Les Gruff and the Billy Goat
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Tulsa, OK
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St Louis, MO
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About Les Gruff and the Billy Goat
A new generation of Midwest Country music, St. Louis’ Les Gruff and the Billy Goat released their third album on December 8 at Off Broadway Music Venue. Their sound, driving like a barge and rolling like a riverboat, defines a genre the band has affectionately deemed “River Dirt.” Akin to its cousins in the Oklahoma and Texas Red Dirt genre, River Dirt perfectly captures the roots, rhythms, and reflections of life in historic middle America. The album, entitled Les Gruff and the Billy Goat, demonstrates the maturity of a band that has spent years touring extensively in Texas, the Midwest, and beyond.
Lead singer Billy Croghan originally formed the group out of personally challenging circumstances after losing his father – the man who gave him his first guitar – in a highly-public suicide. Mixed with grief and the growing pains that come along in one’s mid-twenties, the band originally wrote this collection of songs at its inception. Armed with a whole new perspective after years of performing and traveling together, the band has polished this album of toe-tappers and lovers’ laments into a precious gem ready for release into the now booming Americana scene.
To complement their refined take on these tracks, they recorded at Native Sound Studio, the choice of many of St. Louis’ premier recording artists such as Tommy Halloran and Pokey LaFarge with engineer Patrick Crecelius at the control panel, and mastered the songs with St. Louis’ Brad Sarno at Blue Jade Audio Mastering.
Les Gruff and the Billy Goat have been regularly touring through Texas, performing with bands like Mike & the Moonpies, Justin Wells, Mayeux and Broussard of Austin, TX, and recently opened for rising Americana star Charley Crockett (Dallas, TX) in St. Louis.
Lead singer Billy Croghan originally formed the group out of personally challenging circumstances after losing his father – the man who gave him his first guitar – in a highly-public suicide. Mixed with grief and the growing pains that come along in one’s mid-twenties, the band originally wrote this collection of songs at its inception. Armed with a whole new perspective after years of performing and traveling together, the band has polished this album of toe-tappers and lovers’ laments into a precious gem ready for release into the now booming Americana scene.
To complement their refined take on these tracks, they recorded at Native Sound Studio, the choice of many of St. Louis’ premier recording artists such as Tommy Halloran and Pokey LaFarge with engineer Patrick Crecelius at the control panel, and mastered the songs with St. Louis’ Brad Sarno at Blue Jade Audio Mastering.
Les Gruff and the Billy Goat have been regularly touring through Texas, performing with bands like Mike & the Moonpies, Justin Wells, Mayeux and Broussard of Austin, TX, and recently opened for rising Americana star Charley Crockett (Dallas, TX) in St. Louis.
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Genres:
Country, Alt-country, Americana
Band Members:
Nigel Solomon, Billy Croghan, Tony Compton, Ed Daugs, Scott Knipshild, Sean Kamery
Hometown:
Saint Louis, Missouri
No upcoming shows
Send a request to Les Gruff and the Billy Goat to play in your city
Request a Show
Similar Artists On Tour
concerts and tour dates
Past
AUG
01
2020
Live stream has ended.
I Was There
DEC
15
2019
Tulsa, OK
Mercury Lounge
I Was There
DEC
14
2019
Fredericksburg, TX
Pecan Grove Store
I Was There
DEC
13
2019
San Antonio, TX
The Lonesome Rose
I Was There
DEC
12
2019
Fort Worth, TX
Magnolia Motor Lounge
I Was There
DEC
11
2019
St Louis, MO
San Loo
I Was There
Show More Dates
About Les Gruff and the Billy Goat
A new generation of Midwest Country music, St. Louis’ Les Gruff and the Billy Goat released their third album on December 8 at Off Broadway Music Venue. Their sound, driving like a barge and rolling like a riverboat, defines a genre the band has affectionately deemed “River Dirt.” Akin to its cousins in the Oklahoma and Texas Red Dirt genre, River Dirt perfectly captures the roots, rhythms, and reflections of life in historic middle America. The album, entitled Les Gruff and the Billy Goat, demonstrates the maturity of a band that has spent years touring extensively in Texas, the Midwest, and beyond.
Lead singer Billy Croghan originally formed the group out of personally challenging circumstances after losing his father – the man who gave him his first guitar – in a highly-public suicide. Mixed with grief and the growing pains that come along in one’s mid-twenties, the band originally wrote this collection of songs at its inception. Armed with a whole new perspective after years of performing and traveling together, the band has polished this album of toe-tappers and lovers’ laments into a precious gem ready for release into the now booming Americana scene.
To complement their refined take on these tracks, they recorded at Native Sound Studio, the choice of many of St. Louis’ premier recording artists such as Tommy Halloran and Pokey LaFarge with engineer Patrick Crecelius at the control panel, and mastered the songs with St. Louis’ Brad Sarno at Blue Jade Audio Mastering.
Les Gruff and the Billy Goat have been regularly touring through Texas, performing with bands like Mike & the Moonpies, Justin Wells, Mayeux and Broussard of Austin, TX, and recently opened for rising Americana star Charley Crockett (Dallas, TX) in St. Louis.
Lead singer Billy Croghan originally formed the group out of personally challenging circumstances after losing his father – the man who gave him his first guitar – in a highly-public suicide. Mixed with grief and the growing pains that come along in one’s mid-twenties, the band originally wrote this collection of songs at its inception. Armed with a whole new perspective after years of performing and traveling together, the band has polished this album of toe-tappers and lovers’ laments into a precious gem ready for release into the now booming Americana scene.
To complement their refined take on these tracks, they recorded at Native Sound Studio, the choice of many of St. Louis’ premier recording artists such as Tommy Halloran and Pokey LaFarge with engineer Patrick Crecelius at the control panel, and mastered the songs with St. Louis’ Brad Sarno at Blue Jade Audio Mastering.
Les Gruff and the Billy Goat have been regularly touring through Texas, performing with bands like Mike & the Moonpies, Justin Wells, Mayeux and Broussard of Austin, TX, and recently opened for rising Americana star Charley Crockett (Dallas, TX) in St. Louis.
Show More
Genres:
Country, Alt-country, Americana
Band Members:
Nigel Solomon, Billy Croghan, Tony Compton, Ed Daugs, Scott Knipshild, Sean Kamery
Hometown:
Saint Louis, Missouri
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