Member Since: 03/04/2007
Band Website: www.degroat.de
Band Members: David DeGroat
Born 1968 in Hartford Connecticut USA. David DeGroat, from a musical family, (mother piano player, father trumpet player and music teacher) began playing guitar at the age of 10.
From 1990 to 1992 private guitar lessons with Jamie Sherwood and music theory and ear training with Charlie Gigliotti.
Between 1992 and 1995 David DeGroat studied at the "Hartt School of Music", majoring in Jazz Guitar, studying with Jackie Mclean, Randy Johnston, Rick Rosie, Steve Davis, Richard Provost. DeGroat graduated "Magna cum Laude", with a bachelors degree in jazz studies, emphasis on jazz guitar.
Influences: Pat Metheny, Keith Jarrett, John Scofield, Bill Frisell, Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, Charlie Parker, John Abercrombie, Chet Atkins, Steely Dan, Grateful Dead, Phish, Igor Stravinsky, Bach, Frank Zappa, Micheal Brecker, Jaco Pastorius, Lenny Breau, George Benson, Bela Bartok, Pat Martino, Martin Taylor, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Bill Evans, Jim Hall, Wes Montgomery, Jimmy Raney, Tommy Emanuel, Joe Diorio, Mick Goodrick, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderly, The Beatles, Jim Nichols, Bela Fleck, Ted Greene, Tuck Andress, Bob Dylan, The Band, John Mayer, Stevie Wonder, Pink Floyd, The Who, The Police, Thelonius Monk, and many more that I can't think of right now...
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Sounds Like: Jazz, R&B, with a shot of Americana, Steely Dan, Jam Band... you decide.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Indie