by John Gros | Sep 2, 2019 | News
When songwriting, I write using various instruments: piano, organ, guitar, bass or voice. Each instrument brings something different out of me.
by John Gros | Aug 30, 2019 | News
It’s fun exploring songs live. They have to live and breathe every time. We can’t just play them by rote. The search to find new ways to make them fresh each and every night is a reward in itself.
by John Gros | Aug 28, 2019 | News
I try to take the social and cultural legacy of our local New Orleans tradition on the road with me, every place I go. To demonstrate through songcraft: this is who we are, this is what we do, this is why we do it.
by John Gros | Aug 27, 2019 | News
by John Gros | Aug 26, 2019 | News
You can’t escape it here. Birthday parties. Funerals. Family gatherings. Mardi Gras. You name it, there’s always music circling around whatever we’re doing in New Orleans.
by John Gros | Aug 23, 2019 | News
One of my favorite performers is Toots Hibbert of Toots and the Maytals. I spent a week playing in Jamaica and came home singing a reggae bass melody for a week. I figured I better make a song out of it before I forgot it. So I did. “Why’d Ya Do It?” on the album...
