George Franklin Smallwood

Born in Washington D.C. at the end of 1945, died 2nd May 2016, in Hyattsville Maryland, George grew up in a musical family but had little interest in pursuing music full-time. He drove trucks professionally until 1968, the year he lost his vision. Once Smallwood went blind, music became his life. He taught himself to sing and play keyboard. Because of his disability, forming a band was a bit of a challenge. So he recruited people who were in his immediate vicinity: his family and, later on, his mailman, who turned out to be a pretty good bass player.

Over the course of about a decade, Smallwood and his group, Marshmellow Band, released six singles and an LP,