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Hometown: Austin, Texas, USA
Influences: Double Trouble, stevie ray vaughn, zz top
Website: http://www.shadygrady.net/
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Canadian guitarist Grady Johnson from the original Alterna Blues band Big Sugar, the monolithic Big Ben Richardson from London, England on bass, and former South Texas surfer and drummer for Stevie Ray Vaughan and The Arc Angels, Chris “Whip” Layton have created a sound equal parts Gospel Revival and Satanic Ritual. With Whip as tour guide, the three have quenched their greed for speed in every manner of biker bar, honky tonk, even skateboard park in Central Texas, and loud? Shit Yeah!!! Plus they have style. Grady Johnson may look like a country gentleman in a Hugo Boss suit and Stetson hat, but he plays guitar like a coyote caught in a leg trap. Did I mention that Big Ben is twice the size of your average utility grade bass player? Their live show is spontaneous subsonic combustion that swerves between punk rock agro and field holler hypnosis. With guitars tuned down to the key of aaaggghhh, plaintive cattle call vocals and an unrelenting one chord stomp, it is little wonder that the music conjures up images of the damned and the sanctified. This is some badass shit!!!
Grady-Woman Got My Devil
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Next >>>Loud, fast and totally obnoxious punk/blues, short on subtlety and long on annoying grunge. Johnson is a limited, one-dimensional guitarist who tunes his instrument down to rubber band tension, and he has the worst tone I ever heard anywhere. The material is just OK, nothing special, and really pretty derivative. I bought this because Chris Layton is one of my favorite drummers, and I'm happy to learn he has already left this band. Good move, Chris. Stick with Tommy Shannon, Arc Angels, Storyville and your session work, and keep playing those great Texas shuffles you do so well. This turkey is going to the used CD store.
Since the mid-Ninties, I have converted damn-near every human being I know into Big sugar fans, and now we all are salivating over Grady. Just when we thought Gordie Johnson couldn't do it any better, he comes up with this record. "500 Lbs." was arguably Big sugar's heaviest record and I guess the old boy decided he was through showing his soft side. This whole band is ready is ready to go upside your head, so don't be shy about the volume knob.
Heard a few songs by these guys they played with Sass Jordan at Ching Wing Ding they absolutely stole the show buy this CD and play it friggin loud people Most underrated band in a long long time
CRANK this up and hit the highway!
saw these guys with Velvet Brick in Austin....what a show!
Austin...your lucky to have Mr Johnson in your backyard...he will kick your ass just as hard live!
Grady is so far ahead of anything else out there right now. This album will drive you hard into the dirt and make you ask for more.
These guys are f-ing incredible. I'm thinking it's a combination of John Lee Hooker and Zakk Wylde with a touch of Helmet. Insane!! Watch out because they'll rock a new crack in your ass!!
Monster sound, good hard driving rockin' stuff!!! Anything with Chris bangin the traps is A #1 in my book!!
Grady is in an in your face kick-ass southern rock with an edge. Keep it up!