Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Softdrive Records) - Los Angeles-based producer/engineer/guitarist DOUG GREAN, along with creative partner Scott Weiland, announces the culmination of their ten-year long project, Weiland's solo album Happy in Galoshes, set for a November 25 on the duo's Softdrive Records.
Together, GREAN and Weiland collaborated on nearly every aspect of the album. One of the first songs GREAN and Weiland wrote together in 1998 is 'Big Black Monster.' This track appears on Happy in Galoshes, and is one of 16 songs on the album that GREAN co-wrote, co-produced, engineered and mixed. GREAN is also a talented multi-instrumentalist; he plays guitar, bass, lap steel, banjo, and keyboards on the album. On the road, he's not only a member in Weiland's solo band, but he also acts as musical director. GREAN and Weiland are also partners in the independent label Softdrive Records, where GREAN has produced and engineered five of the six albums for Softdrive artists. Also, the two co-own Lavish recording studio in Burbank.
'Most of this album was made just by Scott and I hanging out and experimenting in our studio,' GREAN reveals. 'So it's not like a traditional record where there's a 'band.' Inspiration would strike, and one of us would just play something. When you're being spontaneous, you can't call someone up and say come on over and play the bass, that just slows things down and kills the vibe. So I ended up playing a lot of different instruments on this record.'
Besides Weiland, GREAN has worked with various notable musical artists, such as Sheryl Crow, Ricki Lee Jones, Glen Campbell, Slash, Velvet Revolver, Stone Temple Pilots, The Crystal Method, Tim McGraw, Cyndi Lauper, Annabella Lwin (Bow Wow Wow), Corey Glover (Living Color), Camp Freddy, DJ Hurricane, and John Taylor (Duran Duran). In 2005, Grean appeared on the 47th annual Grammy awards with Velvet Revolver as keyboardist, performing 'All Across the Universe' with Stevie Wonder, Norah Jones, Bono, Steven Tyler, Brian Wilson, and Alison Krauss.
For the EPK, please go to: http://www.douglasgrean.com/WeilandEPK264.mov
For more information on GREAN, please check out www.myspace.com/douglasgrean, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Grean and www.douglasgrean.com.
