Grant Grieves
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Grant Grieves was a rockabilly/country artist born May 20th 1938 in Kansas City and made his first record in 1959 for the local K.C.M. label operated by “Tennessee” Jim McDonald. The 45 rpm record co-recorded with buddy Russ Piburn was released under their moniker "The Strangers" and featured “The Guns” (an answer song to Johnny Cash's hit “Dont Take Your Guns To Town” ) and flipside track “Honky Tonk Women” (pre-dating The Rolling Stones title by a solid decade).
One of his best known tracks “Four In the Floor” did not come out until a decade later on the local Big K label in 1970 and also got a UK release in 1971 on the indie Injun label. A couple more singles on Big K followed, “Honky Tonk Fever” and “Shake It Baby”. In 1973, Grant moved to Nashville, where he met songwriter Kent Westberry, who also owned Crackerbox Records. Crackerbox released two 45s by Grant, “Good Time Girl”/”I’ve Got You” (1975) and “I’ll Get To You”/”From Nine To Five” (1976), credited to “Grant Grieves and the Flashbacks” which referred to his backing duo featuring his teenage sons, Terry and Dug who continued to play with him throughout his life .
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Inducted into the Rockabilly Hall Of Fame in 2001, the seasoned performer was still largely unknown internationally and re-emerged commercially in 2004 with a CD of new recordings “Red Hot! Rockin’ Now And Then,” on the Wildhair Music . More CD releases followed in quick succession, like 2007's "Ridin High" , and one of older recordings called “Nashville Demos” as well as some reissues , compilation appearances and occasional remakes of his out of print obscure older recordings.
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