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Artist Biography For Grey Ghost

There Are Multiple Artists With The Name Grey Ghost . 1 Hiphop Artist From Melbourne Australia
2 Pianist Roosevelt T. Williams From America
3 Multi-Instrumentalist Brian Griffith From America 1 Grey Ghost Is The Solo Project Of Melbourne Emcee And Vocalist Jeremedy Formerly Of The Melodics. He Began Performing Under The Grey Ghost Moniker In 2011 Releasing An EP Followed By A Mixtape Ghost In The Machine In June 2012.
Arising From The Death Of Melbourne Beat Experimentalists The Melodics Grey Ghost Is A One-Man Journey Through Time Space And Sound. From The Natural Poetry Of Jeremedy’s Urban Parlance To The Kind Of Universal Rhythms That Awaken Our Inner Primate This Is Music However Technological That Remains Unmistakably And Beautifully Human.
Debuting With A Handful Of Songs That Reiterate A Definitive Post-Rap Sound And Ideology Grey Ghost Is A Collision Of The Real World And The Imagination - Where Opposing Laws Of Musical Physics Are Defied And Then Redefined. Futuristic Retro And Retro-Futuristic All In One Grey Ghost Is Rock Music You Can Dance To Mixed With Dance Music That Rocks. Creativity Let Off The Leash.
Grey Ghost’s Social Conscience And Turn-Of-Phrase Bring Depth And Reality To A Musical Realm That Can Often Be Fantastical And Bordering On The Strange. His Ability To Communicate However Using This Unbeaten Path Is Always Crystal Clear. There Is An Essential Sense Of Adventure To Grey Ghost But It Connects.
Having Already Collaborated With Producers Jan Skubiszewski And Matik Plus An Impeccable Production Team That Includes The Likes Of Forrester Savell And Scott Horscroft The First-Generation Of Grey Ghost’s Songs Are Enriched By The Chemistry Of Like Minds. The Artistic Vision Of One Man Shared And Realised By The Most Esteemed Of His Peers. Hook-Driven And Hypnotic The Spine-Tingling Chorus Of Grey Ghost’s Debut Single Space Ambassador Paints An Incredibly Telling Picture Of Its Creator. This Is A Man Looking Out At The Stars Waiting For The Time To Make His Mark.
A Man Waiting No Longer. 1. Pianist Roosevelt T. Williams Better Known As "Grey Ghost " Entertained Central Texas Audiences From The 1920s Through The 1990s With His Jazz-Tinged Barrelhouse Blues. Once Called The "Thelonious Monk Of Blues " Williams Was Born Dec. 7 1903 In Bastrop. Armed With Basic Musical Training As A Teen He Used His Good Ear To Absorb African-American Anglo Mexican And Eastern European Styles Pouring Out Of Area Dances And Roadhouses. Williams Often Traveled To And From Gigs By Slipping Onto Empty Boxcars Which Earned Him The Grey Ghost Appellation. In 1940 Folklorist William Owens Made A Field Recording Of Grey Ghost Singing "Hitler Blues" After Hearing Him Perform At A Navasota Skating Rink. The Song Was Mentioned In Time Magazine And Ultimately Broadcast Over BBC Radio In An Alistair Cooke Story About The American Musical Response To World War II. Although The Notoriety Of "Hitler Blues" Did Not Make Grey Ghost A Star He Became A Familiar Figure In East Austin Clubs Like The Victory Grill And Fat Green's During Their Postwar Heyday. In 1965 Local Music Historian Tary Owens Recorded Several Grey Ghost Songs Which Led To Festival Appearances Alongside Mance Lipscomb And Janis Joplin. After Years Of Relative Obscurity Owens Tracked Down Grey Ghost Again In The Mid-Eighties Introducing Him To A New Generation Of Blues Fans Via Regular Gigs At Antone's And The Continental Club. The City Proclaimed Dec. 7 1987 As Grey Ghost Day And He Was Voted Into The Austin Music Hall Of Fame The Following Year. Grey Ghost's One Eponymous Solo Album Was Released In 1992 On Owens' Spindletop Label. He Also Appeared On Catfish's Texas Piano Professors Compilation Alongside Erbie Bowser And Lavada "Dr. Hepcat" Durst. Grey Ghost Passed Away On July 17 1996 At Age 92. 2. Grey Ghost Is Brian Griffith. A Proficient Bass Player And Multi-Instrumentalist He Relocated To Chicago And Picked Up A New Moniker. "His Melodies And Beats Are Beautiful And Peaceful " Said Jason Of Orange Alert. Look For His Releases With Collaborator Natalie Chami As L'éternèbre.

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