Artist description A tight four piece dancable band.

Music Style Memphis Soulblues, Roots, Rock & Roll, Rhythm & Blues.

Musical Influences Al Green, Albert King, Albert Collins, Freddy King, Jimi Hendrix, Hubert Sumlin, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Luther Allison, J.B. Hutto, James Brown, Roofus Thomas, Otis Redding, Lightnin' Hopkins, Pinetop Perkins, Louis Armstrong, Jimmy Reed, Sam and Da

Similar Artists It's been said we sound like "Canned Heat"

Artist History Gary Gray,the leader of the Blueroots Band,has been performing for thirty years. His trumpet and voice, have weaved their magic into the bands repertoire containing many original compositions by Mr. Gray. The band performs Memphis Soulblues, R&R, R&B, Roots, and Blues.

Group Members Gary Gray-Voc/Trumpet/Guitar, Frank Rosati-Bass/Voc, Steve Reisman-Drums/voc, Danny Russo-Harmonica/Voc.

Instruments Guitar/Trumpet,Drums,Bass. Sometimes I add sax, sometimes harmonica.

Albums GET HIP TO IT, GOTTA HAVE LOVE

Press Reviews GARY GRAY and his BLUE ROOTS "Gotta Have Love" GrogCD9702 Reprinted from "Rootstown music" (Belgium) 1/98....Gary and his band are playing the circut for about twenty years. Gary made a name for himself as guitar/trumpet player with the likes of Otis Rush, Bo Diddley, Sleepy LaBeef, Kinky Friedman...and a whole bunch more.This second CD, after " Get Hip To It" on Jaguar Records, is a selfproduced record...Musically it's a mix of selfwritten songs, boogies, and slow funky blues. Most enjoyable are the two semi-acoustic songs, "Blues All Around", with a nice guitar solo, and the rudimentary played "Black and White". Also very good are the stompin' instrumental "Blue Turbin", and "Blues For the Earth" with a raw sounding guitar. The real standout of this CD is the slow "All I Feel Is Pain" with Gary blowin' a beautiful piece of trumpet......Marc NolisReprinted from "Blues Access" spring/98...Gray is a hell of an electric guitar player with a knack for textures, melodies and arrangements, just offbeat enough to keep things interesting throughout. The real treat are the instrumentals. .......Catfish Whitey & Red RoosterReprinted from Sept. 97 issue of "LIVING BLUES" magazine...Multi-instrumentalist,vocalist,producer,and songwriter, Gary Gray knows how to help his band find a groove. When they do, the Blue Roots have a bucketful of fun creating nuevo-retro music that combines pop, boogie, bigband, and even a delightfully crazed mutation of rockabilly. Quite often tongue-in-cheek, Gotta Have Love has little straightforward blues but a lot of entertainment value. PJK.

Additional Info Join my emailing list at GrogCD@aol.com. Get updates, and gig dates.

Location Briarwood, NY - USA

Copyright notice. All material on MP3.com is protected by copyright law and by international treaties. You may download this material and make reasonable number of copies of this material only for your own personal use. You may not otherwise reproduce, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, or create derivative works of this material, unless authorized by the appropriate copyright owner(s).