by John Gros | Apr 14, 2021 | News
I evaluate myself by asking: Do I like what I am writing and playing?Does it represent me?Does it represent my family?Does it represent New Orleans? Those are the only questions. It’s really that simple.
by John Gros | Apr 12, 2021 | News
George Porter says, by learning a new song, you acquire new tools to put in your tool belt. Then at the next gig you learn something else and add that to your tool belt. So when you are fifteen, twenty years down the road, you have a full tool belt to work with. The...
by John Gros | Apr 9, 2021 | News
Musically, what’s challenging to me right now is to just stay fresh by adding something new to my vocabulary. It can be very small and very simple. It doesn’t have to be anything complex or a reinvention of the wheel. Just something that keeps me engaged...
by John Gros | Apr 7, 2021 | News
If you want to contribute to the New Orleans music tradition, then you can never take a day off. If your goal is set high, the bar is set even higher by the “greats” who came before you. You’ll never get there if you don’t put the time in....
by John Gros | Apr 5, 2021 | News
Playing music is what I love to do. It doesn’t matter what room I’m in, how big the stage, or who I’m playing to. I go through all the hoops, all the headaches, to do what I do, because I get so much out of it. It’s my calling. It’s what I am supposed to...
by John Gros | Apr 1, 2021 | News
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...
