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About Me

With a uniquely appealing sound and unassuming style, Grey Sanford has a singer/songwriter feel with hints of blues, jazz, rock & a little bit of jam which harkens back the sound of The Allman Bros & Marshall Tucker Band with a new millennium spin. With their infectious melodies, harmonies, chilled hooks and honest lyrics Grey Sanford, based out of Providence RI, has gathered quite a diverse following. At any given show youll find a crowd filled with a range of ages from 20 somethings to 50 somethings, each dancing and singing along and wanting more. Started in the winter of 2004, Grey Sanford was born around 4 musicians with a love of music and songwriting. With influences ranging from Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Stevie Ray to Grant Lee Phillips, Dave Matthews and Phish, Grey Sanford intricately weaves these different styles into their songwriting to create a sound all their own. Their first CD Sunday Morning Breakfast, was released in 2005 and was quickly embraced by their loyal fans who wasted no time learning the lyrics and singing them at live shows. 2006 began with the rootsy, americana styled "Country Song" being selected as a finalist in VH1's song of the year contest. In the summer of 2006 Grey Sanford rounded out their lineup and sound with the addition of two new members. The soulful vocals of singer/songwriter Kim Petrarca and grooved out fretless bass stylings of Mike Geer have brought their sound to the next level. Grey Sanford is currently working with Grammy Award winning producer Vini Poncia (Ringo Starr, Kiss) on their follow up album. With 2 songs already introduced at the live shows, Shes Like and Crazy All Over Again have quickly become fan favorites. Grey Sanfords infectious melodies and hooks combined with their love for playing music create a musical atmosphere to let loose, chill out and more importantly have fun.

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Member Since: 5/31/2005
Band Members:
View Grey Sanford's EPKGreg Roch: Keys, rhythm guitar, vocals Neil Gagnon: Lead Guitar, vocals Jon Carosi: Drums, Percussion Andy Roch: Rhythm, slide and lead guitars, mandolin Kim Petrarca: Guitar, vocals Mike Geer: Bass, vocalsBooking: [email protected] don't take our word for it, Check out what some satisfied customers are saying:"Listening to Grey Sanford Band makes you 'wickit smot'" Dr. Winston O'Boogie"GSB is like a round house kick in the face by me... only awesomer" Chuck Norris"One time when I was sick my mom gave me 2 tablespoons of Tussin and a healthy dose of GSB and it was awesome" Tim"aldjaslfashlsadfaslhlashashlhaslh" Helen KellerIf you'd like to add a quote to the list just shoot us an email and we'll add it!
Influences: Beatles, Zeppelin, Allman Bros., Stevie Ray, Dave Matthews Band, Phish, Grant Lee Phillips etc....

Sounds Like: sounds as neat as it is!
Record Label: El Torpedo Records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

UPDATES

What up everyone? We're still recording, it's going good but slow. Trying to make some really good demos but can't wait to get them done and out. We have a show at Club Hell coming u...
Posted by The Grey Sanford Band on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:22:00 PST

NEWS

What's going on people. Just some quick updates. We've moved into our new studio to begin recording the demos for the new album. Recording will be taking place all summer with some g...
Posted by The Grey Sanford Band on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:29:00 PST

New songs, She's Like and Sinker

We've posted a couple of new songs, She's Like and Sinker. These are live recordings from a show we did at KC's Tap in Pawtucket on November 17th. The recordings aren't the best but it's s...
Posted by The Grey Sanford Band on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 07:35:00 PST

Rock Hard Entertainment Finals Info

RHODE ISLAND ARE YOU READY TO F**KING ROCK?!?!?!?! Category: Music THE FINALS OCTOBER 14TH 2006 @ THE LIVING ROOMWhats up Providence this is it. The biggest baddest local show to ever hit ...
Posted by The Grey Sanford Band on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 06:21:00 PST

Thanks for the support.

Thanks to all of you who came out to support us at the Green Room on Saturday night for the Rock Hard Entertainment battle of the bands(you guys sold out the show, the only band to do so). Because of ...
Posted by The Grey Sanford Band on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 01:51:00 PST

new members

what's up everyone, we've just scored two new members to the band, Kim "Rocka" Petrarca on vox and rhythm guitar and Mike "Geersome" Geer on bass & vox. Andy's moving back to guitar where he's mos...
Posted by The Grey Sanford Band on Fri, 28 Jul 2006 01:27:00 PST

Country Song

We just got word that Country Song is one of the finalists in VH1's Save the Music Song of the Year contest for the month of February. "The monthly winners and four finalists from each category (total...
Posted by The Grey Sanford Band on Thu, 13 Apr 2006 09:31:00 PST

new song

Whats up everyone, we've posted a new song "Lost", give a listen and let us know what you think. GS
Posted by The Grey Sanford Band on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 07:18:00 PST

BALLS said the queen

Thanks to everyone who came down to rock out with us at BALLS. We had a great time. Hope you guys did too. Thanks to the Mill City Rockers for inviting us as well. If you guys ...
Posted by The Grey Sanford Band on Sat, 04 Feb 2006 09:14:00 PST

jamwave

check us out at jamwave.com/greysanford
Posted by The Grey Sanford Band on Mon, 09 Jan 2006 02:09:00 PST