Marcus Bonfanti is a British blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. He has released three albums and one EP, and works both as a solo musician and, since 2014, as the frontman for the British blues rock group Ten Years After. His most recent solo album was Shake the Walls (2013) released by Jig-Saw Music Ltd.
Bonfanti has opened shows for Robert Cray, Chuck Berry, Shuggie Otis, Philip Sayce, Jack Bruce, Beth Hart, John Mayall, Beth Rowley and JJ Grey & Mofro. He once fronted The Ronnie Scott's Blues Explosion and, at times, has worked with P. P. Arnold, Ginger Baker, Earl Thomas, Joe Louis Walker, Robbie McIntosh, Hamish Stuart, Mark Feltham, Eric Burdon and Buddy Whittington.
Bonfanti was born in London to an Italian father and an English mother. In his youth, Bonfanti played the trumpet in several brass bands. His musical tastes changed when he heard Led Zeppelin's "Black Dog" from their album, Led Zeppelin IV. His mother produced an old guitar from the family's loft and Bonfanti tried to master the instrument, encouraged by his parents who were both keen on music. His younger brother is also a musician and works as a professional bass guitarist. Bonfanti worked in a kitchen to earn sufficient monies to purchase his first guitar at the age of 15. By 2015, he owned around 16 guitars. In his teenage years, Bonfanti had to swap between acoustic and electric guitars, depending on whether his parents were in the house. One of the first albums he bought was Joe Cocker's With a Little Help from My Friends. His interest in Led Zeppelin led Bonfanti backwards chronologically to the work of Willie Dixon and Blind Willie Johnson.

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