What is Gavin DeGraws' National Underground?Owned by [brothers and successful musicians] Gavin DeGraw and Joey DeGraw, The National Underground is a music club with locations in both Nashville and New York City. Featuring live authentic American roots rock, pop and country music seven days a week, you are guaranteed to catch some of the best national and local talent. The music and vibe of this tavern, along with a charcoal grill that produces arguably the best burger around, sets up a laid back friendly atmosphere that's hard to find anywhere else. The National Underground is a hotspot that also attracts some of music's biggest names such as Joss Stone, Norah Jones, Moby, John Popper of Blues Traveler, Robert Randolph, and Billy Joe Armstrong of Green Day, to name a few, who have been known to sit in with the bands. Popular musicians aren't the only celebrities that frequent the Underground. NASCAR Champ Jimmie Johnson, Fox broadcaster Joe Buck and Culinary TV personality Guy Fieri have also experienced everything the National Underground has to offer. About Gavin Beloved by fans for his blue-eyed soul vocals, freewheeling melodies, and earthy charm, singer, songwriter, and musician Gavin DeGraw has enjoyed success since breaking through in 2003 with his debut album, Chariot, which sold over a million copies, earned platinum certification, and yielded three hit singles: "I Don't Want To Be," "Follow Through," and the title-track, "Chariot." He followed that up with his self-titled second album, which debuted at No. 1 on the digital sales chart and at No. 7 on Billboard's Top 200 album chart in 2008 (earning Gavin his first Top 10 album and spawning the hit singles "In Love With A Girl" and the gold-certified "We Belong Together..." ...On Gavin's new album SWEETER, the New York native experimented with new sounds, thanks, in part, to collaborating with a host of top-notch producers he'd wanted to work with for a while, including fellow groove-minded piano player OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder (Beyonce, Adele), Butch Walker (Weezer, Avril Lavigne), Eric Rosse (Sara Bareilles, Tori Amos), and Ron Aniello (Barenaked Ladies, Matt Nathanson). "The creation of every song began with an interview to select the right producer," Gavin says. "It was like speed-dating. I'd play them the songs I was working on and ask which ones they liked the best, and then ask them to produce those they were most passionate about." The NASHVILLE NATIONAL UNDERGROUND is located at: (This is at the end of Broadway down across from the Riverfront.) For the National Underground New York venue details and all the Gavin and Joey DeGraw information click here. |
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