The Grassy Knoll

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Basically the concern of just one man, Bob Green, the Grassy Knoll has explored a variety of cutting-edge musical styles, including ambient techno, acid jazz and dub, each under-pinned by Green's affinity for jazz fusion. Born in the Dallas area, Green listened to the usual '60s and '70s rock sources, from the British Invasion to early heavy metal, but soon became infatuated with fusion, specifically Miles Davis' mid-'70s period. He went to study photography at the San Francisco Art Institute, and had returned home by 1990, when he began recording with a computer and sampler. He returned to the Bay Area to look for musicians with similar interests, and found drummer David Revelli, trumpeter Chris Grady and reed player Jonathan Byerly. After shopping demos around, the Grassy Knoll signed with Nettwerk and released their self-titled debut album in 1995, with production help from Jaime Lagueruela. Just six months after its release, the album was picked up by Polygram through the Antilles label, which released the group's second album as well, 1996's Positive........ by John Bush (AMG) The Grassy Knoll, Bob Green’s personal musical conspiracy, has been purveying uniquely potent instrumental-rock abstraction since 1993. Having served three acclaimed albums to major labels (nettwerk/verve/antilles), Green has veered from the tried-and-true route to release his latest rock narrative, “Short Stories”, via a collective imprint of his own devising, sixtyonesixtyeight. Green, who sees the ever-evolving artist as the only true artist, has taken on multimedia performances as his next challenge. These audiovisual happenings feature him performing on bass alongside guest collaborators and his own specially created visual presentations.The Grassy Knoll’s multimedia evenings juxtapose the Knoll’s exquisite brand of electro-rock action with audiovisual samples from pre-MTV rock, jazz and classical icons, not only seamlessly celebrating the relationship between 20th-century musicians but allowing these disparate artists to speak a common language. This isn’t just instrumental rock backed with a video screen; this is sampling taken to a new, comprehensively artful level. With Final Cut Pro his tool of choice, Green has given every sonic image a corresponding visual image, combed from a vast array of famous, infamous and rarely seen archive footage. Trained in photography, he also shoots his own footage of New York City street life and small towns in his native Texas, adding anindividual POV.Fully engaging all your senses, the Grassy Knoll is in-the-moment rock music with an inclusive sense of both the past and the future. This is sampling that changes everything. The Grassy Knoll -- you must believe it to see it.THEGRASSY KNOLL (1995) Credits: Mike Boguslawski Assistant Engineer__ Steve Cornell Organ__ Beth Custer Clarinet, Sax (Alto)__ DJ Quest Turntables__ Brian Gardner Mastering__ Bob Green Producer, Engineer__ Nate Herr Coordination__ Chris Grady Trumpet__ Norman Kerner Guitar, Producer, Engineer, Mixing__ David Lau Art Direction, Design__ Jeff Zilm Drum Loop----------POSITIVE (1996) Credits: Chika Azuma Art Direction, Design__ Matthew Brubeck Cello__ Brian Gardner Mastering__ Bob Green Bass, Guitar, Arranger, Keyboards, Producer, Sampling, Mixing__ Chris Grady Trumpet__ David Kaplowitz Piano, Keyboards__ Jaime Lagueruela Producer, Engineer, Drum Programming, Mixing__ Patricia Lie Art Direction__ Ralph Patlan Guitar__ Larry Sultan Photography----------III (1998) Credits: Chika Azuma Art Direction, Design__ Peter Beddow Web Design__ Ellery Eskelin Sax (Tenor)__ Brian Gardner Mastering__ Chris Grady Trumpet__ Bob Green Bass, Guitar, Piano, Programming, Producer, Sampling, Roland S555__ Nate Herr Release Coordinator__ Carla Kihlstedt Violin__ Danny Madorsky Engineer, Assistant Engineer__ Thurston Moore Guitar__ David Revelli Percussion, Drums__ Roger Rosenberg Bassoon, Clarinet (Bass), Sax (Soprano)__ Nick Sansano Mellophonium, Organ (Hammond), Producer, Engineer, Mellotron, Fender Rhodes, Oberheim, Mixing, Juno, Oberheim OB8, Oberheim 8 Voice__ Jane Scarpantoni Cello.