Marty LePore

Seattle, Washington

Marty Lepore, a.k.a. Dr. Slide, has been playing Dobro in the northwest for over twenty years. He has been in a long list of notable Seattle bands. They include Rainy City Ramblers, Blue Ridge Express, The New Subterraneans, The Slide Brothers, Lost in the Mail, The Bluegrass Superheroes, Runaway Train, The Ramsey-Collins Band, and for almost forever, The Potbelly Boys. He has recorded on a few albums with a variety of Seattle artists. They include Rielly and Maloney, The OkieDoke Band, Neal Woodall, and Ballard native son Kevin Wallace.

Currently, Dr. Slide performs occasionally with The Potbelly Boys (J.F. Lewis, Rachel Gould and Dr. Slide).

Lepore's original selection, Icicle Creek, was written on the drive home to Seattle from a concert in Leavenworth, Washington featuring Jerry Douglas, Russ Barenburg and Edgar Meyer.  

Click Here to download an MP3 of "The Work Song".