greg whitfield: News

On Tuesday September 22, 2009 the world lost a wonderful guy and a spectacular bassist. Keith played for Hal Ketchum's band and was a regular Groove Angel with George Ensle. He is mourned and will be missed by all those who knew him. RIP Keith - I feel lucky to have played with you!

Greg Whitfield was a finalist in this year's song competition with five songs in three different categories. Two of these songs won their respective categories ("You Don't Laugh Anymore" in the inspirational category and "I'm Yours" in the pop category). In addition Whitfield won first place overall with "I'm Yours". For more details visit ASG's website at
www.austinsongwritersgroup.com

Whitfield is scheduled to play the annual Liberty Hill House Concert on Sunday April 19 along w/ Danny Britt, Cowboy Johnson, George Ensle, and John Emery. This is a must see evening of great music in a comfortable, intimate setting with five of the best songwriters in the area. Email the organizers at
itsallgood4262@yahoo.com
for details.
You'd be crazy to miss this one!

To promote the upcoming show at Bugle Boy with George Ensle and Fred Fuller, Whitfield will appear on February 20 at 2:00 pm on KUT-FM's Aielli Unleashed, hosted by John Aeilli. He will be joined on the air by Fred Fuller.
The following week Whitfield will appear with George Ensle on Fox 7's Good Morning Austin. Tune in to watch and listen.

New video of Whitfield at Poor David's Pub in Dallas has surfaced on Youtube. A solo performance of "And You For Me", check it out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wv6JwIa03Y

Tune in to FOX7 News Friday morning October 10 to see Whitfield with Autumn Boukadakis, and later that day visit Waterloo Records for a live in-store appearance to celebrate the release of Autumn's new CD Velvet Sky.

Greg Whitfield and George Ensle will perform live on KUT-FM (90.5) during Folkways, 2:00pm on Saturday September 20. Tune in and listen!

Recent video of Whitfield w/ Walt Wilkins has been posted on You Tube. Recorded August 3, 2008 at River Pub in San Marcos, TX.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNOKsUm1KGE

GW is now available for digital download from CDBaby at a reduced price of $10.00. Go to the link below
www.cdbaby.com/cd/gregw

New video of a couple of new Whitfield songs is available on line at
http://www.hi-iqmusic.com/thecrossings.html
The footage was shot at The Crossings in Austin, TX Dec 16, 2007 at a show with Tina and Walt Wilkins. Check out this site for some great Texas music.

October 26 Whitfield played at the best little listening room in Texas, the Bugle Boy in La Grange. Perfect sound and intimate atmosphere make this a most enjoyable venue for songwriters and audiences. Check out their website www.thebugleboy.com
for info on upcoming shows.

Recently released recordings feature songs written by Greg Whitfield including the Geezinslaw Brothers version of Whitfield's "My Teacher Showed Me How" on their new children's CD. Fred Fuller has released the CD "To Sing Once Again" featuring Greg on guitars, as well as his song "Upper Middle Class." Most recently, Whitfield's "Martin's Song" was recorded by Devon Heath on his "Give It To Me Straight" CD, which also features Greg on guitars and backing vocals. And Bonnie Bishop has released a live acoustic CD featuring Greg on guitars and vocals, as well as a version of Whitfield's "You Don't Laugh Anymore" (originally recorded on Pauline Reese's debut CD).

Whitfield's Live Set performance is available online at www.kut.org. Click on music, and underneath click on vault. You can access numerous live performances taped recently at the station. Check it out!
Whitfield also appears on two recently released live albums by George Ensle and Bonnie Bishop. Check out their websites for these CDs and Whitfield's calendar for live dates with these two great artists.

Greg Whitfield and band have taped a live set with Larry Monroe for KUT-FM. The program will air November 11, 2006 at 3:00 pm on KUT (90.5). The set includes songs from the GW cd as well as several new songs. Whitfield was joined in the studio by Mark Dotson, Mike Rieman, Ken Johnson and Greg Lawry. In addition, Whitfield video taped a segment for KUT's website. Log on to www.kut.org in the near future to view this segment.

Recorded this month and released to radio is Kevin Fowler's new Single "What I Wouldn't Give for your Love". It is always fun to record with Kevin and the musicians he surrounds himself with. Listen for Whitfield's intentionally schmaltzy guitar on the intro.

If you haven't seen the Bonnie Bishop band live, go to bonniebishop.com for tour dates and come see this band. I am proud to be a part of this project!
GW

Bonnie Bishop has just completed her second CD, due out early November titiled "Soft to the Touch". Produced by Walt Wilkins and Tim Lorsch, the CD features new songs by Bonnie with co-writers Ray Wylie Hubbard, David Grissom, and Walt Wilkins. Give this one a listen!

Two new acoustic songs titled "MONDAY" and "GOODBYE OLD FRIEND" have been added. The lyrics are less than cheerful, you may want to light a candle.

A couple of early songs from the new acoustic project have been added to the "songs" page on this site. Click the song title first, then click to listen. As with all the songs that's how you get lyrics to read as you listen.

These two new ones are in their infant stages, and they should continue to confuse you about Whitfield's direction and style. Enjoy!

Greg has added a string of dates with Bonnie Bishop to his calendar, check for a show near you. In addition Greg is in the studio with ex-Too Smooth drummer Tom Holden adding guitar tracks for the upcoming Holden On CD. More dates with Fred Fuller and Pauline Reese are coming up this spring as well, and studio work on the more acoustic-flavored follow-up to GW is continuing. More to come...