J.J. Grey and Mofro
Waterfront Blues Festival
Portland, OR.
July 5, 2007

Recorded from KBOO FM again this year. KBOO is an all volunteer radio station that has been broadcasting this festival for 20 years. There will be some inherrent reception problems and some drops in the music from time to time, but I have tried to "fix" all where possible.

Recorded from FM > Sharp MD > HD > Wave Editor > FLAC > you

Enjoy the tunes, twofthrs

Emerging from that eloquent tradition of Southern storytellers, J.J. Grey and his band MOFRO deliver some serious rocking funk fueled by brilliant musicianship. The result is music that is thought provoking, rhythmically dynamic and texturally mesmerizing. “I listen to people who tell the story,” he says, naming Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, R.L. Burnside, Tony Joe White, Jerry Reed, Otis Redding, Dr. John, Sly and the Family Stone, Van Morrison, Bill Withers and Dan Penn as influences. What these writers and performers have in common is a love for simplicity, evoking complex emotions with a minimal number of words.

Grey teamed early on with Dan Prothero and Fog City Records, hitting it off instantly. After a stint in the UK, Grey returned stateside and with Prothero produced and recorded “Blackwater” in 2001 (released on Fog City and named by Amazon.com as one of the best CDs of the decade). JJ Grey & MOFRO’s rabid following, through hard work, touring and undeniable musical prowess, grew quickly. From gritty funk to juke-joint romps to contemplative country soul to blistering rockers, Grey and company occupy a distinctive space in the music world.

These guys are great. Check it out, twofthrs

Set List
1. country ghetto
2. mississippi
3. turpentine
4. circles
5. lochloosa
6. how junior got his head put out
7. a woman
8. by my side
9. war
10. the sun is shinning down