Marv Simpleton

Marvin "Marv" Simpleton (born October 1, 1936 in ) is an American businessman, musician, songwriter, composer, novelist and writer known for his work for Carwardine Parks. He is the Chief Operating Officer of Carwardine Parks. Simpleton also owns the Simpleton Guitar Company, a guitar & bass manufacturing company based in, and co-owns Marv & Bernie's Southern BBQ Pit with his brother Bernie, with locations at Carwardine Colony and in Virginia Beach.

Marv has written & composed many songs for Carwardine Parks (including all the songs for A Carwardine Colony Mystery as well as the majority of the Carwardine Parks jingles), often in collaboration with Frank W. Carroll, Ian Monteil and/or C.J. Valentine. He also wrote the majority of the original songs for The Get Along Gang '87. He has also written June 25th: Half Christmas With Green Santa.

Birth
He was born in October 1st of 1936 in Dover, Delaware.

Discography

 * The All-American Demolition Crew (1969; with The Cyclists)
 * Independence Mall (1990)
 * Marv Simpleton's Magical Musical Encyclopedia (2019)

Trivia

 * Born in, he moved to when he was 4 years old.
 * He graduated with honors from in Wilmington, Delaware, and attended  where he met Christopher R. Carwardine. He was living in  at the time of Carwardine Colony's construction.
 * He is often known as "The Marv" by employees.
 * Jingles he has written for Carwardine Colony:
 * "Carwardine Kids" (1995-96)
 * "Cool Carwardine" (2004-05)
 * He was known as "Marv Dover" during a brief 1960s music career. He was also part of The Cyclists, a regionally popular garage band, with his brother (and Carwardine CFO) Bernie Simpleton, musical partner Frank W. Carroll and fellow "original" Carwardine Colony employees Dennis Macchiedo and Al Beadsworth.
 * He originally was planning to compose the background music for Carwardine Colony, but due to budget cuts, they resorted to production music.