BRIEF: This is: Josh Grider Trio
Fri. June 12, 2009; Posted: 04:34 AM
Jun 12, 2009 (St. Joseph News-Press - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --
TN |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating -- When first hearing the music of Austin, Texas, singer/songwriter Josh Grider, you'll hear his musical backstory. The country music upbringing hearing tunes by Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson and Roger Miller. The high school days playing with a jazz combo in Las Crusas, N.M. Grider's admiration for the Dave Matthews Band and the formal musical education at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. "I think when I started writing, sort of the sum of all my influences would come out in the songs I wrote," Grider says. With the Josh Grider Trio -- featuring Grider, Chris Grady (upright bass/vocals) and Jeff Botta (drums/vocals) -- you'll hear an infectious mix of soulful jazz, traditional country lyrics and some occasional hard-driving country rock peppered with "Bill Monroe-meets-Beach-Boys" vocal harmonies. "I just got tired of playing whatever cowboy chords... my ear wanted to hear some more interesting stuff so I just naturally went that way," Grider says. "We're just carrying on whatever traditions that were set before us. I think we're a pretty unique twist." The Josh Grider Trio will perform with True North at 9 p.m. June 13 at Room 107. For more information on the Josh Grider Trio, go to www.joshgrider.com.
To see more of the St. Joseph News-Press or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to
http://www.stjoenews-press.com/. Copyright (c) 2009, St. Joseph News-Press, Mo.
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email
tmsreprints@permissionsgroup.com, call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax
to 847-635-6968, or write to The Permissions Group Inc., 1247 Milwaukee Ave.,
Suite 303, Glenview, IL 60025, USA.
More News:
Market Updates |
Stock Alerts |
All Trading News |
Stock Index