About the Members

Comedian, guitarist and vocalist John Eaden brings a unique blend of music and comedy to the stage. His experience includes over 20 years as comedian, actor and performer at Disneyland. John has been a highlight to thousands of park guests of the world famous venue and has made their visit more memorable. His comic timing, acting ability and strong stage presence, make his performances fun to watch. As a serious actor he has performed on stage as “Ephraim” in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, “Bernardo” in West Side Story and “Coniglio” in Pagliacci with Placido Domingo.  He has had a recurring role as “Charles the Maitre D” on television’s popular daytime drama General Hospital.

Founder, leader, fiddler and bassist, John W. Marshall received his music degree from Occidental College, where he served as Concertmaster of the orchestra and studied with the legendary concert violinist Robert Gross. His love of fiddle music has always been in balance with his serious music pursuits and he formed his first bluegrass band in high school. John is an innovator on the bass fiddle, and is regarded by many as bluegrass music's premier slap-bass virtuoso. Following a performance at The Hollywood Bowl as fiddle soloist in a Los Angeles Philharmonic American Music Concert he became inspired to pursue further live performances mixing bluegrass and classical music.

Guitarist, vocalist and percussionist, Arshag Chookoorian, is a graduate with a major in music from California State University, Northridge. He has worked in nearly every phase of the music industry. As musician and entertainer he has appeared with numerous show groups on the Nevada hotel circuit, state and county fairs throughout the western United States, and at several major Southern California amusement parks including Knott’s Berry Farm, Six Flags Magic Mountain, the Universal Studios Tour and twenty years on stage at Disneyland. His credits also include motion picture and television appearances on Charlie’s Angels, The Love Boat, The Young and the Restless, General Hospital, The Bold and The Beautiful, Full House, and feature films Protocol, The Man With Bogart’s Face and Heartbreakers.

Mandolinist and fiddler, Evan J. Marshall is a virtuoso musician and entertainer, regarded by fellow mandolinists as the premier solo performer in "Duo-Style." By himself, he sounds like several of the world’s finest mandolinists performing together. Country guitar legend Chet Atkins called Evan “One of the few great musicians of our time." Evan has created a uniquely recognizable approach to solo mandolin performance that combines bass lines, chords, rhapsodic runs and tremolo melodies. He started classical violin studies at age seven, and added the mandolin at age 14. Evan was a featured soloist at Disneyland, performing his signature William Tell Overture: Finale for nearly two million visitors to the famous Golden Horseshoe Theater during the course of 10,000 shows.