The Official Audio Visual Archive of The Gray Brothers
After recording with laptops and mobile gear for a few years, the brothers decided to start using more permanent home studios collaboratively. Ernie was beginning the idea of building out his garage as a bonafide studio, and Vince was learning to use various DAWs in his office studio in Atlanta. In 2011, Vince visited Ernie … Continue reading Fools Sessions
Impromptu garage film performance of one of Ernie’s old backlog songs while brothers Adam & Vince were in Nashville for a wedding in 2011. Originally written in 2007, this song was rehearsed and taped as a series of overdubs in about two hours. While not exactly “live,” what you see on film is what is … Continue reading Repossess Your Heart
Ernie joined Adam and Vince on stage during a Limit Nine show in 2010.
Recorded using a basic mobile unit during the holidays in 2008, this was the first collaboration by the brothers following our father’s death in April of that year. After writing and recording all original material for Gray Brothers 2 in 2006 , we decided to keep things simple and go back to a covers album. This was originally … Continue reading Home By Dark Thirty
While in Atlanta, Vincent spent most of his time playing in the band Imagination Head, a project already started by friends Erin and J.R. Wicker. Vince started by playing guitar and viola with the couple, but the band eventually formed into a full rock outfit, including various members from 2007 – 2017. The band recorded … Continue reading Imagination Head
In 2005, Vince moved to Atlanta, GA, thereby ending the band Limit Nine with his twin brother Adam. Up to that point, Vince had only played bass in live settings; so he was ready to start fronting his own project. He started Codex Boom with new friends David Gunter on drums and Eric Matthews on … Continue reading Codex Boom
As the Gray Brothers were born in Northeast Tennessee, there was a wealth of music history to be found right there near Bristol, Carter’s Fold, and the Appalachian Mountains, and therefore to tap into. By 2005, all three brothers were moving into a new phase of their lives and careers, either turning 25 or 30. … Continue reading The Whiskey Sessions
Before leaving high school, Adam and Vince started jamming with Andrew Bryant on drums, who was the percussionist of Live Bait; but after doing the funk project for a while, they were ready to focus on writing and recording original material. They started as a trio, playing in the style of The Police and Rush … Continue reading Limit Nine
Adam and Vince’s first official band started when they were in middle school as Live Bait in 1994. They joined friends Jonathan Sides (guitar) and Renaldo Goodwin (drums) to play some of their favorite covers. They loved both the new songs of Grunge and the classics of Rock and RnB. Their first gigs were at … Continue reading Live Bait and Company (LBC)