The Gregory Morris Group (Cincinnati, Ohio) combines fundamental elements of a traveling storyteller, jazz influenced dynamic percussion, bittersweet folk roots and east coast horn creating a bastion of invention that shanghais the senses into a hyper real environment rich with [un]savory characters. One part jazz, one part folk, one part punk, one part rock, but it's really all about the songs. Bank robberies, pregnant pirates, time travelers, voodoo spells, allegory and plain old sex drugs and rock n roll conspire to reveal a world of simple feelings in exotic places. A broken heart by any other name...
A genuine enjoyment of the art and the opportunity to play together keeps the music and the performer fresh and sincere and the songs, like any good story, can never really be told the same way twice. GMG is currently working on their 2nd full length album, RoofTop, BoomBox, UFO, to be released late 2007.
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"Today i have decided that i am a dragon in dogs clothing or a sheep in fish scales or a plausible but unremarkable human in thrift store cotton...who i have been and who i am yet to become are as unimportant are they are unknowable. suffice it to say that someday i will be dust just as you and you and you will be too - unless the soul remains, memory intact as it switches cars in the rail yard of the abyss. this is worth knowing although, as i told that seductive soothsayer one time long ago, i do not care to know the hour and manner of my death - sometimes the real gift is in the suprise. as for the hour and manner of my life - the hours are many and the manners are few. i am as lucky as any mongrel runt could ever hope to be having seen the marble of rome, the potshards of hopi land, the brothels of new orleans and the caravans of morocco. i make music to torment and to liberate, to reveal and obscure - in short it is an affliction and so shall i suffer." - Gregory Morris
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"It's not the upside down backwards smooth as jazz frenetic as Django guitar playing of leader Gregory Morris or the tight and versatile rhythm section of Michael and Katherine, but the cool, progressive blues seated groove they lay down." - Jeff Roberson
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Dirty Jack’s is committed to making sure that you earn the money you deserve. We are capable of paying you more as a local band than any other venue you are currently working in the Greater Cincinnati, but we all need to work together to do it! This event was created to hear what we have to offer you and for you to offer up your suggestions and give us your feedback. We hope to plan more events similar to this on a regular basis.
This night is dedicated to the great musicians of our fair town and we offer you a chance to come in, drink cheap, interact with your local music community and see our club with no cover if you have not had the opportunity.
Dirty Jack’s is located at 5912 Vine St. in Elmwood Place, right in the middle of the 275 loop and 1 mile north of the P&G Ivorydale plant (St. Bernard Soap Company). Street parking is available as well as in the municipal lot located at the northwest corner of the club at Linden and Vine.
Please visit our website at www. dirtyjacksrocks. com for more detailed maps and for more information on the club. Please email us at outrageousproductions@gmail.com if you have any other questions that you would like us to address.
This event is for bands only and not opens to the general public. Those planning to attend can RSVP at outrageousproductions@gmail.com.
Just finished listening to the show on WAIF. Thanks a bunch! It really helped with my current GMG withdrawal. Wish I could have heard Greg's witty remarks a little better. Though, I think my favorite part was Katherine's comment, something like, "we're not angry, we're more sad and moody." Really dug the new stuff (and the old, of course)! Thanks again and Happy Lughnasa!
This is Greg from Winds Of Thor - The Music Of Led Zeppelin. Hope to see you at The Madison on August 29th for the ULTIMATE Led Zeppelin concert! www. windsofthor. net
I really enjoyed the "Funeral" show Friday night -- Greg, you're looking more pirate every day. (That's a compliment.) I especially enjoyed the duet on the last song ~ nice! The blister on my toe from my incessant dancing is healing nicely, too, thankyouverymuch. Looking forward to the next one.....
