Between 1997 and 2003 I was a member of Trip 20, Bronze Age Idols and Free Range Human. Each project fell apart for various reasons, but during that span of time, there was one constant...a loose collective of mad improvisers known as Grass Family Reunion. GFR was born one night in 1998 when Sherry Lucas offered us a last minute gig at the Way Out Club.
There would be no structure... no planned songs...for better or worse.
That night was special. For some reason our ragged meanderings fell in line and a living organism seemed to enter the room. Someone asked who we were and it was decided our drummer, Steve Grass, was responsible for the mayhem, and the name followed. Perhaps it was his idea to pull our pants down in public (I don't remember).
From that night until I left Saint Louis I had the pleasure to jam with a wide variety of amazing players, in a relaxed, "anything (and I mean anything!) goes" atmosphere, including Steve Grass, Terry Goetz, Dan MacQue, Don Cole, Matt Hutton, Jerry Green, Buzzy, Dave Colin, Henry Horning, John Goddard, Dan Stuvland and the infamous B-Flat. Many other faces passed through our door but I don't remember, or never learned their names.
I am in the process of editing the countless recordings made during this period and will be creating a website where tracks will be posted.
