When The Fun Begins
When I get ready to step onstage and play, I definitely have that mentality of “I'm John Papa Gros and I play Hammond organ and piano and I'm gonna to play some New Orleans music for you, right now.” And I'm really serious about it. And that’s when the fun...
Dallas Concert
See John Papa Gros at Sundown at Granada in Dallas on July 21st! BUY TICKETS
Bourbon Street
A lot of people talk bad about Bourbon Street, but it’s a great music education. If you’re there for the right reasons, you can’t replace that kind of education. The chops, stamina and strength that you get from Bourbon Street — there’s nothing else like it. All that...
4th of July
Happy 4th of July
New Orleans Music
New Orleans is a neighborhood town. All of our music comes from neighborhoods. Fats Domino came from the Ninth Ward. The Neville Brothers came from uptown, the Thirteenth Ward. But every neighborhood has its own little take on this music and it has been evolving for...
Hope
There are a couple songs that Allen Toussaint wrote where he'd have a certain, uplifting chord at the end. I remember asking him one time, "Why'd you choose that chord?" He said, "That offers hope. We could all use some hope."
A Natural Thing
Music is a natural thing that happens in time. That's how we are as humans. There is an ebb and flow to everything that we do.
Relix Magazine Photo
The July issue of Relix Magazine features a tribute to BB King's New York City club that recently closed. It includes a photo taken by Dino Perrucci of John playing with Chuck Berry.
Robert Mercurio of Galactic
“John Gros is one of those dudes that can make a rehearsal or waiting around for a show or playing the actual performance so much more fun. He has a real knack for bringing a band alive in the best way possible” - Robert Mercurio (Galactic)
Sugar And Ice
The song "Sugar And Ice" tells the age old tale of a man struggling with his woman but with little twists and lines that represent my life. "I need a Dixie and a whiskey". My Paw Paw drank Dixie beer and loved his IW Harper whiskey. "Hanging in the Quarter, shooting...