| Greg Trooper | |
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Greg Trooper @ Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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| Background information | |
| Born | January 13, 1956 |
| Origin | Neptune, New Jersey, United States |
| Genres | Folk-rock, Americana, folk, alt-country |
| Occupations | MusicianSinger-songwriter |
| Instruments | Acoustic guitar, mandolin, harmonic, piano |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Labels | D'Ville Record Group Koch Records Eminent Records Sugar Hill Recordsbr52 Shakes Records |
| Associated acts | Steve Earle, Billy Bragg, Vince Gill |
| Website | Official Website |
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Born in Neptune, NJ January 13, 1956, Greg Trooper is a singer/songwriter whose songs have been recorded by many artists including Steve Earle, Billy Bragg, and Vince Gill. As a teenager in the early 1970s, Trooper would frequent the folk clubs of Greenwich Village taking in the burgeoning singer/songwriter and blues scene. In 1976 he moved to Austin, Texas and then to Lawrence, KS where he entered college at the University Of Kansas and continued to hone his guitar, singing, and songwriting skills.
Greg Trooper moved to New York City for the '80s and part of the '90s, where he formed The Greg Trooper Band along with Larry Campbell on guitar, Greg Shirley on bass and Walter Thompson on drums. During this time he recorded his first two records: We Won't Dance and the critically acclaimed Everywhere produced by Stewart Lerman. He also met songwriter/publisher Earl Shuman who secured Trooper’s first publishing deal with CBS Songs. The records caught the attention of Earle—who recorded Trooper's "Little Sister." In the early '90s, Trooper met fellow New Jerseyite and E Street Band bassist Garry Tallent, who, like Trooper, would move to Nashville. Tallent produced Trooper's 1996 album Noises in the Hallway and released it on his D'Ville Record Group label. Popular Demons followed in 1998 on Koch Records produced by Buddy Miller. After the release of that album, he signed with Nashville indie Eminent Records, which released Straight Down Rain in 2001. 2002 saw the release of Trooper’s first live record Between A House And A Hard Place – Live At Pine Hill Farm with Eric “Roscoe” Ambel at the controls. He moved on to the esteemed Sugar Hill Records label in 2003 with the release of Floating followed by the Dan Penn produced Make It Through This World in 2005. Back Shop Live, another live recording, was released in 2006. In 2008 Trooper moved back to New York City and in 2009 put out the previously unreleased 1995 recording The Williamsburg Affair. In 2011 he released Upside-Down Town on 52 Shakes Records.