Dan Marcus

MERRILY WEEBER, JAZZ SINGER AND COLLABORATOR

Though she lives offshore on a houseboat, jazz artist Merrily Weeber’s roots extend deep into the rich mother lode of American song.

A prominent player in the Sausalito, California, music scene, she’s no stranger to travel, having graced various venues in the United and Japan. In France, she performed for an international audience at the Midem Music Festival.

Merrily has also cultivated a reputation as a world-class songwriter. Besides cowriting with Jack Tempchin, composer of such Eagles’ hits as “Peaceful Easy Feeling” and “Already Gone,” she collaborates with a personal pantheon of writers that includes Dan Marcus (whose song, “Just an Old Condition” can be heard on the soundtrack of the recent movie Land of Bad (Russell Crowe, Liam Hemsworth), historian/songwriter John Barnard, and Trevor McShane (aka Neville Johnson, one of L.A.’s premier entertainment attorneys).

But live performance remains the heart and soul of Merrily’s art, her striking originals interspersed with selections from the Great American Songbook, all presented with a spin that’s simultaneously timeless and contemporary. With every appearance she proves that music and magic can indeed be one and the same.