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Charlie Marshall is a singer songwriter from Melbourne best known for the legendary post punk blues of Harem Scarem and his band the Body Electric - which featured Warren Ellis and Jim White from the Dirty Three in it’s stellar lineup along with members of Beasts Of Bourbon and the Avalanches.

Family Affair is the father-son partnership of Charlie and jazz improvising multi-instrumentalist Louie Marshall. This new collaboration couples Charlie’s characteristic soulful vocals, astute lyrics and pure feel rhythm guitar with Louie’s instinctive musical touch and improvisation on keyboards, vocals and tenor sax. Drawing inspiration from a range of genres - soul, blues, folk, punk.

The Retreat Hotel would like to acknowledge the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation, the traditional custodians of the land on which The Retreat now stands, and pay our respects to all elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded and that our venue operates on stolen land.