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Official website where you can buy merchandise and guitar tablature: www.graysonerhard.com
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Grayson Erhard performs at Fridays in the Hynds
Where: 1602 Capitol Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming
How much: $5 at the door.
When is this happening? Friday, April 1 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
More info: go to Facebook and search for Fridays in the Hynds
Or Grayson Erhard’s website: www.graysonerhard.com
By Karen Cotton
If you are a fan of Andy McKee, Michael Hedges or Jon Gomm, then you should see Grayson Erhard live this Friday, April first.
Erhard is going to play some new music and some of his fan favorites at Fridays in the Hynds.
A quote on the Fridays in the Hynds’ Facebook page said, “You’ve got to see Grayson Erhard’s guitar skills in person –he’ll melt your face.”
Del Norte, Colorado, is Erhard’s hometown, but he lives in Denver. His sound is original. He sings and uses alternative techniques on a guitar, or tap/slap guitar playing. You can hear his music on the radio, but for the most part he said he’s an indie artist.
He did a few solo tours on the West Coast, but he also plays in two bands; Aspen Hourglass and Pandas and People. The band Pandas and People will be headed out to the East Coast, and they also will perform in Bible Belt area in July.
The 24-year-old singer/songwriter said the inspiration for his songs come from being a part of the millennial generation.
“The inspiration comes from being in a situation where you want to make money, but the Baby Boomers aren’t retiring,” Erhard said. “So, you wonder, am I going to try and climb up the corporate ladder, or make money on my own? It’s a life journal of mine I guess in an audible way. It can also sometimes come from relationships, but I try not to write about relationships that much because of the nature of those.”
He said he’s going to play all of the best of his songs at Fridays in the Hynds.
“I’ll play my songs, Ate and Tapestry, and I’ll play some new ones, too,” Erhard said.
His song Tapestry is about his frustration with Pop music.
“When I was younger that I used to think about playing a lot of notes in a song was the cool thing to do – creating virtuosity and intervals,” he said. “I was upset about how modern pop music was homogenized and sounded like the same thing over and over.”
Over the years, though Erhard said he has been listening to a bunch of music.
“I’ve been growing as a musician and I’ve realized that less is more, which is a contradiction now,” he said. “I used to think why settle for mediocrity, or simplicity? But my views have changed on simplicity.”
Erhard said now he believes less is more and simplicity is actually incredibly powerful.
“I do like pop music now,” he said. “But, if like this was the 18-year old-me, I would have laughed and gone, ‘No way.’”
He said he even chose to cover a Sam Smith song on one of his new EPs that will be released later this fall.
As far as who he would like to open for someday he answered, “Boston is playing Fiddlers Green Amphitheater in Denver. I want to meet Tom Scholz. He and my dad are the reason why I started playing guitar.”
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