GRAYSON HUGH

GRAYSON HUGH with POLLY MESSER
 Smokin With Chris 59 West Center Street, Southington, Ct.
 CT's Best Award-Winning Barbecue & Live Music Venue!!FRIDAY January 17, 2014  6:30 PM - 9:30 PMNo cover charge - but there's limited seating -
BE SURE TO RESERVE A TABLE! (860) 620-9133 For the past four years, since moving back to his home state of Connecticut, internationally acclaimed singer/songwriter Grayson Hugh, along with his wife singer Polly Messer, has been doing special intimate concerts every two months or so at Smokin With Chris. It's become something of a tradition. Grayson Hugh fans from New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia and even Australia have been in the audience at these shows! 

Here's a unique chance to hear the legendary blue-eyed soul man himself, with the amazing singer Polly Messer, in an up-close and personal acoustic setting at Grayson & Polly's favorite Ct. BBQ restaurant and live music venue. "Irony fans, please note: The soul man is a dinosaur in decline, right? Al Green went and got religion, Dennis Edwards is in exile from The Temptations again and, let's face it, Luther Vandross is way too cool to sweat. So who's left to save the genre? Some down-and-dirty black powerhouse who grew up in a suburb of Hell, singing in the local church? Not quite. He's a white guy from a suburb of Hartford, Connecticut. And the first time he was ever in a black church and saw somebody whip out a tambourine, he jumped a mile. Meet Grayson Hugh and the music he likes to call "poetry with an attitude". The gravel-voiced 31-year-old grew up with the prerequisite love for black music. Unlike so many other "blue-eyed" soul men, though, he followed the music to its spawning ground, walking in "audaciously" to apply for a job as pianist at a little black church. Of the currently active soul men, he is, arguably, the best in class." - Leonard Pitts, Jr., Musician Magazine, November 1989 "I jumped at the chance to book Grayson Hugh and Polly Messer into Smokin With Chris. Grayson is an amazing songwriter, incredible singer and pianist. The harmonies that he and Polly create are truly remarkable. Their residency here (they play every few weeks, since the winter of '09) has been a bright spot in our calender. Laura & I (and the audiences here) are blessed to have them. In this world of mediocre music, Grayson and Polly are the real deal - original, soulful, meaningful. Playing a mix of his radio hits, movies and songs from his recently released "An American Record", Grayson Hugh is a national treasure." - Chris Conlon, owner, Smokin With Chris, Southington, Ct., June 2011 "With 'An American Record', the payoff is just beginning. Grayson Hugh has been there and is back again. His story – our story – has to be heard."- Bob Doerschuk, CMAWorld, May 10, 2010