Dan Grissom

Dan Grissom is a buddy of mine who also happens to be my favorite songwriter in Austin. I’ve been wanting to do a session with him for awhile, but probably because we’re always talking about something else it just didn’t get done. Dan and I co-host Annie Street Radio every Friday, so that seemed like a good day to finally take care of recording him solo. On the Friday we aired the Raina Rose live session I had already pre-recorded (so you could call it the Raina Rose kinda live session) we turned down the monitor volume in the studio and recorded Dan playing banjo, guitar and singing. Dan had a hot date right after the  session (you’ll hear about it on the recording) so we knocked out what we could while still getting him to his date on time.

Dan leads a band named some say Leland. Yes, just the Leland part is capitalized. The Austin Chronicle called them “sad and sublime folk”, and I like that description. He also plays banjo for a local band called The McMercy Family Band. Both are some of the best bands to see live in Austin, in my opinion.

For this recording, though, it’s Dan all by his lonesome. You’ll still hear him talking to our buddy Sweet Charlie Moses and to me during the recording, explaining where some of his songs came from and such, but musically it’s just Dan sitting in front of the Edirol playing and singing some songs he wrote.

Here’s the link to the recording session. It’s a hell of a session, you’re bound to enjoy it: http://www.kaosradioaustin.org/node/24323

Here’s Dan’s Myspace page, where you can learn more about his music & painting. http://www.myspace.com/dangrissom

I wish I could get him to play more solo shows. Maybe this post will help.

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