I was a union musician working dance halls and bars in 1976. I have tried to advance since then with some success.
“This straight up, alt-rock guitar music is seeded in the creatively structured musical styles of the British Rock invasion and Americana.
“Lead singer and songwriter, Desmond Grundy, has an accessible creative signature. His studied musical influences from the classic rock and new wave eras ring through his live sets and original work.“
Music from 4 albums and 2 EPs can be purchased at all the usual digital outlets. CDs are also available with an email. Download my EPK here.pdf
Latest Recordings, Lyric Videos and Cover Songs
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More new music coming soon
An example playlist of cover songs for some live shows (acoustic or electric)
Country Girl • Rocks Off • Son of a Preacher man • Dear Prudence • Ev’ry Night • Venus • What is Life • Pumping for Jill • Celluloid Heroes • Sweet Hitch-hiker • Lust for Life • No Fun / Sedated • Mozambique • Walk on the Wild Side • Mighty Quinn • Godless • Lucky Man • Well Alright • With A Girl Like You • Four Strong Winds • Solisbury Hill • Come Up and See Me • Revolution • Louie Louie • Planet-Queen / Bang a Gong • Pumping for Jill • Loving you ain’t easy • Billy 4 • I’m a Believer • Dancing Barefoot • Stray Cat Blues • Pocahontas • One Fine Day • Everyday is a Winding Road + about 200 more… and new ones all the time.
Songwriting
Music Reviews
Jeffrey Morgan – Review of the album Tiles from the Amber Room, 2012
SIZZLING ROCK PLATTER OF THE WEEK: Desmond Grundy – Tiles From The Amber Room (Mouthful Of Records) :: In case you weren’t paying attention the first time around and don’t remember what I said about DG’s first self released album Oddly Enough way back in MB278, I’ll reiterate for ya:
“So I’m spinnin’ the first song and suddenly thinking that, no, the absolute last thing I wanna do is say that Desmond is the new Lou Reed ’cause he seems to be way too normal to be saddled with that kind of calamitous tag. But every time I hear the gnarly destorto guitar grinding up behind him, I get flummoxed into thinking that I’m listening to some kinda vintage Velvet Underground gradation. And suddenly I’m thinking, yes, that’s cool because nobody sounds like Unca Lou anymore—not even the old reprobate himself ’cause he’s way too normal these days to be saddled with that kind of calamitous tag.”
In other words, I didn’t need to have the wisdom of Solomon to know that this here Grundy had what we in the rock writin’ biz call potential. But the big question on every seasoned tout’s mind the second time around is: can Desmond deck ya again? Well, as my old pal the Kingfish would say: “He sho’ nuff can!”
First of all, the album title is straight outta spooky Lynch City where the busses never run on time—if ever. Even better, he plays all of the instruments by himself in the best Todd Rundgren studio-spazz tradition. Finally, his voice—which vacillates between Loaded romance and Tonight’s The Night dissipation—is buried beneath a swirling miasma of destorto fuzzed up beach blanket bohemia that makes Exile On Aladdin Sane St. sound like like Wish You Were Here.
I just hope that his next album sucks ’cause I’m getting tired of sounding like a palooka from Payolaville.’
http://www.jeffreymorgan.info/2012.07.08_arch.html
Jeffrey Morgan – Review of the album Oddly Enough, 2008
“Desmond Grundy – Oddly Enough (self released) :: So I’m spinnin’ the first song and suddenly thinking that, no, the absolute last thing I wanna do is say that Desmond is the new Lou Reed ’cause he seems to be way too normal to be saddled with that kind of calamitous tag. But every time I hear the gnarly destorto guitar grinding up behind him, I get flummoxed into thinking that I’m listening to some kinda vintage Velvet Underground gradation. And suddenly I’m thinking, yes, that’s cool because nobody sounds like Unca Lou anymore—not even the old reprobate himself ’cause he’s way too normal these days to be saddled with that kind of calamitous tag.”
Stage & Studio
News
Music things that happened lately.
- This is a cross-section of all the cover songs I like to play live which varies accordingly.
- Two news singles released in May and June respectively.
Door Rain Me and Closer to Heaven - Check ur.mouthfulofrecords.com for some of my music reviews at Unsigned-Reviews.
- Two music reviews from Jeffrey Morgan for my first two records. More reviews to come as I dig them up. Hopefully will receive more soon.
- Lots of new pics and posters added to this website. See the latest music releases and videos at the links above: Double Standard and On a Corner
- See two newly produced lyric videos above or on YouTube, or Rumble. Popcorn with Humans and Mercenary. More to come…
- @TimeToAct16 on X/Twitter, out of Belgium, just added me to their Protest Song playlist. Check it out on Spotify!
- Looking for something new to listen to? Check out this Spotify playlist from @dorner_martina. Songs 8 and 9 are mine.
- I have a new set of recordings that will be available by the end of the year, God willin’.
- I made this new website. Less words. More images. Music.
- 2 songs chosen for Spotify Playlist: Love, Hope & Music
- 1 song chosen for Spotify Playlist: You’re the Inspiration
- New Electronic Press kit / Pitch Deck available: One Page EPK
- Regularly heard on web radio at onlyrockradio.com, lonelyoakradio.com, radiokc.fm among others.
Music News Blog
- “The best part about this song is that a squirter can be anybody’s genitals”: Watch Amyl & The Sniffers’ explicit new video for Jerkin’It is exactly what you think it is. Rough and rougey. “But because this idea was driven by people’s personalities, it felt wrong to do it any other way. We just kept pulling things further…
- The great 440 Hz conspiracy, and why all our music is ‘wrong’ | Principia Scientific Intl.“In 1953, a worldwide agreement was signed. Signatories declared that middle “A” on the piano be forevermore tuned to exactly 440 Hz. This frequency became the standard ISO-16 reference for tuning all musical instruments based…
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