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Gordie "Grady" Johnson from Canadian Multi platinum Hard Rock/Dub Reggae band Big Sugar… Whip Layton who redefined the genre with Stevie Ray Vaughan… later Billy Maddox veteran of Alien Love Child, and The Eric Johnson Band….and now, Nina Singh "Drumbellina" ...along with "Big Ben" mainstay of The Phantoms, Toronto’s pre Red Hot Chili Peppers Alt/Rock/Blues/Reggae/Hardcore badass band. Together they kneel at the alter of The One Chord Stomp And everything sounds good… and loud… Delta Metal…. One review in an overseas guitar mag said something like "Motörhead backs up John Lee Hooker" Gordie “Grady” Johnson Vocals/Guitar Big Ben Bass/ Vocals...

Awesome voice sings with a band called STEELDRIVERS. I would describe them and bluegrass.country and a little jazz. A combination you wouldn't think would mix but it does it is refreshing. with great fiddle and banjo player. They are great to see live and I would go to see them again. .

Grady Nichols was born in the non-jazz community of Siloam Springs, Arkansas. He was exposed to Smooth Jazz via The Weather Channel on TV and was especially inspired by David Sanborn. From this unlikely beginning, he has recorded multiple CDs, performed at the first Oasis Smooth Jazz Awards Show, appeared on BET Jazz, and has toured coast to coast and through the Caribbean, receiving accolades from media critics and fans alike along the way. .

Actress best known as Star Trek's Lieutenant Uhura. She sang with Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton before turning to acting. She studied in Chicago as well as New York and Los Angeles. During her time in New York, Nichols appeared at the famous "Blue Angel" and Playboy Clubs, as a singer. She also appeared in the role of Carmen for a Chicago stock company production of Carmen Jones. Nichols toured the United States, Canada and Europe as a singer with the Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton bands. On the West Coast, she appeared in The Roar of the Greasepaint—the Smell...