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Band Bio

"I play blues," says Meantooth Grin guitarist Tom Jordan. 
"Loud, hard, and over driven!"

Most people associate blues music with the Chicago style and guys like B.B. King; but the Mississippi blues men played something totally different before electric blues existed.  It was brutal and fierce songs about prison, alcohol, God, the devil, and hardships most people can't fathom.

Meantooth Grin's music has a lot in common with the likes of those early blues men -- guys like Bukka White, Blind Willie Johnson, and T-Model Ford.  But Meantooth borrows heavily from modern music like ZZ Top as well.

The band's debut album, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, was released in October by KAM Records, which calls Meantooth Grin "one of the most exciting and innovative bands we have worked with."

Just as Muddy Waters took the blues he heard while growing up in Mississippi and modernized the music for his times, Meantooth Grin is doing the same for their generation.  With soulful fire and white hot intensity, Meantooth  carries the torch from the previous generation of blues greats and moves the music into the future.  They take roots sounds and transform them into something that spans the ages.  Leaving a trail of blues lovers wanting more wherever they go, Meantooth Grin has a large fan base, ranging in age from 16 to 60+.

They draw on the emotional truth of soul and the forcefulness of rock to bring a distinctive dimension to their ground breaking sound.  If you like infectious grooves and abrasive, raw blues at an insane volume, then Meantooth Grin is the band you're looking for!

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Meantooth Grin is made up of Brian miller on drums, Tom Jordan on guitar and vocals, and Seth Heffner on bass.  They have shared the stage with the likes of Lonnie Brooks, Chris Duarte, Scott Holt, Bill Perry, and many more.  The group is known for their distinct overdriven, swampy type of hill country influenced blues rock.

 Band web site:  www.meantoothgrin.com