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About Me

Guitarist/Singer/Songwriter Greg Clagett has been performing for over 20 years getting his start in the studio as a teenager, his lastest bands "Planet Blues" and "LA Groove" gave him the opportunity to explore his bluesy side after many years of playing hard rock. He's now getting ready to record an album he refers to as a "no holds barred musical journey", exploring all his influences and capitalizing on his own flashy style.

Influenced by the likes of Steve Vai, Frank Zappa, Ozzy Osbourne (Randy Rhoads, Jake E Lee, and Zakk Wylde), Joe Satriani, Tony MacAlpine, John Sykes, John Petrucci, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert King, John Norum, Gary Moore, Duke Robillard, many of today's modern Rock bands, and too many blues and jazz artists to mention Greg has carved out a style that is mature, dynamic, and "just plain blazing and amazing"!
His accolades include playing the Monterey Blues Festival, Annually performing the W.C. Handy Festival and The Madison Ribberfest and countless other festivals, his bands "Planet Blues" and "LA Groove" have been regional staples in the music scene over the last decade and were honored to open for many national acts in the early goings including Duke Robillard, Tab Benoit, Anson Funderburg, Tommy Castro, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, King Johnson, and many others before being considered a National act themselves. He was also honored to perform with songwriting legend and film star Paul Williams in several of his live concerts, along with longtime LA Groove drummer LaMont Melson.
Look for new songs to be uploaded to this site often as well as some of his older recordings. Check out MP3.com.au/LAGroove to stream or download Greg's songs or CDs with his bands "Planet Blues" and "LA Groove", plus some links to some of his other guitar/singing/songwriting collaborations dealing mainly in the blues. But don't be fooled, he's armed and ready to get back to his Hard Rock roots on his current project which, in his own words, he claims "is long overdue".
Greg hails from Louisville, Kentucky. His above mentioned current project should be nearing completion by mid-summer.
Bio by Gary Johnson.
2006 Gibson Les Paul Studio with '68 Custom pickups and 1996 50th Anniversary Fender Strat customized


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Member Since: 1/21/2007
Band Website: MP3.com.au/LAGroove
Band Members: Greg is currently working on his first solo, instrumental project, "MunkySkull"
Current Members of LA Groove include:Greg Clagett - Guitar/Vocals
BG Johnson - Bass/Vocals
Bob Ramsey - Keyboards/Vocals
LaMont Melson - Drums/Percussion

(George Murphy - Bass/songwriter on "Planet Blues" and "LA Groove" CDs)
(Chris Shartzer - Drums on "Planet Blues" CD
(Danny Hord - Harmonica on "Planet Blues" CD
(Richard Malone - Saxophone on "LA Groove" CD)
Production and Engineering for Magic Palace Studios: Tony Rollins and Greg Clagett

Influences: Steve Vai, Frank Zappa, Tony MacAlpine, Joe Satriani, Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads, Jake E Lee, Zakk Wylde, Toshi Iseda, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Steely Dan, John Petrucci, John Sykes, Gary Moore, John Norum, George Lynch, Duke Robillard, Albert King, Anson Funderburg, (Louisville, KY based Guitarists Mark Stein and David "Spoon" Witherspoon. BG Johnson (bass), Bob Ramsey (keys), Jerry Green (vox), and my late Grandfather Floyd "Pappy" Johnson (guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, and anything else with strings).

Sounds Like: Greg's style is uniquely his own, but his biggest influences early and then throughout his life have been Steve Vai, Frank Zappa, Randy Rhoads, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Satriani, Tony MacAlpine, John Sykes, Duke Robillard, and Zakk Wyle. His admiration doesn't stop there though, check out his list of influences to see everyone that's "helped him on his way" as he would say.

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Record Label: Blue Mood Records - Magic Palace Studios
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Type of Label: Indie

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Finally Up and Running

It took me long enough but I finally got a "MySpace" site up a running...This site is intended to showcase ALL my music (or at least the what I've recorded) over the course of my career, from the Plan...
Posted by Greg Clagett on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:58:00 PST