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JED MARUM (born Gerald Steven Marum on May 13, 1952, Fall River MA USA) is an American and Celtic folk music performer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and music supervisor and composer for film and TV productions.

INSERT BOX BACKGROUND INFO: Genres		Folk/Celtic Occupation 	Musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, film and TV music supervisor Instruments	guitar, banjo, harmonica, mandolin Years active	2000 – present Website	jedmarum.com

MUSIC BIO Jed was taught guitar and theory from 10 - 13, since then has played by ear. He also learned to banjo, harmonica and mandolin over the years as a folk performer. Since Jan of 2000 has worked full-time at performing and recording music mostly around the continental US but has performed in Puerto Rico, Canada, Scotland Ireland as well. He performs for festival and concert venues in the Celtic, Songwriter and American folk genres and produces music for other performers, for film and television projects Reflected in his song writing and song selection is a keen interest in history and the passing of culture from generation to generation. Jed performs traditional songs and contemporary songs in musical style that is both Celtic and American. Jed uses banjos and guitars for on-stage performance. He currently uses steel and gut strung banjos, banjola, resophonic guitar, harmonica, standard and open tuned guitars in recording. He has artist endorsements from Larrivee Guitars and Deering Banjos. Jed has produced and recorded with Celtic and American performers including; Brian McNeill, Michael Martin Murphey, Mason Brown, and Hugh Morrison. In addition he has played at festival and concert performances with Aengus Finnan, Karen Mal, Ken Gaines, Alasdair Fraser (Scottish fiddler), John Taylor (Scottish fiddler) among others. Jed Marum has his own record label, called Boston Road Records and his music is available worldwide through CDBaby, iTunes, Amazon and all of the major MP3 Services. Jed Marum music is published through Weston Grand Arts in association with ASCAP.

PERSONAL BIO Jed grew up near Boston. He and his wife Louisa were married on Dec 19, 1970 when Jed was 18. They are currently living in Texas and have raised 3 sons. As a young man Jed worked construction and excavation during the day - and played music in bars and coffeehouses at night until his early 30's when he studied electronics and computers to get a better day job. Jed dropped music performance and worked Information Technology in the airline and then the telecom world. Jed says of his return to music, "My wife and I packed up our three boys and moved from Massachusetts to Texas in 1986. When I bought a nice guitar and banjo in 1996 and 1997, I rekindled my love of music. I quit the day job in January of 2000 and I have earned my living at performing music ever since."

DISCOGRAPHY STREETS OF FALL RIVER - January 1, 2000 SOUL OF A WANDERER - November 1, 2002 FIGHTING TIGERS OF IRELAND - January 1, 2002 MILES FROM HOME - November 18, 2005 MAINLY SCOTS - September 1, 2006 CROSS OVER THE RIVER - August 1, 2006 LONESTAR STOUT - July 4, 2007 AIN'T NO GOIN' BACK - November 1, 2008 SANDS OF ABERDEEN - November 1, 2008 LONESTAR BANJO - October 1, 2010 REJOICE! A CHRISTMAS ALBUM - October 31, 2011 BEST OF JED MARUM: CELTIC FOLK ROOTS - March 17, 2011 THE SOUTH WIND - March 17, 2013

FILM & TV PROJECTS THANK YOU, GOOD NIGHT Production Companies: Burkhardt/Griffith Productions - Deeper Magic Communications - Roaring Leo Productions - 2001

TRUE LIVES - REALITY TV SERIES Production Company: Blackhawk Productions/Playboy Channel - 2005

BLOODY DAWN Production Company: Lone Chimney Films - 2007

THE ROAD TO VALHALLA Production Company: Lone Chimney Films - November 2, 2013

COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE COMPILATIONS: OSCEOLA AND FOSTER: A Florida Story in Song - Feb 2013 (Rickey Pittman and Jed Marum) BEST OF THE IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC PODCAST - 2009 (produced by Marc Gunn with various artists) A CELTIC CHRISTMAS - 2013 (produced by Marc Gunn with various artists)

references and external links: jedmarum.com (official website) csabanjo.com (alternate website for histrical projects) cdbaby.com/all/jedmarum (each album release is listed there) imdb.com (each TV or movie production is listed there) larrivee.com (endorsed artists list) themillstream.com (recording studio artists list) crystalclearsound.net (recording studio artists list) lonechimneyfilms.org (film projects) itunes.com (music distribution) amazon.com (music distribution) celticmusicpodcast.com (music distribution)