Monitor and the Merrimac
David Grazynski, who writes and performs under the pseudonym 'Monitor
and the Merrimac', was born in the Northeast of the US in the early '80's, but his sound and subjects are timeless. He draws influence from American Roots music and the simplicities (and complexities) of life in general with the banjo to form songs in a time when storytelling is
becoming a dying art.
Monitor and the Merrimac has just finished the debut LP "Grandma's Old Couch" with a unbelievable amount of help from Matt Wilson and John Miller (Titles), Sean Spellman (Quiet Life), James Durden (The Sons of Zebedee), Jason Hammel and Kori Gardner (Mates of State). Clocking in at just about 34 minutes over 12 songs "Grandma's Old Couch" combines the Monitor and the Merrimac banjo with full instrumentation (with help from friends above... and their great equipment). Two songs from "Grandma's Old Couch" can be heard on this page ("On the Wind" and "Lonesome House Blues").
Purchase the record at any shows or at Redscroll Records in Wallingford, CT or online at http://monitormerrimac.bigcartel.com
Fairfield Weekly - Bands on the Bubble:
(http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=3122)
"Just give him a stool and a beer and he'll make you feel like you're siting around a campfire in the Wisconsin wilderness. Bob Dylan did that kind of stuff once. Monitor and the Merrimac is a local American poet with a banjo who's catering to the People's need for something very real, a little "different" and a lot old-fashioned."
"It's the musical equivalent of a rickety fence. Somehow joyful and despondent at the same time" - David McMahon http://bewarethehippiemenace.blogspot.com
Check out the blogs for tons of press or download my presskit by clicking here
i will play shows anywhere, for anyone, with anyone, at almost any location, with or without a public address system, with or without a floor or a roof or walls or electricity.
talk: [email protected]
web:
home: http://www.monitorandthemerrimac.com
store: http://monitormerrimac.bigcartel.com
Last.fm: http://www.last.fm/music/monitor+and+the+merrimac
