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Tom Griesgraber

"What do you call that thing?"

About Me

Hola, ciao, salut! This page is here mainly as a pointer to my real site (www.thossounds.com) and as a cool way to connect and reconnect with friends. If I know you, please click add. If I want to know you, please click add.
In short though.. I'm primarily a Chapman Stick player (gtr/bass/synth hybrid) residing in San Diego, CA. I do music on my own and also with drummer Jerry Marotta (as a duo we call simply Marotta/Griesgraber). The music is a mix of things like rock, jazz, progressive rock, ambient and maybe some world textures.
I perform and tour pretty consistently. You'll always find the dates at http://www.thossounds.com/schedules.html I often perform as an opener too and have been lucky to share billings with some amazing musicians like: The California Guitar Trio, The Tony Levin Band, The League of Crafty Guitarists, Adrian Belew, Al Dimeola, Stanley Jordan, Steve Hackett, Larry Carlton and Steve Lukather, Bill Bruford's Earthworks, Asia, Tower of Power, The Dixie Dregs and the Steve Morse Band.
So.. there's a brief intro for you. Thanks for stopping by.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/12/2005
Band Website: thossounds.com
Band Members: me!
Influences: Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, California Guitar Trio, The Beatles, Genesis, U2, Pat Metheny, Eric Johnson, Robert Fripp, The Police, Sting, Adrian Belew, Oingo Boingo, Danny Elfman, Led Zeppelin, Dave Matthews, David Sylvian, Fleetwood Mac, Paul McCartney, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Tom Petty, Erik Wøllo, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Satriani, Paul Simon, John Lennon, Greg Howard, Living Colour, Metallica, Mike Stern, Beethoven, Bach, Papa Wemba, Paula Cole, Phil Keaggy, Pink Floyd, Rush, Sarah McLachlan, Tears for Fears, Seal, Steve Morse Band, Tuck and Patti, Van Halen, The Who, Wes Montgomery, Yes, Yo-Yo Ma, Mozart, 10,000 Maniacs, Tony Levin, Bill Bruford's Earthworks, John Williams, League of Crafty Guitarists, Aerosmith, Don Henley, The Eagles, Megadeth
Sounds Like: me! (I hope)
Record Label: ThosSounds and O3E/Spotted Peccary
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Bert Lams and TG East Coast Tour

We're at it again.... Bert Lams of the California Guitar Trio and I will be invading venues and homes out east in a few weeks. Should be a great one! It's been a few years since I've been to many of t...
Posted by Tom Griesgraber on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:50:00 PST

New Limited Edition CD "Sketchbook" now available

Browse on over to www.thossounds.com/sketchbookcd.html and you'll find a brand new solo CD from yours truly called "Sketchbook." This is a limited edition, hand numbered release that pretty much runs ...
Posted by Tom Griesgraber on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 03:03:00 PST

Tom G. charity auction

Hi follks,Here's something neat. While Bert Lams and I were on our west coast trip a month or so ago, I got asked to take part in something called the Comfort Doll Project. This is a group that auctio...
Posted by Tom Griesgraber on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 04:44:00 PST

under the influence

So I finally posted something under the influences column here. Inspired by a friend who made a music list here and kept it just to people she really really knew, I basically went over my CD collectio...
Posted by Tom Griesgraber on Mon, 13 Mar 2006 09:19:00 PST

Why am I here?

I mean that in the smaller sense. Why myspace? (and the greater philisophical question we may explore later). As most of my friends will know, I have my own site already at www.thossounds.com It h...
Posted by Tom Griesgraber on Wed, 02 Nov 2005 10:58:00 PST