Gran Bel Fisher at Borders

So today I went up to New York City to see Gran Bel Fisher do his little in store performance and signing at Borders. I also decided to bring my brother along because he has never experienced New York City first hand. We walked around the city for awhile and then arrived at Borders around an hour before Gran Bel performed. I went so early because I really had no idea of what kind of crowd would attend. When my brother and I got there only a few seats were taken by people sitting down reading their books. I felt like I was the only one there who really went there to see him but as time progressed more people came in who appeared to be fans.

When he came out he thanked everyone for coming out and was extremely sincere. He opened up with my favorite song "Far Cry" and unfortunately I don't remember the guitarists name but he was fantastic, he really ripped on guitar. Not to mention I was very shocked to hear how similar Gran Bel's voice is to his studio recordings, normally when going to hear a live performance there is always at least the slightest of differences but with Gran Bel he was spot on with his studio voice which was phenomenal. He went on to play I believe four more songs, I can name three of them with certainty ("Edible", "Full Moon Cigarette" and "Bound By Love") but don't remember one other. He continuously thanked the crowd for hanging around after every song and following his set he signed autographs.

I was pretty excited to meet him because I think his work is amazing, I honestly feel that if there are two bands to watch out for this year it would be Gran Bel Fisher and Wolfmother and ironically enough one of the guitar cases that Gran Bel brought had a Wolfmother sticker on it. Anyway, I went up to get his autograph and he was so extremely kind to me. In order to get an autograph you needed to buy his CD or at least have one in hand for him to sign, and I had the copy which I was given to review which isn't exactly the same looking as the one released to public. He made a comment about it and I told him why I had it, and that brought up a small conversation about my blog which he said that he would check out (I'm crossing my fingers hoping that he will.) He asked where I was from and was very personable and thankful and that is truly a great trait to have as a musician to be appreciate towards the fans. His fans will see how he his so appreciative of his fans and in return will be loyal, he had me leaving with a smile on my face to say the least.


Here is a review of Gran Bel Fisher's Album "Full Moon Cigarette"