Who on Rocks Off is familiar with this band?  


http://www.gracepotter.com/


I saw them today on GMA and thought the singer GP was pretty good.   I shall  explore their music further.


FG!

Have their first 2 albums.  Good stuff!

They opened for the John Butler trio and Melissa Ethridge at a recent local radio station show. Didn't go,but they played some of thier stuff leading up to the show. Not bad,willing to give them more of a listen.

thanks for the tip - will check them out

Grace Potter & The Nocturnals Enter Billboard's Top 200 at #20, Billboard's Rock Album Chart at #3 and Billboard's Digital Album Chart at #9


BAND PERFORMING ON 'THE TONIGHT SHOW' JULY 15

BURBANK, Calif., June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Fueled by lead single "Tiny Light," their incendiary live shows and rave reviews from critics nationwide, the self-titled album from GRACE POTTER & THE NOCTURNALS (Hollywood Records/Ragged Company) enter Billboard's Top 200 at #20, Billboard's Rock Album Chart at #3 and Billboard's Digital Album Chart at #9.

The group, praised by Rolling Stone as one of the "Best New Bands of 2010," delivered an electrifying performance of "Tiny Light" on yesterday's Good Morning America and return to television July 15th for an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. This Thursday, June 17th, fans can also catch an encore performance of the band's appearance on ELLEN.

The Boston Herald compared the group to the "Rolling Stones (circa Exile On Main Street), fronted by a young Etta James/Tina Turner/Bonnie Raitt-type singer" while The New York Post lauded the album with a 4-star review, declaring the "Vermont group hits peak... Potter and company deserve the hype." Oprah's O Magazine compared Potter to the likes of Bonnie Raitt and Lucinda Williams, Rolling Stone said that the record "bursts with promise," and the Dallas Morning News gave the disc an A calling it "an auspicious effort that definitely needs to be heard."

The band is currently on a headlining tour, including several dates on the Lilith Fair (see below).
Tour Dates for GPN are as follows:

June 17
Cincinnati, OH
20th Century Theatre
(headlining)




June 18
Chicago, IL
Martyr's
(headlining)




June 19
Cleveland, OH
Beachland Ballroom
(headlining)




June 22
Spanish Fort, AL
Blue Gill Amphitheatre
(headlining)




June 23
Birmingham, AL
WorkPlay Theatre
(headlining)




June 24
Memphis, TN
Minglewood Hall
(headlining)




June 25
Fort Smith, AR
Fort Smith Riverfront Blues Festival





**June 27
Calgary, AB
McMahon Stadium
Lilith Fair




**June 28
Edmonton, AB
Rexall Place
Lilith Fair




**July 1
Vancouver, BC
Ambleside Park
Lilith Fair




**July 2
Portland, OR
Sleep Country Amphitheater
Lilith Fair




**July 3
Seattle, WA
The Gorge Amphitheatre
Lilith Fair




July 5
Aspen, CO
Belly Up





July 6
Morrison, CO
Red Rocks Amphitheatre





July 8
Kansas City, KS
Crossroads
(headlining)




July 9
Minneapolis, MN
Basilica Block Party
GPN on prior to Spoon




July 10
Louisville, KY
Forecastle Festival





July 11
Masontown, WV
All Good Festival





July 13
Dewey Beach, DE
Bottle & Cork
(headlining)




July 16
Camden, NJ
XPoNential Music Festival





July 17
Alta, WY
Targhee Festival





July 23
Atlanta, GA
Variety Playhouse
(headlining)




July 24
Asheville, NC
Bele Chere Festival





July 25
Floyd, VA
Floydfest





Aug. 14
Burlington, VT
Lake Champlain Maritime Festival





Aug. 21
Davenport, IA
River Roots Live Festival





Aug. 28
Paola, KS
Paola Roots Festival





Sept. 11
Boston, MA
Life is Good Festival

More dates to be announced.



www.gracepotter.com

For more information about GRACE POTTER & THE NOCTURNALS, please contact Sharrin Summers in the Hollywood Records publicity department
Ph. 818-560-5787
e-mail: [email protected]

SOURCE Hollywood Records

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/grace-potter--the-nocturnals-enter-billboards-top-200-at-20-billboards-rock-album-chart-at-3-and-billboards-digital-album-chart-at-9-96497604.html

FG,
Do you want me to send you some of their stuff?

I saw these guys open for Gov't Mule in 2007. I didn't go to see GPN, went to see Mule, and 9.5 times out of 10 I don't really give a second thought to the opener.

She grabbed me. Big time.

Her voice was huge. She was up there playing guitar. Playing organ. To me, it seemed as though she was going to be the voice of Janis Joplin for this generation. No joke. I thought her singing was that powerful.

She even came back out to jam with the Mule, as invited by Warren Haynes. To me, as a working guitarist, if you get some respect and an invite from Warren Haynes, that means something.

So after this show, I started to find recordings of her other shows that she had done. They were all great. Really strong rock and roll shows.

Then I had to find her albums. First one I got was This Is Somewhere

Boy, was I let WAY down.

It sounded like whoever produced her had NEVER heard her live show. She didn't sound like she sounded on stage. She didn't sound ballsy. She didn't sound like the next Janis.
Everything just sounded like 95% effort and that she was never encouraged to go the extra distance. There is NO energy on this record.

The new record is even worse with the same problems now coupled with bad songwriting.

AND they did a rework of "If I Was From Paris". It's terrible. THAT was the song that caught my ear initially and now it's gone.

I think she is wasting her talent with her current label (Hollywood Records, a division of Disney). I also think her band is somewhat mediocre, especially the drummer (who is her boyfriend). Scott (the guitarist) is good. He can play, but they have no groove and that's all on the drummer.

There are definite problems with this band and I just wish someone would tell Grace to wake up because she's got a butt load of talent.

I have hope for her, but losing it with every release that sounds "just good enough".