Michael Tash

The Known Agitators! The new project featuring Mary Shaver and Michael Tash. This new band is made up of Mary Shaver, Michael Tash, Dean Dalton and Raice McLeod. Two-time WAMMIE award-winning vocalist Mary Shaver is first and foremost a blues artist influenced by the likes of Slim Harpo, Muddy Waters, Big Mama Thornton and Etta James. She labels her own style as “Texas, Louisiana and Chicago Blues meets Memphis Soul,” and local critics and musicians have likened her powerful voice to all her idols.

Mary identifies with musical genres that are honest, raw and deep in emotion. She has found that in the blues, soul, R&B, and classic rock. Music is an all-consuming passion for Mary, evident in her high energy performances.

Born and raised in Prince George’s County, and now living in West Virginia, Mary still calls the D.C., Maryland and Virginia area home and has a special affection for local audiences and outdoor venues. To see her play live is to truly experience Mary’s music. With complete focus she becomes, in her own words, “entranced. All I know at that moment is what I’m singing and what I’m feeling from the band and the audience.” For her growing following of fans, that moment sounds just perfect.

Staying at the top of the mid-Atlantic region’s competitive blues and roots music scene for a career that spans three decades isn’t easy. But that’s what guitarist Michael Tash has done — thanks to high-energy performances with multiple projects, extensive airplay and four well-received albums. Michael has appeared on hundreds of club and festival stages, including the House of Blues in Las Vegas and the Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival. Winning songs, musical dynamism and strong presence has led to opening slots on bills with a coterie of stars: Heart, Buddy Guy, Shemekia Copeland, Candye Kane, Deanna Bogart, Toronzo Cannon, Roomful of Blues, and Albert Castiglia, among others.

Tash is one of the East Coast’s most respected blues guitarists and songwriters, and has been inducted into the Northern Virginia Blues Hall of Fame as well as multiple nominations for the Washington Area Music Association Best Blues Instrumentalist award. He is currently endorsed by Epiphone Guitars, GHS Strings, Quilter Amps, Interstellar Audio Machines, Seymour Duncan Pickups, Shure Wireless, Peavey Electronics, Electro-Voice Speakers, Levy's Leathers, PedalSnake cable systems and Gator Cases. These endorsements include print ads in guitar magazines, social media posts, as well as personalized pages and inclusion on the official websites of these companies..

"These guys put on a killer show" – Lorraine Campbell, JV’s Music Room

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