Music:
Member Since: 18/03/2006
Band Website: grantgordy.com
Band Members: David Grisman Quintet:DG- mandolinJim Kerwin- bassMatt Eakle- fluteGeorge Marsh- drumsGrant- guitar
Influences: Shakti (The first incarnation: John McLaughlin, L. Shankar, Zakir Hussain, T. H. Vinayakaram, and R. Raghavan) John Coltrane, Claude Debussy, Brad Mehldau, Ross Martin, Tony Rice, J.S. Bach, David Grisman, Andy Statman, Miles Davis, Earth, Wind, and Fire, Chris Thile, Bolivia Colonial Caranavi coffee beans, Sonny Rollins, Bird, Mike Marshall, Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Keith Jarrett, John Hartford, Charlie Provenza, Sam Bush, Herbie Hancock, Bill Evans, Joe Pass, Allison Krauss, Django Reinhardt, Bireli Lagrene, Shostakovich, Cannonball Adderly, Pat Metheny, Wayne Shorter, Ravi Shankar, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Mark O'Connor, Paul Kowert, Hamilton de Holanda, Jim Hall, Stephane Grappelli, Jerry Douglas, The Grateful Dead, Kurt Rosenwinkel, The Allman Brothers, Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner, Phish, Clarence White, Dexter Gordon, Jaco Pastorius, Eric Dolphy, Russ Barenberg, David Grier, Sly Stone, James Brown, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Clifford Brown, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Gershwin, Buddy Guy, Darol Anger, Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie, Lee Morgan, Paul Simon, Allan Holdsworth, Todd Phillips, Matt Raum, Duke Ellington, Gil Evans, Grupo Niche, Joe Lovano, Vee Device, Ali Akbar Khan, Badi Assad, Lenny Breau, Oscar Peterson, Nadja Solerno-Sonnenberg, Sergio & Odair Assad.
Sounds Like: According to Tashina Clarridge, "fast" and "jazz" seem to be defining characteristics...
Type of Label: Major