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About Me

"NYC someday will brag about its great legends of country music, that's right we said country, and among those names will be the engaging, hardworking, witty, and schmoozin' and boozin' Grace." - Village Voice
The Jack Grace Band is Martini Country: honky tonk with an urban, moody edge -- a blend of Johnny Cash, Tom Waits and chicken piccata. Led by the aforementioned schmoozin' and boozing Jack "Martini Cowboy" Grace (who is has also been seen swigging generous helpings of Maker's Mark), the music has been touted by many scribes as "gritty, down home country the way it should be" and so authentically urban country "you can practically taste the whiskey dripping off the songs."
Those songs are delivered in so fresh and spontaneous a manner as to belie the careful song-craft involved in recording after recording. His latest, The Martini Cowboy, is a paean to the romance of urban country, with taxis, carriage rides through Central Park, pretty young ladies to win and lose, and bittersweet memories tinged with Sapphire regrets.
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Member Since: 1/4/2006
Band Website: jackgrace.com
Band Members: Jack Grace - balloon animals, chicken parmigiana
Daria Grace - bass & vocals
Russ "The Fuss" Meissner - drums
Mike Neer - steel guitar, telecaster
Bill Malchow - keys
Drew Glackin - lap steel
Bruce Martin - percussion, vocals & various doodads

Influences: The Band, Merle Haggard, Charlie Parker, whiskey, Lucinda Williams, Neil Young, William Shatner, Tom Waits, sleep, Johnny Hartman, Charles Bukowski, being in the woods, The Louvin Brothers, Woody Allen, Bill Evans, Django Reinhardt, my parents, Hank Williams, Thelonius Monk, Italian food, Johnny Cash, Sam Peckinpaugh, Doc Watson, Conan O'Brien, The Quarrymen, Frank Zappa, Waylon Jennings, Bob Wills, Willie Nelson, Richard Brautigan, Steak, Daria Grace, and a lot of people you may or may not have heard of.
Sounds Like: "an Italian with a banjo in a tree" and sometimes...........The Band, Merle Haggard, Charlie Parker, whiskey, Lucinda Williams, Neil Young, William Shatner, Tom Waits, sleep, Johnny Hartman, Charles Bukowski, being in the woods, The Louvin Brothers, Woody Allen, Bill Evans, Django Reinhardt,, Hank Williams, Thelonius Monk, Italian food, Johnny Cash, Sam Peckinpaugh, Doc Watson, The Quarrymen, Frank Zappa, Waylon Jennings, Bob Wills, Willie Nelson, Richard Brautigan,....... or we could just say it sounds like occasionally traditional, sometimes bizarre...... country music.
Record Label: Radia Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Jack Grace Band EVERY SUNDAY @ Rodeo Bar starting April 08 review

Hey,We will be @ Rodeo Bar 9 to 12 every Sunday starting in April.here is a review from last night’s show.Come byJackhttp://lucidculture.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/the-jack- grace-band-live-at-rode...
Posted by Jack Grace Band on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:01:00 PST

Drew Glackin 1963-2008

Andrew Glackin 1963-2008Drew Glackin, the most original lap steel player we have ever heard, one of the best friends we have ever had, and one of the most special humans this world was lucky enough to...
Posted by Jack Grace Band on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 12:35:00 PST

First time opening for Merle Haggard

June 20, 2002So, the Merle story:We shook hands at soundcheck. He introduced himself, "Hi I'm Merle". Then I left him to do what he had to do. My set started shortly after 7:30 PM just playin' to abou...
Posted by Jack Grace Band on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 08:59:00 PST

Opening for Jerry Lee Lewis 1/19/07

Yes, playing with Jerry Lee was quite a thrill, Martin Scorsese was there, and it was 10 times the thrill that Jerry listened and actually liked us. Whilst he was listening to us from backstage he sa...
Posted by Jack Grace Band on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 08:06:00 PST

computers

Dang these stupid computers , what am i doing at this stupid thing again, and what are you doing at your computer again for that matter? I think I'm gonna try being on the computer less and see what e...
Posted by Jack Grace Band on Sat, 01 Apr 2006 01:16:00 PST