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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...

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. .

Kraig Grady is a composer and a sound artist. He has been described by David Toop as an Ethnographic Surrealist. Born in California in 1952 ( of Ojibwe Indian ascent ) , now residing in Australia where as a citizen of Anaphoria he is responsible for the Austronesian Outpost of Anaphoria and one of its most prominent organs, the Office of Cultural Liaisons. After mercurial composition studies (a.o with Byong-Kon Kim) and improvising for a while under the inspiration of Stockhausen’s ensemble works, an epiphanic performance of Harry Partch's U. S. Highball that he attended in 1976 led him to...

Grady Tate (January 14, 1932 - October 8, 2017) was an American hard bop and soul-jazz drummer and singer with a distinctive baritone voice. In addition to his work as sideman, Tate has released many albums as leader and vocalist as well as lent his voice to a number of songs in the Schoolhouse Rock! series. Tate was born in Hayti, Durham, North Carolina. In 1963 he moved to New York City, where he became the drummer in Quincy Jones's band. Grady Tate's drumming helped to define a particular hard bop, soul jazz and organ trio sound during the mid-1960s...