hiding In The Wide Open, which was released in August of 2005.

The first single from the album was the title cut. It was well received at radio, and the video landed in rotation on Great American Country television (GAC). It was followed by two other singles that have helped to establish the band - the catchy "I'm Tired," and their current release, "Can You Hear Me Now."

Hiding In The Wide Open has received rave reviews from critics around the world, including About.com, who stated, "If you like your country music with a little kick to it, then Roger Marshall & the Law's 'Hiding In The Wide Open' is something you should hear." And Britain's Maverick magazine, who summed it up best, "This is (Marshall's) second chance to go for stardom, and if this album is anything to go by, then that goal should not be far away. [It is] top-class southern rock." Enough said.