by John Gros | Mar 31, 2021 | News
I Can't Believe I'm Playing Tipitina's I Can’t Believe I’m Playing Tipitina’s Friday, April 2nd John “Papa” Gros TRIO with Matt Booth & Russ Broussard Live at Tipitina’s! Two Shows: 7pm & 9:30pm Early show...
by John Gros | Mar 31, 2021 | News
Talking with “On The Record” about creating music, music education, and strangely enough… the sound of a...
by John Gros | Feb 26, 2021 | 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 | Feb 24, 2021 | News
Before “River’s on Fire”, it had been a long time since I had done any songwriting on the piano. Previously, I had done most of my songwriting on guitar. I found that it forced me to focus on simpler chord choices and arrangements. The piano allows me the...
by John Gros | Feb 19, 2021 | News
If I’m doing a two hour show, I spend 22 hours a day mentally and physically preparing to give my all for those two hours. That’s whether I’m driving or flying across the country, sleeping and / or resting at my house or hotel, or whatever I need to be doing....
by John Gros | Feb 18, 2021 | News
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 play some New Orleans music for you, right now.” And I’m really serious about it. And that’s when the...
