The Washington Post | 1997 | By Eric Brace
A feature on John and Marianna Previti’s musical partnership and their performances together at City Blues in Washington, D.C. The article captures the couple’s chemistry both on and off stage.
“The bass player is John Previti, Marianna’s husband of nearly six years. ‘What’s fun about playing with John,’ explains Marianna, ‘sounds really obvious, but it’s that we’re really close friends. There’s a lot of humor in the house. People might not know it but his real talent is as comic of the century.'”
“She’s a great musician,” says John. “I asked her if she wanted to play some songs sometime, and she did, so we did.” They did that for nearly a year, then started dating. Six months later, they were married.
The article also mentions John’s work with Danny Gatton, Paul Simon, Doc Cheatham, and Emmylou Harris, as well as his regular Sunday afternoon gigs at the Inn at Glen Echo.