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Greg
Hall’s interests and talents were shaped and refined growing up
in a musical family in West Texas. “There was always a guitar
around and music everywhere. I was playing John Denver at church camp
by the eighth grade.”
He played football at a small college for a year never considering music
as a career. That changed while playing a friend’s acoustic guitar
in the cafeteria. Greg was approached by a drama professor to write
the score for a Garcia Lorca play that happened to be competing in the
American College Theatre Festival. “I was just this smart, under
achieving stoner kid who didn’t have a clue.” The score
won an award for Outstanding Achievement in Musical Composition from
the Kennedy Center.
Greg dropped out of college soon after and began a decade long musical
journey through thirty states and Europe, eventually landing in Music
City. “Being friends with, writing with, and being around the
best songwriters in the world this long does humble you, and teaches
you to grow as a writer.” Greg has shared stages with everyone
from the Fabulous Thunderbirds and Shelby Lynne, to Vern Gosden, and
Keith Urban. He has co-written songs with members of the Country Music
Hall of Fame, top ten writers of rock, and number one country writers.
To date Greg has recorded six CD’s.
Hall candidly admits that he has struggled with demons, fearing his
own potential for commercial success and celebrity. “I tell you,
for a while there I was burning more bridges than a team of Navy SEALS,”
He laughs. “It was like I was researching a book called Developing
Unsuccessful Communication Skills Through Anger, Ego and Entitlement
Issues”. No matter the effect of those demons however, Greg has
worked diligently, put in the time, and become a singer/songwriter/guitarist
capable of withstanding the long haul. “Honestly, I should’ve
had season tickets between Kurt Cobain and John Belushi twenty times.”
A near fatal car crash, changed Greg’s way of thinking. A picture
of the destroyed El Dorado graces the cover of his new album, Better
Than I’ve Ever Been. “Justice is when we get what we deserve.
Mercy is when we don’t get what we deserve, and grace is when
we get what we don’t deserve. To say I got blessed is an understatement.”
Always a quick wit, Greg ventured into Standup Comedy a few years ago.
His humor, writing skills, musical background and stage experience had
him headlining comedy clubs before he knew it. “When you hit a
certain age and haven’t become Pink Floyd, it’s time to
open up other leaves floating upon the income stream. Last year I even
wrote dialogue for a Grammy winner’s resort show. Go figure.” |