About the Event

“A deeply rooted blend of southern-fried rock and swamp funk … richly evocative lyrics … plainspoken, blue-collar American music.” — NPR 

Since his first album, Blackwater, back in 2001, JJ Grey has been releasing deeply moving, masterfully written, funkified rock and front porch Southern soul music. Now, with Olustee—his tenth album and first in eight years—Grey is back, singing his personal stories with universal themes of redemption, rebirth, hard luck, and inner peace. Fueled by his vividly detailed, timeless, original songs spun from his life experiences, Grey’s gritty baritone drips with honest passion and testifies with a preacher’s foot-pounding fervor. Many of the songs are steeped in the mythical Southern stories of his ancestral Florida home and filled with people from his life. Grey’s message is simple and strong: respect the natural world and always try to live in the moment. And never forget the importance of having a good time! 

JJ Grey & Mofro have played countless festivals, including Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, and Austin City Limits Festival. Over the course of his career, Grey has shared stages with the likes of Lenny Kravitz, B.B. King, The Allman Brothers Band, The Black Crowes, Los Lobos, Jeff Beck, Ben Harper, Booker T. Jones, Mavis Staples, and many others. Grey and his band continue to play over 75 shows a year across the United States and around the world. Their songs have appeared on television, including on House Of Cards, Criminal Minds, Bones, House, Flashpoint, Crash, Friday Night Lights, The Glades, and The Deadliest Catch and in films like The Hoot and The Gray Man. In November 2009, Grey wrote his first film score for the critically acclaimed, Emmy®-winning documentary The Good Soldier. 

“Impassioned singing, riff-based Southern rock, cold blooded swamp funk and sly Memphis soul.” — The New York Times 

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