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Greg Goad

About Me


Seattle native, Greg Goad (pronounced like road) currently lives in Winthrop, WA where he operates Letter B Studios. One lonely March night, he set up two mics and played through his songs one after the other. The raw live takes from the March 29 session came together to make the backbone of his debut solo release, ‘Saturday’.
In addition to his diverse and seasoned instrumental musicianship, Greg works compelling narratives into his songwriting that attempt to depict the adventure, glory, terror and agony that he has experienced living, climbing and exploring the outdoors in the northwest and beyond. Greg penned many of the songs on ‘Saturday’ as he was hiking on the 2700-mile Pacific Crest Trail through the summer of 2008.does anybody have a used trout stream for sale?
If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stomping on a human face -- forever. -- George Orwell

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves. -- John Muir

The poems to come are for you and for me and are not for mostpeople-it's no use trying to pretend that mostpeople and ourselves are alike. Mostpeople have less in common with ourselves than the squarerootof-minusone. You and I are human beings;mostpeople are snobs.ee cummings


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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 19/02/2006
Band Members: I crave playing music with anybody who craves playing music as much as I do.I play Guitar, Tabla, and Indian Flute. I really like the way singing feels... that's what compelled me to do it more. (i never thought I'd be a singer) I really like singing harmonies with others. I just got a banjo, and I scratch at a 100 year old fiddle.
Influences: Townes Van Zandt, Greg Brown, Iron and Wine, Leonard Cohen, Chet Baker, Neil Young, Laura Veirs, Gillian Welch/David Rawlings, Duke Ellington, The Band, Neko Case, Jim Morrison, John Muir, Jack Kerouac, Gary Snyder.....
Sounds Like: the noise in my head which is the reason I might seem spaced out when you're talking to me.
Record Label: Letter B

My Blog

from the book 2009

bury myself in bookshide away in nookstie me up in twinedrink down all the winelock me out of doorsslide across the floorpaint myself in tarthe wheel in the carfind myself a wifetangled in the stripes...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:59:00 GMT

El Submarinium @ cafe racer Thurs Nite

Hey ya'llFrancis and I will be at Cafe Racer on Thurs Nite. Doing the Banjo, Tabla, harmonization station. Come on down, and see God's Favorite Beefcake, and us!G
Posted by on Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:27:00 GMT

3-29 recordings

Last week, in the midst of a bad weather/boredom funky state of mind, I scraped myself together one night and set up the mics, opened a bottle o wine, and played through my songs. I listened to these ...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:30:00 GMT

the boredom dirge (ing)

No TVNo bodyAnother night comingstarted drinking at 3:30.Paced around this big houseRan out of things to do.I should be making money.My throat is sore from singing.My hand is hurt from playing.My ears...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:23:00 GMT

Songs on El Submarinium Page, Baseball Ceratops Page. Don't forget to check em out!

The subject contains the body of this message! www.myspace.com/elsubmariniumwww.myspace.com/baseballceratop sThanks!
Posted by on Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:13:00 GMT

time and life and poetry

Once again, I'm amazed at the passing of time. I pulled a journal off of the shelf that I wrote lots of poetry in when I was in highschool.  At the time, I was totally humbled and crippled by poetry, ...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:37:00 GMT

two days of faliure

Man. So, the last two days, I've set out with big goals, and ended up with no accomplishments. Just broken parts. Chris and I have been out getting wood for the winter. The chainsaw we were using -- ...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:55:00 GMT

Make yer own tortillas!

My friend Chris taught me how to do this some time ago, and it's one of the best things I've learned ever. I never buy tortillas at the store anymore, because they're so much better fresh. And I eat ...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Dec 2008 06:58:00 GMT

PCT update 7 -- California Boarder

Leaving Yosemite on a Saturday, I had to look up in my book how to spell Tuolumne as I wrote it on a sign to try to get a ride back up there. I can't ever remember how to spell that, and it's always f...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:01:00 GMT

PCT update 6 -- Yosemite!

I wasn't able to get on the internet for the past while. So, I've got a little behind in my postings. This one, was brainstormed and outlined in Yosemite almost two weeks ago. So, I'm going to send t...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:27:00 GMT