Pasternack, who plays acoustic and electric guitar as well as bass and piano, was playing in bands several years before his Marlow project got underway in 2001. Originally from New York City's Long Island suburbs, Pasternack was living in Albany, NY (the state capital), when he joined a local outfit called the Mr. Ferguson Band (which recorded two albums that Pasternack co-produced). Members of the Ominous Seapods, an East Coast jam band, were well aware of Pasternack's work with the Mr. Ferguson Band -- and when guitarist Max Verna announced that he was leaving the Seapods in late 1998, Pasternack was hired to replace him. Pasternack has also been a member of the Lo Faber Band, another East Coast jam band. When the Seapods decided to take a break in 2001 (they never officially disbanded), Pasternack launched his Marlow project and recruited musicians he knew from the Seapods and the Lo Faber Band. In November 2001, Pasternack began co-producing White Out with Seapods drummer Ted Marotta and bassist Lo Faber; keyboardist/organist Devin Greenwood (who Pasternack knew from both the Seapods and the Lo Faber Band) appeared on some of the songs. Marlow finished recording White Out in January 2002, and Pasternack released the album independently on his own label, Marlow Music, later that year. After spending much of his life in various parts of New York state, Pasternack moved to Philadelphia in 2002. ~ Alex Henderson, Rovi