Toby Lee Marshall is a Minneapolis/St. Paul based organist. For the past 20+ years, Toby has
been an in-demand Hammond player. At the age of 19, Toby was touring with Chicago
Bluesman, Lonnie Brooks and his son Ronnie Baker Brooks. After returning to the Twin Cities,
Toby continued to play and record with many local Twin Cities artists, including Joe Juliano,
Mary Cutrufello, Big John Dickerson & Blue Chamber, and Paul Mayasich & The Benderheads
to name a few.
In 2010, Toby teamed up with Bernard Allison – son of legendary Blues guitarist, Luther
Allison. As part of Allison’s dynamic rhythm section, Toby toured Europe extensively and was
featured on Allison’s 2010 release, “Live at the Jazzhaus”. Toby took a hiatus from music in
2012 to refocus his energy on his growing, young family.
In 2017, Toby Lee Marshall made his return to music – joining forces with famed guitarist, Greg
Koch and his son, Dylan Koch to form the Koch-Marshall Trio. The Trio’s first album release,
“Toby Arrives,” was released in September of 2017. In addition to the new trio, Toby was
invited to become an official Hammond artist. He was the first person to play a Hammond SKX
on stage, about an hour after it was unveiled by Hammond-Suzuki at the 2018 NAMM Show.
He is featured in numerous videos, demonstrating the SKX, and Hammond XK-5.
Through the pandemic era, Toby has continued to perform with the Koch-Marshall trio via live
streaming. Toby continues to participate in many recording sessions, mostly remotely from his
studio, outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota.