| Graham Whorley Band |
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| Q & A |
| Band Info |
| Graham Whorley was interviewed over the phone on 6/8/02, with help from his wife. |
| Q: How would you describe your style of music? A: Eclectic power acoustic Q: How long have you been performing together? A: Coming up on 7 years Q: What are your favorite CDs/records? A: Eminem--"The Eminem Show" and Frank Zappa--either "200 Motels" or "Apostrophe" Q: What are your musical influences? A: Taj Mahal, Frank Zappa, Leo Kottke, and Stevie Wonder Q: Who is your favorite historical figure? A: The Dalai Lama Q: What is your favorite food? A: Pasta Q: What is your favorite beverage? A: Water or ginger ale Q: What are your favorite venues to perform? A: The Music Farm, Momma's Blues Palace, and Bert's Q: What are your favorite things about the Charleston area? A: The people, scenery, sun, beach, and music scene Q: What is your favorite song to perform? A: Anything original, especially instrumentals Q: What is your guilty pleasure? A: Sleeping! And the question that I didn't ask (contributed by our good friend Molly): What is the grooming regimen for a goatee of that magnitude? |
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| The Graham Whorley Band is: Graham Whorley--Vocals, guitar Herb--Bass guitar And the name of the drummer, I seem to have forgotten to write down. But I'll get it! Website: www.grahamwhorleyband.com CDs: Self-titled from '95, "Iridescent Soul" from '99, and several Live CDs floating around; they are currently working on a new CD |
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| Review |
| My friend Ash has raved about this Graham Whorley dude, so it was time to see what it was that he dug so much. This is what we found out: A) Graham Whorley is probably one of the nicest people I've met. Sincerely. He just oozed "pleasant," if one could ooze. 2) This is not your average acoustic 3-piece. Not when it includes a wicked Snoop Dogg cover in its repetoire. ix) These guys have gnarly goatees. Of course, that's not all. Graham rightfully describes the GWB's music as eclectic, power, and acoustic--it really is an accurate description. Graham and his partners in crime were squished in the tiny little corner at Art's in Mt. Pleasant, but managed to shake the place up. There were people dancing and swaying, and even a couple (I think they met that night) making out and groping each other not three feet away from the band. They were feeling the music. The strength of their music and presentation comes in the "eclectic" part of it--GWB does a hearty dose of originals, with a lot of instrumentals thrown in, and some peppered-up covers ("Gin and Juice," anyone?) To add to that, the show was almost a family event--they had their flautist friend Marty, fresh from Seattle, join them during part of the set, as well as the well-known Bryan Mahanes (Akoustic Funktion) later during the show. If you're up for a relaxed atmosphere--albeit one where anything might happen--go see GWB. |