Artist description Many genres - many instruments. Sometimes it's tight, precise, and beefy. Sometimes it's soft, supple and yielding. If you enjoy crafty guitar playing, horns, sheet metal, and tiny pianos you will like this stuff.

Music Style Jazz, avant-rock, improvisational, comedy, sexy, experimental

Musical Influences Frank Zappa, Albert Brooks, King Crimson, Replacements, Miles Davis, Belew

Similar Artists zappa, belew, ween, Jean Luc Ponty, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Primus, Phish, Diana Krull, Manhattan Transfer, They Might Be Giants, Dead Milkmen

Artist History d.grove and Kahlil Sabbagh met at the University of Louisville. Kahlil asked dgrove if he could call him "Corky." dgrove said, "sure." Shortly thereafter, they became "The Naked Entrepreneurs" and recorded "Raft Builder." dgrove then escaped fame and fortune by moving to Chicago. Kahlil did the same by moving to L.A. In Chicago, dgrove teamed up with acclaimed engineer Mark "Mouse" Brunner and recorded the award-winning album, "Profusely Illustrated." The current project is called "PainScale." The PainScale C.D. is called "Area." This features Matt "clean toes" Wiley on the stand-up Bass.

Group Members d.grove, Kahlil Sabbagh, Matt Wiley, Mark Brunner, Heather L. Farha

Instruments guitars, horns, stand-up bass, vocals, tiny piano, drums,

Albums Raft Builder, Profusely Illustrated, Area

Press Reviews "All horn tooting aside: The dgrove CD makes me feel like a twelve year old girl again." - Mike Tubbins, Chicago Tribune. "I keep the dgrove disk stapled to my leg so I won't lose it." -Seamus Tooler, Road and Track.

Location chicago, Illinois - USA

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