"the bastard son of albert lee and angus young"

rockstah · Post by **rockstah** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 10:50 pm

never heard this guy before. really fucking nice.
he is " the real deal".

David Grissom - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoTi-OI_NXI

monsterwalley · Post by **monsterwalley** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 11:26 pm

ah, hell yeah!... smokn'

Tone Slinger · Post by **Tone Slinger** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 12:03 pm

Love that sorta "hybrid" style of his.

JD · Post by JD » Sun Dec 17, 2006 1:32 pm

Yeah, he used to be in John Mellencamp's band I believe. I first heard his name back in the mid-'80s (early PRS days). He was one of PRS' early endorsees and had a (very rare) aftermarket PRS pickup model. I actually had one of these pickups but sold it years ago and have never seen another one.

yngwie308 · Post by **yngwie308** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 5:01 pm

Yep he was in JCM's best band in my opinion,with the amazing Lisa Germino on violin.Grissom provided the research for the McCarty model,with PRS. Also David loves Marshall's using 100 watt PA heads with Mellencamp.The McCarty was sort of based on Duane's Fillmore East darkburst tone.
In November 1996,I went to Washington,D.C.,to the National Museum of American History for a multi-media show and exhibit called,Electrified,Amplified and Deified.
Les Paul was there,Ted McCarty,John Page,Duke Kramer of Gretsch,many famous music journalists,G.E.Smith.I talked to Paul Reed Smith,and he took me over to an exhibit of a full bodied classical guitar,and said,"Look if you cut out the lower bout ,you have a Les Paul shape."I said,oh yeah.
Then I met the amazing Ted McCarty,and for me it was like meeting the Einstein of the electric guitar.He was pretty old,but gave an amazing talk about the glory days of the Explorer's,Flying V's,335's,Les Pauls,you name it.I shook his hand and have his autograph,albiet a shaky one.
It was so magical being there that day,and I was in awe of the beautiful exhibits and the historic personnel there!Now if only I had met Jimi,but hope to meet him soon!
Also taled to Jol Danzig of Hamer,and asked him about Steve Steven's,as to why they had split up.He told me,"I'd gladly have coffee with Steve,but wouldn't work with him again!"I should have asked him about the time Gary Moore came to the Hamer factory and Jol took apart Greeny to solve the reversed magnet ,out of phase mystery! But you can't always ask what you want,because I get nervous around famous people.Got the late Duke Kramer's signature as well,he was reprsenting Bigbsy there.
What a magical day that was.I taped everything from David Grissom that I could,cause I liked his style.He has a great instructional video/dvd out.for those interested.
Here's an interesting clip from JFClay who makes beautiful bluegrass,bluesy clips on You Tube with old Fender equipment.This version Of Sarah Maclachlan's Angel is very beautiful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQy7jEWwyXA
yngwie308

JD · Post by JD » Sun Dec 17, 2006 7:44 pm

Ah, the old tele routed "b-bender" for that down home twang!

npminard · Post by **npminard** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 7:47 pm

Very cool, thanks for sharing. I really like that hot-rodded AC/DC type tone

Found another part to it, very cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TECExmCj ... ed&search=

marshman · Post by **marshman** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 9:02 pm

He filled in for Dickey Betts in the Allman Brothers Band for a few weeks many years ago. My wife was kinda pissed, but I thought it made for an interesting variation, to have someone of skill putting a different spin on the ABB classics.

He did look odd standing in Dickies spot, though.

JeffG. · Post by **JeffG.** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:41 pm

Saw him with the Dixie Chicks a few months back. The dude was ripping.

mayrandp · Post by **mayrandp** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:26 am

For those interested, he just released a solo album called 'Loud Music'. I like it a lot. Got a lot of lick stealing ahead of me...

He has also a guitar instruction book/CD out, 'A Guide To Blues/Rock Soloing'. Lots of good stuff in it. You can hear some examples on his site:
http://www.davidgrissom.com/bio/

Some pics of his guitars and pedalboard:
http://www.davidgrissom.com/photos/

He also have a myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/davidgrissommusic

NitroLiq · Post by **NitroLiq** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:41 am

I've gotten into Grissom a lot over the past year. He played with Joe Ely, John Mellancamp, was musical director for Dixie Chicks, and of course the supergroup, "Storyville". I have the book/CD "Guide to Blues/Rock soloing"...a lot of it is basic but there are some real gems and insights into his style. Check out Storyville's myspace page and order "Storyville live at Antone's" at Waterloo Records. Hell, Mark, you live in Austin...just go pick it up and check them out the next time they play live. Grissom also just put out a solo album that's up at cdbaby.

mayrandp · Post by **mayrandp** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:01 pm

a lot of it is basic but there are some real gems and insights into his style.

You're right, it's pretty basic and sometime the explanations could go more in depth. But if you want to get inside his style, it's a good place to start.

There's one thing that annoys me in that book (in a lot of methods in fact): there's a couple of mistakes in the notation. Better to use your ears to learn the examples.

NitroLiq · Post by **NitroLiq** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:25 pm

Yeah. I just use 'transcribe' and slow down some of the faster licks and use the tab as a general guide. I bought it mostly for his pedal steel type runs and chordal runs. It's added some nice elements to my playing, in any case. I guess a lot of it came naturally because I have a similar right hand technique using the pick and middle finger a lot.

mayrandp · Post by **mayrandp** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 1:00 pm

I just use 'transcribe' and slow down some of the faster licks and use the tab as a general guide.

That's what everybody should do. Learn music with your ears, not your eyes.

What I like about Transcribe! or any other 'slow downers' is that you can use it as a microscope. Small details such as slurring, time feel (playing ahead, straight on or behind the beat) become very apparent and exagerated once slowed down.

Personnally, what I like about his playing is the genre mixing: blues, rock, country, jazz. All that played with a fat tone. I'm trying to do that myself. I don't necessarily want to copy him, it's just that it's a good point of reference for what I want to do.

fillmore nyc · Post by **fillmore nyc** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:44 pm

Great clip of a great player. Ive seen Dave Grissom play with the Allman Bros. when Dickey Betts banged in sick (

), and he just killed.