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John Gregson

About Me

John Gregson mainly uses:

-Parker electric guitars

-Peavey amplification

-Jim Dunlop plectra.

-McVitie's Jaffa Cakes.

No endorsements are implied, unless explicitly stated.

"A Damn Good Guitarist!" - Guthrie Govan

"I need your awesome licks...you rock!"
- Carl Verheyen

Available to hire in a wide variety of styles and situations: wacky instrumental gigs, full blown Pop tours, jazz accompaniment, country/bluegrass studio sessions, etc.. Hell, name it and I'll be more than happy to play it. I've even earnt my keep as an Orchestral Electric Guitarist. Beat that.

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John is currently working (extremely dilligently) at Wells Cathedral Music School and The International Guitar Festival.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 13/06/2006
Band Website: http://www.johngregson.co.uk
Band Members: John Gregson live at The Cluny

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Influences: Bands: Steely Dan, Queen, The Beatles, Porcupine Tree, and quite a few more. You may not be able to spot the influence, but I wouldn't be performing today without these guys.

Individual Musicians: Brian May, Steve Morse, Carl Verheyen,
Virgil Donati, Gavin Harrison, Milton Mermikides, Bill Frisell,
Vinnie Colaiuta, Brett Garsed, Larry Carlton, Robben Ford, Greg Howe, Chick Corea, Martin Taylor, Eric Roche, Brent Mason.
So on and so on to aleph-null places.

Misc.: I'm quite partial to The Simpsons, Futurama, South Park, Spaced, Seinfeld, Brass Eye etc. ad infinitum.
So, that should give a fairly comprehensive overview of my, er, interesting sense of humour.
Huge interest in Science-y type folk: Darwin, Dawkins, Dennett, Harris, Sagan and so on.
Sounds Like: Meshuggah & Fountains of Wayne performing The Rite of Spring.
Record Label: CoffeeLoop
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Transcriptions Available

Hail all,To anyone who's asked about the track 'What Used to Be', I've posted a transcription of the 'flash git' lick at the end, on my blog:http://johngregson.blogspot.com/2009/02/lesson-for-febr uary...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:07:00 GMT

New Live Tracks

I've added some 'new' Live tracks to my page, 'Technical Difficulties' and 'Amazing Grace'.They were recorded in December 2007, at a Wells Cathedral School Staff concert.The version of 'Amazing Grace'...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:24:00 GMT

Not so important.

There's something decidely comforting in being informed that I have 4 friends. I mean, you're never sure, are you?
Posted by on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 15:31:00 GMT

Please Read!

Yo, one and all!Here is my 'musicians' page - from 'johngregson' to 'discreteguitarist' [hoho, all you mathematicians out there can have a quiet chuckle over that name].As per, please visit:http://www...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 13:04:00 GMT