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Phil deGruy's (as in 1 degree below 0) home on the Web, featuring information about his latest release, "Just Duet".

 

Check out Phil's newest release

JUST DUET

Available NOW!  On HEARD INSTINCT Records:

 

Upcoming Performances

Sunday Feb., 5 Trio with Rick Trolsen (trombone) and James Singleton (bass) Snug Harbor 8:00 and !0:00 pm

Mondays, March 5, 19, and 26 Guitar trio with John Rankin and Jimmy Robinson Chickie Wah Wah 8:00

Monday, March 10 Guitar quartet with Rankin, Robinson and Cranston Clements Chickie Wah Wah (check listing for time)

Tuesday, March 20 Guitar trio, Columns Hotel 8:00 - 11:00

Tuesday, April 1 Guitar Trio, Columns Hotel 8:00 - 11:00

Tuesday, April 24 Guitar Quartet, Columns Hotel 8:00 - 11:00

With John Rankin, Jimmy Robinson and Cranston Clements, New Orleans Jazz Festival, Saturday, May 5, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Now available from www.eldoradorecords.net  ìTed Greene Rememberedî, a tribute to the legendary guitarist and beloved teacher.Featured artists include: Tommy Emmanuel, Laurence Juber, Lee Ritenour, George Winston, Dan Sawyer, Anthony Wilson, Mark Goldenberg, Jay Graydon, Phil deGruy, Steve Ferguson, Stephen Bruton and a John Pisano-Ted Greene duet. Produced by Tom Bocci with liner notes by Barbara Franklin and the players themselves.
 

Proceeds from the sale of "Ted Greene Remembered" will benefit www.tedgreene.com, a Website devoted to sharing Tedís guitar teachings worldwide. Please visit to learn more about Ted Greene and his lifeís work.

This is what "Vintage Guitar" magazine said about Phil.

Phil de Gruy is one of the most astounding talents to ever touch strings. He commands his instrument, the harp guitar, or guitarp, passionately, flawlessly and with a sense of artistry that only a few fall out of bed with. This medley of ìWho Can I Turn To?î and ìMy Romanceî will have you hitting the repeat button to be sure you just heard what you did. Other artists have used the harp guitar as a concert novelty, and in varying degrees of seriousness, but Phil de Gruy, like Earl Scruggs, George Van Eps, Wes Montgomery and Charlie Christian has taken his instrument into new dimensions.

 

To read the whole review click here

 

 

 

 

"deGruy is one the finest players ever, and you need this CD."  --Guitar Player Magazine, April 2005

"Inspired...eccentric...gorgeous...genius." --Jazztimes, April 2005

"JUST DUET" - An exciting new symphony of duets with... 

Larry Coryell, Charlie Hunter, Mike Stern, Hank Mackie, Reeves Gabriels, Steve Masakowski, and David Tronzo.

Check out Guitar Player's feature on Phil here.

 

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He's a virtuosic genre-straddler with a flair for solo guitar inventions and a blissful resistance to convention.
    -- Josef Woodard, JazzTimes, April 1995.

The wet & lovely P.d. makes the music of the heavens . . . if it was played by wino angels with light bulbs for heads, freshly seasoned, lightly battered and just back from getting a tune-up at Fischer-Price water house.
                        -- Reeves Gabrels

For bookings, bulk orders (more than 6), questions, comments, love letters, and hate mail contact: phil@guitarp.com