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The Surfbirds Rocking 180 gigs on 365 days, e Surirds are one of the most active duo in Italy. And since they’ve started to play together, Riccardo Grosso (vocals and harmonica) and Francesco Greggio (guitars, foot-stomp and loop station) found time and en- ergy to produce their self-titled album with 10 tunes from their live repertoire re-visited for the album. Available for sale at the show or online at CDBaby, as the Indie world works, the CD itself sold 500 copies in few months (and in Italy ain’t a bad number, believe us!). With their repertoire of American Blues, Roots and Song writing extended to other blues influenced tunes (from Tom Waits to Buena Vista Social Club, with some tune by Johnny Cash or J.J. Cale) e Surirds had the chance to put their thumbprint on what they play. ey don’t want to sound like the original ones, they better like to put their vision of what they playing using a loop station and different sounds and atmospheres like a Louisiana cooking recipe. Probably because of time spent by Riccardo in New Or- leans in 2010 when, living there, used to play with Johnny Sansone and the old band that got finally back together the King Brisket Boys, having the chance to share the stage an play with John Fhol (Dr.John & e Lower 911), RJ Mischo, Adam Gussow and Andy J. Forest to name few. Francesco had no difficult to share that view using to lead a band himself - Francesco Greggio & e Sucker Punch - where he played some blues mixed with rock, surf and fusion music. Not to mention his role as lead guitarist with Dr. Larry and the Zydeco Hogs - the name tells you enough. is duo has a soulful sound, greasy and groovy. e wise use of the loop-station (allowing to open new ideas and live improvisation sometimes) is some- thing that is improved everyday heading to re- cord a new album with an innovative approach to original material e Surirds are working at. For further info: www.myspace.com/thesurirds www.cdbaby.com/cd/thesurirds www.riccardogrosso.com www.francescogreggio.com QUOTES: “Man! Oh Man! It was great to hear Feel It In Your Heart and the other tunes sound so good! I hope we can be in the same show, so I can listen to you live!” Charlie Musselwhite “Man, you sounded great!” Johnny Sansone “Riccardo has to be considered definitely a pro! He scared me!” Adam Gussow THE SURFBIRDS www.cdbaby.com/cd/thesurfbirds - www.myspace.com/thesurfbirds [email protected] - [email protected]
