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Who is Grayson Capps?
By Cynthia Tittle Welborn, To the Leader-Call
My U.S. History professor at Ole Miss taught that for the most part, the South is 10 years behind the West Coast socially, economically, and theatrically.
Thus for Grayson Capps, growing up in Brewton and Fairhope, Ala. in the 70’s, the scene was right out of Steinbeck’s, Cannery Row or Greenwich Village.
There were vagrants, writers, musicians, artists, and ne’er-do-wells reciting poetry. He remembers a man... MORE
By Cynthia Tittle Welborn, To the Leader-Call
My U.S. History professor at Ole Miss taught that for the most part, the South is 10 years behind the West Coast socially, economically, and theatrically.
Thus for Grayson Capps, growing up in Brewton and Fairhope, Ala. in the 70’s, the scene was right out of Steinbeck’s, Cannery Row or Greenwich Village.
There were vagrants, writers, musicians, artists, and ne’er-do-wells reciting poetry. He remembers a man... MORE
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A troubadour of the first order ... Grayson Can and Does rock out! Give It To Me is a prime example ... "You got the devil in your Dragons eyes you got a black girl in your ass. I like the way you drink your wine from a coffee glass!"
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Cd review from jambase.com November 2007 By: Dennis Cook It's hard to exaggerate Grayson Capps natural talent. When this Alabama sandpaper siren picks up a guitar and opens his mouth great songs just hop out. Songbones (Hyena) is a sparkling, intimate acoustic session from 2002, recorded just after leaving his old band Stavin' Chain, that predates Capps' official 2005 debut, If You Knew My Mind. While his current backing band, The Stumpknockers, beats the holy hell out... MORE
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Grayson Capps writes songs which have the voice of dead prophets masquerading as town drunks screaming "look at us we're pretty, too!" He's been playing guitar and singing for nearly twenty years now. He's played theaters, festivals, radio shows, t.v. shows, whiskey-beer crusted barrooms, living rooms, and camp fires. Some people call him a preacher, others a poet, a singer, a guitar player, a landscaper, but he declares: "I am only an actor strutting and fretting across t... MORE
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Click here to tell a friend. The Grayson Capps limited edition acoustic collection SONGBONES is now available for pre-order @ HYENA Records. Click here to tell a friend. links:
HYENArecords.com
HYENA Records on MySpace
HYENArecords.com
HYENA Records on MySpace
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The Hartford AdvocateThursday, July 19, 2007
After the Flood
Grayson Capps tells the stories of everyday New Orleanians in song
Grayson CappsJuly 25 at the Hungry Tiger120 Charter Oak St., Manchester, (860) 649-1195 Amid the flash and glitter of today's music business, Grayson Capps is the storyteller who's hitched and hoboed the roads. In another time, this eclectic singer songwriter could have been ridin' the rails as Woody Guthrie's running mate. Capps, who tur... MORE
