The Core Musicians of SongSharing

The core group of musicians that have brought SongSharing to this point are:

Greg Allen - since 1994 (http://www.graspingatlaws.net/)

Grasping At Laws, since 1996 - Granville Braxton w/ Greg Allen (http://www.graspingatlaws.net/)

Tom and Emily, since 2003/04 - Tom Proutt ('03) and Emily Gary ('04) (http://www.tom-and-emily.com/)

The Rusticators, since 2004- Abbey Linfert & Chris Amsler (http://www.therusticators.com/)

Jeff Romano, since 2005 - our studio engineer extraordinaire who also performs in the Community Venues (http://www.greenwoodstudio.com/)

Others include:

Thomas Gunn - played many a show between 2002 and 2004, and still arranges an occasional performance for our audiences. Thomas performed in SongSharing 1, our first Live Arts Concert in 2003. (http://www.thomasgunnmusic.com/)

Gary Oxford - Gary performed regularly for close to a year in SongSharing Community Venues.

Bob Zweig - Bob contacted SongSharing after reading about us, and performed in Community Venues for well over a year.

Lots of other locals have done a show or 2 over the years. We hope they will renew and continue their involvement. The folks named above however are the ones who have made and honored commitments for months and years.

Their efforts have manifested Billy Joel autographed Baldwin pianos and an REM autographed DVD and poster, among other things.

They are the reason David Wilcox is going to perform in a Community Venue on June 8th, and the reason Rishell & Raiunes, Dave Crossland, and others have done so.

Tom and Emily, The Rusticators, Jeff Romano and Granville Braxton have demonstrated incredible commitment to and faith in the SongSharing idea - and most importantly to putting it into action!

I am honored to know them and associate with them, and call them friends. I am more highly honored that they play on my records and often sit in at my gigs.

As I said elsewhere, SongSharing is a bit like a musical pork chop I hung around my neck years ago. What a great group of professionals has come to play.