CS Gray at Mexicali Live – Saturday January 28, 2012

admin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:49:10 +0000

New review

admin — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:09:02 +0000

Great review by Oliver Arditi of the CS Gray Band album ‘Shoot Out The Star’ posted today!. http://bit.ly/nuZa7F… Read the rest

Friday July 22nd, Banjo Jim’s with special guest No Lucky Horse

admin — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:49:25 +0000

Friday July 22nd, Banjo Jim’s with special guest No Lucky Horse

Hello. Sean Koehler and Michael Campagna had asked be to do a Blues show. Well I thought about it and figured if I did a show like that it would have to be a Stanky low down free form blues, no frat boy light beer drinking blues. so here is the deal, the first part of the show will be some solo acoustic CS Gray songs, then add some Jim Duffy on piano. Part two will be “No Lucky Horse” for the rest of the show, this should be hot sweaty fun.
We have a lot of Birthday’s in July, Maria, Pam, Stacy and Stephanie. Let’s make this a Birthday Blues blow out and give these girls the party they deserve! Oh let’s not forget Charlie! Did I miss anyone, let me know.

Here is the way Jim Duffy described this show, I think his words nailed it.

Something a little different — my good friend Chris Gray, a.k.a. C.S. Gray, will be playing two sets on Friday evening, July 22, at Banjo Jim’s in the East Village. He asked me to fill in on bass guitar, and I was delighted to say yes.

Chris and I go way back. Back in the early 1990s, we co-founded the band Martin’s Folly. Before anyone ever heard the term “roots rock,” we started writing songs that portrayed what we liked best about the American music we loved. That was the pre-Internet, pre-download era, so we were more or less working in the dark. We made three albums that were produced byEric “Roscoe” Ambel, and for five or six years we played in the New York clubs, up and down the East Coast, and out to Cleveland, Chicago, Nashville, Asheville and points in between.

After I veered off into instrumental music, Chris took his brand of songwriting, singing and guitar tone-making up to the next level, and his solo album “Shoot Out the Star” is finally getting the exposure it deserves. Like a vintage Neil Young album, “Shoot Out the Star” collects sessions done with various groups of musicians, some acoustic, some very electric.
On Friday the 22nd, Chris will be doing a quiet set of his own tunes, in a contemplative manner, on acoustic guitar and harmonica, with some special guests and surprises. I may play a bit of piano. Beyond that, I shall say no more about the “quiet” set.

And then Chris will plug in his amp for the warm, buzzy tone he is known for. On drums will be the swinging Karl Myers, and I’ll be thumping the bass. And we may have more electric guitars on stage than you’re supposed to. In our rehearsals, we’re sounding quite bluesy and … I don’t quite know how to say this … a bit British? It’s something different. Some tunes are getting stretched out, other tunes are getting compressed. It’s all a bit mysterious, but it sounds way cool, both raunchy and refined, and I can’t wait to hear how it comes out.

So make it to Banjo Jim’s on Friday, July 22, for this double-barreled show. It will be live, spontaneous and real, and it may not happen quite this way ever again.

From the Martin’s Folly Album “Man, It’s Cold”

admin — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 02:19:24 +0000

01 Two Times A Day.mp3 by CS Gray

02 Throwing Stone.mp3 by CS Gray

From the First Martin’s Folly Album “Martin’s Folly”

admin — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 02:17:44 +0000

01 TV Song.mp3 by CS Gray

02 Hey Martin.mp3 by CS Gray

“Start a Fire” Live at Banjo Jim’s

admin — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:29:11 +0000

Shoot out the Star, Live at Banjo Jim’s

admin — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:56:11 +0000

Shoot Out the Star CD Release

admin — Mon, 23 May 2011 22:36:23 +0000

May 23, 2011. I’m pleased to announce that Shoot Out the Star will be released on CD on September 20! In the meantime, you can download it from the CS Gray Bandcamp page. You can pay-what-you-want, including free. If you decide to download it for free, that’s great, but if you find that you like it, please do spread the word. Word-of-mouth is the best kind of promotion my music has. More news soon…… Read the rest

Les Paul

admin — Mon, 23 May 2011 21:33:04 +0000

Here is my Old Black Les Paul Custom tricked out like Neil Young.… Read the rest