First off, a tip of my hat to you, Fergus!

As many of you here know, Fergus played Stick with the Canadian musical legend Bruce Cockburn for many years (and may still?). I'm not sure if this video has made the rounds before, but it is an exceptional performance by the whole band; especially Mr. Marsh who is filling so much space sonically with his Stick playing, and he's tight as a drum!

The quality of the audio/video is excellent, especially compared with many other concert videos from the 80s. Enjoy, if you haven't already!

Never saw this live show, thanks for sharing!

Fergus is still making great sonic explorations, and what a nice man!!!! He has always been one of my favorite players!!!!

Fergus spent some time touring with Peter Murphy as well. So he went from Bruce Cockburn to the Godfather of Goth. The man has covered some musical ground for sure.

Glenn, do you know what period he used to play with Peter Murphy? Wonder if we can find some live extracts on YT.

For what it's worth...I'm pretty sure that's Ferg's brother Hugh Marsh on violin. The Marsh bros get around within the Canadian music scene & beyond. I have a friend in the nearby city of Regina that recorded a solo instrumental album that features Hugh on a few tracks.

And two decades ago, back in my church praise music days in Texas, I played bass & Stick on a two album release by artists Keith & Sanna Luker. The Lukers released an album that followed a few years later with Fergus on Stick.

I'm still scratching my head. Did Ferg actually fill MY shoes?? Ha! Coincidence, I'm sure...

Late 2000ish. The "Just For Love" tour featured both Fergus on Stick and Hugh Marsh on violin.

Spot on Brian. @ 1:11:17 "On violin & keyboards Hugh Marsh".

Awesome stuff.

Never heard of this guy, I always find great musicians on this site.

I love the guy that plays the violin like a guitar.



Haha, make music any way you can.
Rock and roll !

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Yes, Fergus is a great Stick player, he was one of the very first Stickists I saw on TV - with Bruce Cockburn. Looong before Youtube existed! And very inspiring to me because of his excellent bass-playing-on-the-Stick. As mentioned above, he still makes great music, see his Facebook page and Youtube channel.