Other than the black jacket, is there much difference between Black Jacket Symphony and The Queen Extravaganza in how you approach this kind of performance?
There are worse singers and performers in the world to be compared to, and if my voice reminds people of Freddie Mercury it’s always a huge compliment. I’m related to that in a way, and it’s a lot of fun. Even when I hear a Queen song on the radio today, it’s like it really is bizarre that I can say I play a small part in that whole world somehow, you know. He’ll show up to a few shows on every tour we do and make sure everything is up to snuff. Brian May shows up every now and then, when it comes to choosing guitar players and everything. Obviously, it’s an honor to be working side by side with the actual members of Queen. What’s The Queen Extravaganza been like, and are you still with them? I submitted my audition and got the part." He put out a call for auditions, open auditions, to audition for this band called The Queen Extravaganza about 5 years ago. And then, it just so happened that Roger Taylor, the drummer of Queen, wanted to put together his own tribute to Queen, just to have artistic control over everything and make sure the music was up to snuff. No matter what music I’m singing, even when I’m doing my own original tunes, people will tell me, ‘Hey, you know who you remind me of?’ So I’ve been getting that for years. I was in a band for 13 years, a Christian rock band based out of here in Nashville. “Honestly, I come by it pretty naturally. How did you start out singing, and was it about Mercury and Queen that drew you into wanting to do this? Martel took the time to talk with the Montgomery Advertiser about the Montgomery show.
“People come to the shows and they don’t realize they know so many Queen songs, said Martel. The second half will be Queen’s greatest hits, and there’s a lot of them. As always, BJS shows are in two parts, with the first being a note-for-note recreation of the album. Martel said he has played the Montgomery area before, and he’s glad to help bring this legendary album to life here, which includes some songs that Queen never performed live. It’s quite an accomplishment.”Īlong with being a solo artist, the Nashville resident has a vast amount of experience singing Queen’s songs in another tribute band that was formed by actual members of Queen. "For one band to fill up an hour plus of international super hits is pretty incredible. “They had an amazing number of hits,” said Martel said of Queen. Marc Martel is literally “the guy” that Black Jacket Symphony has been waiting for.Īfter all, not just anybody can sing Freddie Mercury's part of Queen’s album “A Night at the Opera,” which the Black Jacket Symphony is bringing to the Montgomery Performing Arts Centre at 8 p.m.
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