Josephine Foster with GRAY/SMITH sing and play "Dues" by Ronee Blakely at Tubby's Kingston NY April 25, 2025. Shot and edited by JFR. Full set available on KDK21 channel on YouTube. Link in bio.
Gray/Smith + Speer is looking forward to rejoining our dear friend @damejosephinefoster for an evening of balladry and bonhomie at the legendary @tubbyskingston this Friday night. Doors at 7, G/S+S at 8, Josephine and friends at 9
We are thrilled to be assisted in the lower frequencies by @fretlesspeter
See you in the Tub
A great big thank you to @aquariumdrunkard for including Heels in the Aisle in their 2024 Year in Review. Lots of very good company in there, and heart-warmed to know people are spending time in the tunnels…
👟It’s release day 👟
@gray_._smith ’s Heels in the Aisle is out now!!
The duo’s sophomore effort refines their petroleum-based, hard-lullaby sound with a decidedly dusty precision. It’s the slipshod, burnt-out, mid-70s unter-prog comedown to their debut’s early-‘70s country-rock meanderings. Expect more euphoric riffs, artful studio wizardry, and worn-down introspection.
For fans of Meat Puppets, Ronnie Milsap, Traffic’s John Barleycorn Must Die, the oceanic ebullience of the sacred, and the salty tang of the profane. Streaming everywhere and available for purchase at the link in our bio.
📸: Lary 7
Today, we’re premiering the music video for Gray/Smith’s (@gray_._smith )“Verrazzano Tile / Heels In The Aisle” from their forthcoming sophomore album Heels In The Aisle. The video was shot on March 10, 2024 in Staten Island, and was directed by John Fell Ryan (@exceptergram ) with drone footage filmed by Brett Bisogno. Watch the video at the link in our bio.
The sophomore effort from Gray/Smith refines their petroleum-based, hard-lullaby sound with a decidedly dusty precision. Formed in the outer-edges of Kings and Richmond counties circa 2020, Gray/Smith is something of an East-coast involution. L. Gray (guitar and vocals) and Rob Smith (drums, guitar and vocals) are both trusty veterans of “band’s bands” like Pigeons, No-Neck Blues Band, Rhyton, and the Suntanama, freewheeling groups known for mining from polyglot sources: rough-hewn folk and the spiritual avant-garde, bargain-bin hard rock and and collector’s-choice psychedelia alike. On their first, self-released LP Gray/Smith, serendipitously recorded at Gary’s Electric at the top of 2021, the pair trained their assured chops onto the great American song-form, honing a murky but tight approach that variously cribs “urban cowboy” and finger-picked primitivism.
please join us on a steamy saturday eve in greenpoint w the inimitable @turndady for the summertime rolls... with vids by @exceptergram
6/22/24 at SUNVIEW LUNCHEONETTE 221 nassau ave, bklyn 11222 DOORS 7:30 PM, donation/BYOB
***HEAT ADVISORY : there is NO AC 🥵... we will do our best with fans, ice-cold beverages, and COOL MUSIC***
demons and marvels…
please join GRAY/SMITH & SPEER along with houston’s own @the_pudds at liedy’s shore inn this thursday. 🎶 at 9pm… it will be worth the TRIP
(invite image by @fullvariety )
#snugharbor #richmondcounty
tonight @jerrysonfront in philadelphia, a summer summit meeting of the psychic friends network… we kick things off at 8pm pre-wetting the stage for ANIMAL PISS, IT’S EVERYWHERE and the mighty BLUES AMBUSH (w ‘special guest’ gtr from @chrisforsythsolarmotelband )
doors at 7:30, jams go down from 8-10… this one’ll be somethin’
and at trail’s end, the cascade… very excited to be bringing our little road show to nyc tnght at @_fouroneone_ courtesy of @blankforms_ . especially thrilled to be sharing that time and space with the inimitable louise landes levi, as well as hitting the stage for the first time in ny as GRAY/SMITH & SPEER with our comrade dave shuford. this is gonna be a good one (photo of @noteghost by @damejosephinefoster )
