Ira Marlowe has taught songwriting at UC Berkeley, penned the songs for four San Francisco Mime Troupe Shows, and survived a series of comically botched major label record deals. In 2023 he formed The Slow Reveal, assembled from musicians he met at The Monkey House, the 50-seat University Ave. venue he opened in 2012. Marlowe is known for the breadth of his songwriting (he's currently creating a workshop production of an original musical inspired by Kafka's "The Metamorphosis") but for Point Richmond Music the band will focus on their fun, upbeat material--smart, lyrically-drive songs rooted in rock, funk, blues and soul. Through the Monkey House, they have an email list of over 3,000 and are confident they can bring a chunk of their fan base out to this lively event. IMPORTANT NOTE: While we have many great upbeat songs, for some reason all we have on Youtube is a short clip from one of them. I'm including a second (slow) song as an indication of the quality of what we do, NOT what we will play at the Pt. Richmond festival. We have a Jan 24 show where we intend to videotape extensively and will post more upbeat samples soon after that. My apologies for this.