For
Immediate Release
Guitar
Virtuoso Todd Grubbs Releases Two New Albums -
'Best
Of The Guests' and 'Toddities volume 2'
Tampa,
FL - One of the most talented and innovative guitarists to emerge from Florida,
Todd Grubbs has released two new albums digitally in March 2013 - 'Best Of The
Guests' and 'Toddities volume 2'. Todd Grubbs, who studied at Berklee College
of Music, has been voted 'Most Outstanding Guitarist' at the Tampa Bay Music
Awards, as well as winning the 'Most Outstanding Video' two consecutive years
in a row. His guitar prowess has been touted by critics and fans worldwide, and
can be witnessed on all his solo albums. Todd has surrounded himself with an
array of legendary music artists and musicians which is the inspiration behind
the album 'Best of The Guests'.
'Best
of the Guests' features Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater, Black Country
Communion), Bryan Beller (Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, The Aristocrats), Mike
Keneally (Zappa, Solo), Sean Malone (Cynic), Blues Saraceno (Poison, Transmission
OK), Chris Poland (Megadeth, Ohm), Don Preston (Zappa), John Wesley (Porcupine
Tree), Jerry Outlaw (Bogus Pomp), Pattrick Bettison (Acoustic Alchemy), Mark
Prator (Iced Earth), and Ralph Santola (Obituary).
Says
Todd, "I have had quite a few amazing players make guest appearances on my
albums over the years, so I decided it would be cool to put them all together
on one release. I have always been honored that these great musicians would
agree to perform on my compositions and their contributions have been stellar
across the board. The CD includes one new track I recorded featuring Byran
Beller on bass."
Along
with Frank Zappa, Grubbs influences, which can be heard throughout both his new
releases, range from Steve Vai, John Coltrane, The Beatles, Kate Bush, Jeff
Beck, Michael Schenker, Ulli Jon Roth and Adrian Belew.
"Todd
takes us to some places we have not been with his playing as well as giving us
some of that Zappaesque influenced wild arrangement sensibility that has been a
part of his playing for years." - John Wesley (Porcupine Tree)
The
second release is 'Toddities volume 2', a collection of esoteric recording by
Todd Grubbs. Todd explains, "The CD includes some of my more 'out there'
recordings that did not fit on other releases. It is really cool how these
orphaned songs come together and form their own continuity as if it was a
planned out project."
Currenty
Todd is working on a couple of albums worth of vocal tunes with a lot of great
singers. Says Todd, "I plan to release at least one of these in 2014.
Beyond this I am producing writing and recording with a number of young artists
and bands covering a wide variety of styles."
In
closing Todd imparts to his fans and listeners, "I would like to thank
everyone who has enjoyed my music over the years, I really love making music
and to have people out there that support what I do is amazing esp... with the
current music industry situation being in a state of flux so to speak. I have
always created my music on my own terms and I am very proud of my work to this
point."
To
purchase Todd Grubbs 'Best of the Guests' and 'Toddities volume 2':
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/toddgrubbs7
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