Greg Howard (musician)

Greg Howard
Background information
Born 1964
Washington, DC
Origin Charlottesville, Virginia
Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter
Instruments Chapman stick, keyboards, saxophone
Website www.greghoward.com

Greg Howard (born 1964 in Washington, DC) is a Chapman Stick player based in Charlottesville, Virginia. Howard played saxophone and keyboards in area bands before switching to Stick in 1985. An early recording with guitarist Tim Reynolds was released on cassette in 1987 as Sticks and Stones.

Howard played with the Dave Matthews Band on two albums (Remember Two Things, 1993, and Before These Crowded Streets, 1998) and has performed with the band in concert.[1] He also collaborated with Dave Matthews Band saxophonist LeRoi Moore on various projects.

In 2000, the Greg Howard Band (with Dutch musicians Jan van Olffen, Jan Wolfkamp, and Hubert Heeringa) released an album, Lift.

Howard performs and leads Chapman Stick seminars in North America and Europe. He has also written two method books: The Stick Book, Volume One, 1997, and The Greg Howard Songbook, 2009, as well as an instructional DVD for the Stick, "Basic Free Hands Technique" DVD, released in 2011.

Discography

Studio releases

Collaboration with Tim Reynolds, electric guitar

Gear

Chapman Stick

Rack

Pedals

Other

References

  1. ↑ "Greg Howard, DMBAlmanac".
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