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Bruce Marshall Group releases "Shake Up the Status Quo", a new single for the ages!

"Shake Up the Status Quo" is the new single written by singer-songwriter Bruce Marshall and longtime guitarist and collaborator David Cournoyer. It's a funk anthem with a strong message and infectious hook! It doesn't take sides and welcomes change and spreads optimism. The Bruce Marshall Group has been greatly affected by the Pandemic like most bands and had to think outside the box in getting new songs out. Marshall sent the lyrics and arrangement to Cournoyer, who wrote all the music and engineered the session in his home studio. The result is a stunning performance with Marshall overdubbing lead and background vocals and acoustic guitar. The group plans to roll out more singles into the fall and looks forward to playing live again with the 5 piece band, stay tuned for show details.

Bruce Marshall is an award winning songwriter and full time bandleader for 46 years. His group released their 7th record in 2018, "Borrowed Time". He's also half of the Montgomery and Marshall duo and fronts the Shadow Riders and The Shuffle. He lives in Denmark, ME with his wife where they produce their recordings and their own line of guitar string jewelry.

Lyrics

Shake Up the Status Quo
©2020 B. Marshall, D. Cournoyer

We might get one chance in our lives to change the course of history;
Future generations can learn. If we seize this moment etched in time
to solve an age old mystery, why we left his earth crash and burn.

We gotta shake up the status quo, keep on testin’ the water, we can change our hearts and minds, shake up the status quo.

So ditch that tired old party line, throw out last year’s model,
the independent thinkers will cheer. But the old guard will keep hangin’
on, can’t lose their grip on power, ‘cause change is exactly what they fear.
Chorus
We gotta shake up the status quo, keep on testin’ the water, we can change our hearts and minds, shake up the status quo. Break up what you use to know and think outside the box. We can change, we can grow, shake up the status quo.

We should tear down this great divide, ‘ain’t no time to be pickin’ sides, the devil’s in the details when we do. It’s time to help your fellow man, the sooner we all understand, give it all you can muster you’ll get through.

We gotta shake up the status quo, keep on testin’ the water, we can change our hearts and minds, shake up the status quo. Break up what you use to know and think outside the box. We can change, we can grow, shake up the status quo.

If we blow our chance we could reside on the ash heap of history. There’s people who will say it’s nature’s way. Do we say goodbye to all we knew or will we turn the tide. There’s only one thing left that’s tried and true;

Chorus
Shake up the status, quo. Break up the status quo. Shake up! What you use to know, Shake up the status quo. Shake up!