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Greg Connors (born December 30, 1969) is a contemporary singer-songwriter from New York. He is friends with singer/songwriter Joseph Arthur who produced and contributed backing vocals and other instrumentation on Greg's 2006 solo album Here, There and Anymore which was released on the Scared label. ==Musical history== Greg Connors began writing and playing music in his early teens, acquiring his first guitar at the age of twelve. In the early '90s, Connors relocated to Atlanta, Georgia, and met Joseph Arthur who worked as a guitar salesman at Clark Music Store. Joseph frequented the burrito restaurant Greg worked at on Peachtree Street, and the two struck up a friendship, both being burgeoning singer/songwriters. Greg played in a two piece band called Front Street with percussionist Will Fratesi, playing local clubs in and around Atlanta. Drummer and studio recordist David Watkins was a co-worker of Greg's at the mid-town Atlanta burrito joint. In 1995 he persuaded Greg to come into his home studio with his band Front Street to record. They recorded tracks directly to 8-track reel to reel the songs that would eventually become the studio album ''Talkin' Dirty,'' released in a limited run in 1999 by Scared Records. Within the next few years Front Street broke up, and Greg Connors continued recording solo work, documenting his evolving compositions at David Watkins' home studios as well as Joseph Arthur's. These recordings would later be compiled to form the album ''Wide Awake Drunk,'' also released by Scared Records in 2000. Connors was friends with many notable Atlanta musicians during this time, and recorded a duet with Benjamin Smoke entitled ''Independence Day'' which was released as a bonus track on Greg's first CD, Fluke EP. In 1999, Connors formed the band The Curb with Mark Perkins on bass, and Andrew Brown on drums. They played extensively around Atlanta, and recorded the album ''Invisible Tape'' in 2000, also another Scared Records release. Autumn 2003 saw him meet back up with Joseph Arthur at Joseph's Three Rock Studio in Brooklyn. They commenced to recording some of Connors's older and brand new songs, with Joseph producing. Connors provided the lead vocals and guitar, and Joseph contributed backing vocals and played guitar, bass, pedal steel, violin, synthesizer, drum programming, and percussion. The finished album was titled ''Here, There and Anymore'' and was released on Scared Records in 2006. Connors continues to play live throughout the southeast, and also in Pennsylvania and New York, having played on several occasions with Joseph Arthur at Pete's Candy Store in Brooklyn. Recently, Connors recorded his fifth studio album, ''Full Moon Flashlight'' which features guest appearances by Bill Taft on cornet, Stan Satin on backing vocals, various instruments and David Watkins on drums (both who play in Vietnam (band). Stan and David also recorded and produced the album, the latest release on Scared Records. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Greg Connors」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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