JJ GREY TO PREMIERE BRIGHTER DAYS DOCUMENTARY AT NEW YORK'S CITY WINERY ON SEPTEMBER 13

JJ GREY TO PREMIERE BRIGHTER DAYS DOCUMENTARY AT NEW YORK'S CITY WINERY ON SEPTEMBER 13

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North Florida funk, blues, swamp rocker JJ Grey will celebrate the release of his first ever live DVD/CD 2-disc set, Brighter Days, with a screening of the film at New York's City Winery on release date, September 13, 2011. Grey will then give a solo performance and, along with filmmaker Spookie Daly, take questions from the audience.

 

Shot in stunning HD and boasting 5.1 surround sound, the Brighter Days DVD finds JJ (vocals, guitar and harmonica) and his band Mofro - Andrew Trube on lap steel and electric guitar, Anthony Farrell on organ and piano, Art Edmaiston on saxophone, Dennis Marion on trumpet, Todd Smallie on bass and Anthony Cole on drums -- swimming in and out of thick grooves and hot, funky riffs. JJ prowls the stage, ripping notes from his guitar, singing with preacher-like conviction, telling stories overflowing with organic truths, breaking down the wall between audience and performer. "I've always felt that music opens the door," says Grey, "but we've got to walk though it together." The 2-hour DVD and 78-minute CD were recorded at Atlanta's Variety Playhouse in January 2011.

 

The New York Times praised JJ's "balance of wildness and cool" describing his music as "Southern swamp rock with undercurrents of Memphis soul. His songs chronicle ambiguous truths and unambiguous urges," delivered by Grey's "winningly uncontrived vocals." Likewise, Billboard touted Grey's "world-beating blend of Southern rock, blues and Florida swamp soul." Singing with a passion and fervor directly influenced by his classic soul heroes, Grey's deeply personal original songs are steeped in the rhythm & blues, rock, and country soul of his native home outside Jacksonville, Florida.

 

JJ GREY'S BRIGHTER DAYS TO BE FEATURED ON A&E'S THE GLADES ON AUGUST 7, 2011

 In other JJ Grey news,  A&E television's The Glades will feature Grey's original song Brighter Days on Sunday, August 7, 2011. The song will play over the closing montage of the episode.