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EXPERIENCE

JAMES GRAFF has:

PLAYED TO OVER 5000 PEOPLE AT:

MIAMI AMPHITHEATRE

THE DAVIE ARENA

THE WEST PALM BEACH AUDITORIUM

HURRICANE ANDREW RELIEF CONCERT

THE LYRIC THEATRE

LITTLE WOODSTOCK II

HOLIDAY ISLE TIKI BAR

BAR ANTICIPATION

THE BUTTON SOUTH, etc-----

PLAYED WITH:

-----MOTOR

Voted Best Hard Rock Band and Nominated for Best Cover Band in Florida (Population 16 million) by XS Magazine Readers, CD “Screaming Bloody Motor” Sold thousands of copies, Videos for the singles “Reptile” and “Pedal to the Metal” are still being played on cable television all across Florida and received airplay in the US and Europe

-----Kirk Kelsy-producer/live sound engineer for

CREED: “Arms Wide Open”, “Higher”

-----Kenny-Drummer for

MARYLIN MANSON: “Sweet Dreams”, ”The Beautiful People”, “The Dope Show”

-----Mike Mangini-Drummer for

STEVE VAI

-----“Drum” Phil-Producer/live sound engineer for

THE STEVE MORSE BAND

-----Lead Saxophone Player for

FRANK SINATRA

(I don’t remember his name but he was the best horn player I have EVER heard!)

-----Dennis Yost-Singer/Songwriter for

THE CLASSICS IV: “Spooky”, “Stormy”, “Traces of Love”

-----BERTIE HIGGINS: World-wide Smash Hits “Sailing Away to Key Largo”, “Casablanca: Key Largo blew a hole in the U.S. charts. When it reached number one in the nation, the world took notice and it went on to become an international hit. Other hit singles followed like Just Another Day in Paradise, Casablanca and Pirates and Poets. Casablanca became song of the year in all of the pacific rim and the album hit double platinum. Bertie Higgins became an international recording star literally overnight. He is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland and the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in Macon.

-----THE HATTERS signed to Atlantic Records with Adam Hirsh and Adam Evans with special guest Blues Traveler's John Popper

-----Lori Miller-Singer/Dancer for

EXPOSÉ: Top 10 Hit “Seasons Change”

----Jamie “King” Colton-Singer/Song Writer, Saxophone/Keyboard/Guitar Player: Recorded and toured with DION and wrote the Top 40 Hit“Here Comes The Judge”

----Robbin Fox: “I See Stars”-----

----"Drum Man" Nat Barouch [http://www.drumman.com] multitalented songwriter/singer/drummer (and website designer) for Nobody's Fault, Mad Hatters, Signal Zero, Higher Ground, Rockstreet, etc.

----Gary Schutt [www.garyschutt.com]--songwriter/singer/guitar virtuoso--working with Jeff Scott Soto[www.jeffscottsoto.com] who was the real "voice" on the soundtrack of the movie "Rock Star" (My Brothers Nickname for me)

OPENED UP FOR:

THE BEACH BOYS: “Surfin’ USA”, “Kokomo”, Etc.

TED NUGENT:”Cat Scratch Fever”Etc.

THE ROMANTICS: “What I Like About You”, Etc.

THE GUESS WHO-“American Woman”, Etc.

JEFFERSON STARSHIP: “Jane”, Etc.

MARTY BALIN FROM JEFFERSON AIRPLANE: “Don’t You Need Somebody to Love”, Etc.

ACE FRHELY KISS: “(I Wanna) Rock ‘n’ Roll All Night”, Etc.

QUIET RIOT: “Cum On Feel the Noise”, Etc.

MODERN ENGLISH: “Melt With You”

ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION: “Imaginary Lover”

MOLLY HATCHET: “Flirtin’ with Disaster”,

MOUNTAIN: “Mississippi Queen”, Etc.

STEINHARDT/MOON PROJECT       KANSAS: “Dust in the Wind”

 

AT WOODSTOCK II in Florida:

JANIS JOPLIN`S BAND THE HOLDING COMPANY: “Me and Bobby Magee”, Etc.

and

RICHIE HAVENS: “Freedom”, Etc.

and

THE DIXIE ALLSTARS

including  members from BLACKFOOT, MOUNTAIN, LYNYRD SKYNYRD, ALLMAN BROTHERS

 

 

At the HURICANE ANDREW RELIEF CONCERT

in the West Palm Beach Auditorium (We helped reaise millions of dollars and met Lawton Chiles the Governor of Florida and more importantly Mrs. Florida!!):

ARLO GUTHRIE: “This Land Is Your Land”, “Alice’s Restaurant”

MELANIE: “I’ve Got A Brand New Pair Of Roller Skates”

THE MONKIES: “I’m a Believer”, Etc.

Comedian KATHLEEN MADIGAN from Saturday Night Live

AND

World famous Comedian, columnist, and best-selling author and film screenplay writer-He wrote BIG TROUBE-DAVE BARRY, etc.------

Links to:

1. Old Promotional BIOGRAPHY/RESUME from around 1995

2. Old Promotional BIOGRAPHY/RESUMEfrom 1992

3. Old SONG REQUEST LIST from the 1990s and

4. Old EQUIPMENT LIST from the late 1990s for the U.S.A.

All from the 1990s!!

 

Animated: Longhaired Flying V Guitar Player
Eesti Ansamblite Andmebaas

For possibly more up to date info-look at our page on the Estonian Band Database Site:
Eesti Ansamblite Andmebaas
Link to The Graff Brothers Band Page
on the Estonian Band Database Website:
http://www.dcc.ttu.ee/Bands/get.asp?ident=1598
Link to Estonian Band Database in English
Link to Estonian Band Database Site in English
(which does not give you acces to the Live Calendar of who is playing and where)
Eesti Ansamblite Andmebaas: Eesti Keelis Link to Estonian Band Database Site in Estonian
(which has the Live Calendar of who is playing and where)

 

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