Good Medicine & Club Car Bar Present: GRAYBILL
8:30pm - All Ages - Tickets available now at the link below
Full bar + food menu will be available for purchase
Often described as a fusion of artists like Jack Johnson, Iron and Wine, G. Love, Nick Drake, and Michael Franti, Graybill is the stage moniker of vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist Kevin Graybill. Though comparable to others, he's developed his own unique sound and genre sometimes referred to as "Coastal Folk" or "Ganja Blues." Deeply influenced by his direct surroundings, Graybill's sound evolved and fermented within a "musical cocoon" over many years residing in Seattle, WA before truly ripening to maturity as he spread his wings on the Central Coast of California. You can hear this story, and his influences, as you bend your ear to his music, which clearly strikes a balance between what can be described as "sunny optimism" and "rainy introspection.
Recent years have been pivotal for Graybill, first his debut album "High Tide/Low Tide" won Album of The Year for the 2021 New Times Music Awards in California, then in March 2022 he released the second single, "It's Alright," off his sophomore debut, "The Path Less Traveled," which features one of his biggest artistic influences, G. Love & Special Sauce. After beginning to record the first song off the record, Sand, in May 2021, ten tracks later, and The Path Less Traveled is finally finished and slated for a December 20, 2024 release date.
The Path Less Traveled is a journey through Graybill's own life, which includes both his personal and artistic path less traveled. The first song off of the record, "Somethin' Like This" is one of the first songs Graybill ever wrote when he was 20 years old; and the record ends with the album title track "The Path Less Traveled," which Graybill wrote recently in his late 30s. "Somethin' Like This" is a call to adventure and risk; and what might be at stake if you don't take that sharp turn off the well-trodden path into the unknown. "The Path Less Traveled" then concludes the album by reflecting on the journey taken, what did we find and learn on this path less traveled? The nine tracks in-between are pit stops along the path, exploring things like time, perseverance, love, lust, play, anxiety, regret, spirituality, depression, hope, healing, struggle, and introspection.
Though Graybill is a traditional singer/songwriter, in the sense that most of his songs all start off with just him and his guitar; the soundscape of The Path Less Traveled is quite the buffet of instrumentation, showcasing many different genres, colors, and textures. From the futuristic island yacht rock sounds of the dueling vocoder and saxophone on Crush in The Breeze; to the melancholic string arrangement on Sometimes; there's truly something for whatever mood you're in, or wherever you might be on your own path less traveled.
"Graybill's music reminds us that thinking deeply and having fun are not mutually exclusive categories. In one song, Graybill can make us smile, tap our feet, and make us ponder the universe, sometimes in a single verse! As a modern troubadour, Graybill's songs take us on journeys where we meet curious characters, lost loves, and future bar mates so that we come away with a feeling that we are all part of one big wide family destined to be together one day." -Stephen Lloyd Moffett
"It's not every day you come across an artist who invites you in with a sound that is unassumingly familiar and comforting, and then gets you to stay with raw, heart- mending lyrics that capture a deep universal desire for hope and connection. Graybill is that artist and he has opened the door... walk on in!" -Barry Johnson