PEOPLE YOU MAY KNOW


People You May Know is a series of character sketches inspired by experience, observation, imagination, and affairs of the heart. Of course, the album title is a wink and a nod at social networks' ubiquity and how these networks have changed our interactions with the world. They connect and reveal us to each other, but their presence can also isolate us or complicate relationships.

While I'm still hewing roughly to the troubador's path, my genre adventures in songwriting continue. You'll hear echoes of Jazz Standards, Soul Classics, Folk Songs, Beach Music, Murder Ballads, and Classic Pop Hits this time around.

Many of these recordings were realized with the able collaboration of some very talented musicians and songwriters: Pianist Eric Hirsh, Bassist Peter Kimosh, Drummer Stephen Coffman, Guitarist Gibb Droll, multi-instrumentalist / engineer Eric Fritsch, Bassist Aaron Oliva, and songwriters Nancy Armstrong and Brian Ashley Jones. Thanks to these folks for their help. Thank you for listening.
– Greg Humphreys

PEOPLE YOU MAY KNOW
1. Only One of Me
2. Must Be The Moon
3. Alice In The Morning
4. Oo La La (I Love You)
5. Low And Meddlesome Sound
6. The Passionate Shepherd
7. Comin' Home Soon
8. You're Gonna Change Your Mind
9. Running Away
10. Dani-Lynn

All songs written by Greg Humphreys, © Greg Humphreys BMI except:
"Must Be The Moon" © Greg Humphreys BMI, Nancy Armstrong BMI
"Low And Meddlesome sound" © Greg Humphreys BMI, Brian Ashley Jones BMI.


PRESS FOR PEOPLE YOU MAY KNOW:

"People You May Know flows with seemingly effortless silkiness...his solo work, exemplified by this latest release, is about trimming away anything unnecessary to reveal the beauty of the songs in a pure form...early sides from Bill Withers and Joni Mitchell come to mind as Humphreys ushers us into his folds with a sure hand...there’s an inescapable sense that Greg was born a few decades too late, today’s shitty radio fare many notches below the sweet rambles bouncing around this set. There’s no doubting how personal these pieces are to their creator, but Humphreys has the rare gift of transmuting what he sees in the mirror into something the rest of us can hum along to." – Dennis Cook, Dirty Impound


"Few Triangle musicians are as ubiquitous and as widely respected as Greg Humphreys…(he) sounds brimming with confidence on his new disc, People You May Know, a late-night-lounge-styled folk-jazz affair spotlighting his tasteful playing and the high sweetness of his voice. Humphreys just got back from a summer spent performing in Prague and other European destination cities." – Peter Blackstock, Independent Weekly 
People You May Know is available on iTunes.


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