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Grant Naylor

About Me

Grant Naylor: I First started playing guitar at age 6, then moved onto drum kit at age 12, and then saxophone and clarinet followed by congas, African drums and percussion(Djembe, doon doons, ken kenni, Sungban , Bugurubu, gombe, sabar, kallen, krin, shekere, ETC..) Mbira( african thumb piano) and music production. Drums are my true Passion in music, where it all began, the heart beat. The drum has taken me on a journey playing music with artists from Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Guinea, Gambia, Burkina Faso, South Africa, Ziare, Zimbabwe, Jamaica, Indonesia, Europe, South America, the USA and the UK. The drum has enabled me to tour the world performing music , sharing the stage with some of the worlds greatest acts and performing at countless festivals and Concerts in 18 different countries, Weather playing funk, reggae, afro pop, traditional African, pop, rock, punk, jazz, folk, trance, house, techno or ...just about anything that sounded good at the time. I have persisted to follow music on an incredible journey (of no return), through the good times and the bad, I look forward to where the journey takes me from here.Find more amazing free myspace templates at myspace-html-layout.com! Find more amazing free myspace templates at myspace-html-layout.com!


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Member Since: 07/04/2006
Band Members: All types of interesting people I collaborate with,(Presently playing with Starsky. Declan Kelly. Krakatoa. Afrotunes. The Drum Cafe {corporate drumming / team building}).Some acts from the past include: (The Felas, Central, SKIN, Primal Urge, Carla Werner, Orville Smith {founder of Time Unlimited} Tribal Drift, Davey Hilder, Vanessa Amorosi, The Resurectors, Dubwise up, Loonaloop, Afrotunes, Attaclaps afrobeat orchestra, Afro Moses, Jacky orzazcsky, Ritual Healing, Lisa Hunt, Tommee and the Neighbourhood, Vybz, Bubaca, Thami, Afram, Big Blue Crush club, Mea Culpa, Floating Temple, Peggy Van Zalm, Jean Paul Wobotai, Ibile, African Kultural Kontractors, Henri Gaobi, Beat N Rhythm, Realtime,Papa lips, Jon Stevens, Sexual Chocolate, Thelemic Pulse, Two Way Ting, Epizo, Mohatta, Adama Drame,).All funky soulful and inspiring.The Starsky songs were written and recorded with Mitchell Anderson (AKA SKIN) on vocals, keys, samples, programing and production, Dean Sutherland (AKA Skunkhour) on Bass and myself on drums, percussion, samples and production.
Influences:
www.postpalace.com James brown, Fela kuti, Stevie wonder, Steve miller band, Mamady Keita, Adama Drame, Famoudou Konate, Ali Farke toure, Rycooder, Yousou N dour, Pink floyd, Jimmy Hendrix, Alpha Blondy, Miles Davis, Burning Spear, Kenny Garrett, Curtis Mayfield, Frank Zappa, Led Zepplin, Bob Marley, Percussions De Guinea, Les Ballet Africans,The Clash, The Sex Pistols, babeindex, John coltrane, art blakey, trilok Gurtu, The Police, Massive Attack, Shpongle, Santanna, Donny Hathaway, Mory Kante, King Tubby, Keziah jones, Al Greene, Nick Drake, Ray Charles, Bootsy Collins, D'angelo, The Meters,Frank Zappa, Earth Wind and Fire, Marvin Gaye, Gil scott heron, Midnite, Giovanni Hidalgo, Ravi shankar, Roy Ayres, Roy Hargrove, Sheila Chandra, Steve Miller Band, Thomas Mapfumo, Wilson Picket, Morcheeba, King Sunny Ade, Bunny Wailer, Nick Drake, Farafina, Fatala, Leftfield, Ayo, Suma, Gwange, Henri Gaobi, Dorothy Masuka, Hugh Masakela, John Martyn, Free, Baaba Maal
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