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Video from "The Bachelor: Jason and Molly's Wedding"
Here's a
video clip of Gavin performing Follow Through on "The Bachelor: Jason and Molly's Wedding".
Gavin on "Imus in the Morning"
On Wednesday, March 17th, Gavin will be performing a few songs on the "Imus in the Morning" show. You can catch the performance on the Fox Business Network or tune in on the radio. For a list of radio stations that broadcast Imus in the Morning, click here.
Smiles For Habitat Festival
Gavin will be performing at the Smiles For Habitat Festival on May 30th in McKinney, TX.
Video from "Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld"
Here are two clips from Youtube of Gavin on the FOX News show "Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld" on March 13th.
(one & two)
Gavin to Perform on "The Bachelor: Jason and Molly's Wedding"
Gavin will be performing Follow Through on "The Bachelor: Jason and Molly's Wedding", on March 8th at 8 pm EST on ABC. The song and performance will be featured as the couple's first dance.
Gavin DeGraw: Live at House of Blues New Orleans
Be the first to own Gavin DeGraw: Live at House of Blues New Orleans. This performance, which was filmed on July 29, 2008, is available through iTunes. For only $4.99 and with a running time of 34 minutes, the footage includes:
Young Love
Cheated On Me
In Love With A Girl
Cop Stop
I Have You To Thank
I Don’t Want To Be
Chariot
Currently, this is only available in the U.S. and Canada.
Photo and Video of Gavin at Super Bowl Party
From americansuperstarmag.com: Trevor Donovan, Jessica Szohr, Kellan Lutz and
Gavin DeGraw pose on the red carpet at the Maxim Super Bowl Party held at the Raleigh Hotel on February 6, 2010 in Miami, Florida.
Here's a video from plumtv.com which includes Gavin answering the question 'What makes a great party?'.
Gavin at VEVO Launch Party
From
nymag.com: On Wednesday night, the music industry’s heaviest hitters came out to launch VEVO, a new website allowing one to watch music videos.
The many, many artists present all seemed heartened that their labels had finally discovered the Internet and social networking. "I'm happy that the industry is getting involved in this for a change, instead of lagging behind," said Gavin DeGraw. "Because, let's face it, the industry at the corporate level has been hurting for a long time, and when it's hurting at the corporate level, it starts hurting at the artist level, too."
View a photo of Gavin at the event.
What's your favorite thing about this decade? "I think the biggest thing is that magnetic car that goes up walls and upside down on the doors and the tables. If you haven’t seen it, you need to watch more TV." - Gavin DeGraw
Gavin's Turkey Recipe
Here's a video (8:45 mark) of Gavin giving his garbage can turkey recipe (yum), on the red carpet at The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in NYC.
Gavin at NASCAR Track
Yesterday, Gavin was spotted at Lowe's Motor Speedway near Charlotte, NC, hanging out with NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Gavin was interviewed on the SPEED channel, during a break in practice.
View the
interview on Youtube. Gavin performed at Dale Jr.'s bar, Whisky River, later that night, as part of a concert series to benefit The Dale Jr. Foundation. Here's a
photo of Gavin and Dale Jr., posted on Twitter by Dale Jr.'s PR guy Mike.
Motown Interview
Msnbc has posted an audio interview of Gavin discussing Motown. If it doesn't load, right click on the Flash player and choose Play.
Wall Street Journal interview
Wsj.com has an
interview with Gavin, done after the concert in Central Park.
Three Upcoming Concert Dates
From
pollstar.com:
"Feel Free: A National Parks Celebration In Central Park" - 09/23/09 Central Park's East Meadow, New York, NY (
freefree.org)
From scenedaily.com:
The Dale Jr. Foundation has announced the series of October concerts at
Earnhardt Jr.'s Whisky River bar in Charlotte. The "Rockin' The River" series
will feature singers Gavin DeGraw, Blake Shelton, Jessie James, The Carter
Twins, Phil Vassar and Rehab. All proceeds from the concerts will benefit The Dale Jr. Foundation and its
associated charities, including Make-A-Wish Foundation and Victory Junction Gang
Camp. Gavin DeGraw will hit the stage on Oct. 15 in a Charlotte race-week performance. (buy tickets)
From bizjournals.com: Singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw will be the headline act at the Centennial
Celebration of the fall High Point Market wholesale furniture trade show on Oct. 18 (in High Point, NC), according to an announcment.
Gavin the Actor?
From Gavin's Twitter page: "Playing Blackjack on set. Just did a scene for a film. Shooting it in Delaware." - Sept. 8th
Gavin Talks Motown
From google.com: For the 50th anniversary of the founding of Motown Records, The Associated Press
over a period of months invited stars from the fields of music, politics and
film to visit Studio A to talk about how the Detroit musical movement has
affected them and the larger world.
DeGraw got into Motown as a kid, hearing songs on Time Life compilation
albums.
"I remember hearing The Temptations and The Four Tops. ... It was really a
great study for me as a singer," he said.
Fast-forward a couple of decades. DeGraw is an established singer-songwriter
and finds himself playing a gig that features one of his Motown idols ? Stevie
Wonder.
DeGraw is watching as Wonder's band starts playing at the Songwriters Hall of
Fame event.
"I know this track, but something important is missing," DeGraw said.
He then sees Wonder reaching under the piano bench and raking the ground
looking for his harmonica, which he had dropped.
DeGraw runs up on stage, reaches under the bench and puts the instrument in
Wonder's hand. Wonder starts playing, and DeGraw remembers thinking, "`I've
never been so proud to be a stagehand.' ... That would have been an honor to
anybody to give Stevie Wonder his harmonica to play that essential, essential
riff."
DeGraw also recalled sitting backstage and asking Wonder if he could record
the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer on his cell phone.
Wonder agreed, and DeGraw was thrilled, capturing some video of Wonder
playing the harmonica in the intimate setting. DeGraw called it "the ultimate
campfire hang."
From google.com: "The studio itself is its own beast. It can take away or it can add to the
sounds you're making with your instruments," said pop singer-songwriter Gavin
DeGraw. "Some rooms are dead. You play a note, and the sound disappears.
"Some rooms they ring too much. Acoustically, they're just too active. But
some of them, they just have good sound. The (Motown) recordings I've heard come
out of that room. I listen to those recordings all the time, and I think: `Why
does that room sound so good?' There's something to be said for it."
DeGraw liked the Motown recording approach so much that he rereleased his
2003 hit album "Chariot" a year later in a "stripped" format.
"I was really using that Motown ... sound as a template," he said. "I was
thinking about those records and the rawness of those records."
"I think that's why it was so successful as a social tool, because it wasn't
race-specific," DeGraw said. "It was just great music.
"And it allowed people to look past those typical lines. ... People could
hear music like that in a time when people were looking at each other strangely,
wondering what their motivations were, and they could go: 'Hey man, OK, no one's
holding a grudge. It just sounds good. Let's enjoy ourselves.'"
Craig Ferguson Video
Visit Youtube for a
video of Gavin performing Dancing Shoes on Craig Ferguson this past Tuesday.
Interview from American Idol Finale
I uploaded to Youtube a short interview of Gavin on the red carpet at the American Idol finale from the Ellen show.
Official Twitter Page
Gavin's official Twitter page is at twitter.com/gdgofficial.
Mix 985 Video
mix985.com in Boston has a video of Gavin being interviewed and performing in their studio.