Baby Gramps is an amazing amalgamation of everything that anybody’s ever heard including Mississippi John Hurt, Uncle Dave Macon, Charlie Patton, Blind Blake, Captain Beefheart, the Tuvan Throat Singers and Popeye. Baby Gramps has created a highly developed and completely original musical concoction that is easily the most intriguing synthesis to come out of the roots revival of the late 20th Century. He plays beautifully “betwixt the cracks in the piano” a la Ornette Coleman, can scat the blues three notes at once, and has invented his own guitar technique he calls “scribbling”. Gramps does amazing tricks with timing, timbre, tempo and pitch that no one can hope to imitate, and reinvents himself nightly, never performing a song the same way twice. Jazz buffs will want to compare the two takes of “Nuthin’” we’ve included on this disc (Same 'Ol Timeously) with the one you hear next time you see Gramps live. I call it jazz, because that’s what it is.
~ Glenn Howard, American Musical Heritage Foundation
thanks, not so much for the add, but for all the inspirations and kind encouragement you have given me and my good friend Chris Pro. hope to see you sooner than later either out in the Emerald City or Back East if you're on the Road...
Thank you for being our friend. Uncle DooDad invites you to stop by http://www.uncledoodad.com/ and check out the live recordings we’ve posted from recent shows in Seattle, Portland and Bellingham. Lots more streaming audio for free on the site too.
Thanks again for comin' out to the Red Bike on Vashon, BG! What a great time, as always. Thanks for bringing out Eric too, he was a really pleasant surprise! Best of luck, see you down the road! ~pete~
Hey Baby, a couple questions for ya---Do geese see God? Was it Eliot..s toilet I saw?? As I always say....never odd or even....some men interpret nine memos!! hehe...go hang a salami, i..m a lasagna hog!! xxx J
Hey BG Sorry to have missed you at the Mateel. Always a pleasure experiencing your set. Rock! Coyote you met in Ballard at Dylans birthday show a few years back at the Sunset....Keep On Keepin On Baby...
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