When The Grant Farm and Fruition recorded their EP Meeting On The Mountain they knew they had something special, and so did their fans. While the EP peaked at #8 on the JamBand radio charts, the collaborative experience so struck Tyler Grant and his band they knew that Meeting On The Mountain was much more than just a recording. So too did new Grant Farm manager Brian Asplin (Everyone Orchestra, Dead Phish Orchestra), who thought that the song and EP turned out so well that the concept should be turned into a series. Thus Meeting On The Mountain the live broadcast was born, with its inaugural run slated for this Sunday, March 1st at Cervantes’. The spirit of the broadcast is the same as that on the EP: Collaboration. So Grant enlisted the help of some of his friends for the maiden voyage of the Meeting On The Mountain series. Listen Up Denver! was fortunate enough to chat with the flat-picking champ about his new project.
While the EP inspired the concept for Meeting On The Mountain, the evolution of the series grew directly from The Grant Farm. “The EP we did with Fruition spawned the whole idea and we decided that we could do some really great stuff with the concept as far as a live show that we could broadcast with the collaborative spirit, much like the attitude we had doing the EP. We have four episodes lined up and we’re going to do a festival in the summer. So we’re getting behind this concept of a live broadcast, which is kind of a radio style show. We have a camera crew set up and we’re going to be streaming the show live on YouTube. So it will be a live broadcast but we’ll also have nicely edited episodes for rebroadcast.” But here at Listen Up Denver! we were dying to know exactly what the production for Meeting On The Mountain was going to be.
These days many bands would do a Kickstarter or something similar to fund such a production but Grant Farm chose to enlist sponsors in their endeavor that are yet to be announced. Cervantes’ will be presenting the first broadcast as well as the subsequent shows in the series, which will take place on the first Sunday of May, September, and November. The production will include a three-camera team provided by Hyphytek out of Fort Collins, giving a variety of different angles and shots for the broadcast. There will also be seating up front for the broadcast to add to the live radio show, Grand Ole Opry-esque feel. “But Colorado style,” Grant added. “Meeting On The Mountain is a place where we get our best musician friends together and instead of doing a recording we’re doing a show and broadcast where I’ll be the host. So I’ll be doing interviews with all the artists as well as live performances. So the mountain in this case will be Cervantes’ Other Side. Sunday is the day of meeting and the time of meeting is seven sharp.” While Grant is more than at home behind a Telecaster, we wondered how he was preparing for his role as an interviewer and host. “My vision of this is to get into some fun and friendly banter to keep things interesting but I also want to give everyone a chance to talk about what’s important in their music careers. So it will be a balance of real information and fun. I’m gonna’ try and be as insightful with my interview questions as possible while also keeping it entertaining.” Keeping things entertaining shouldn’t be a problem considering the lineup for Meeting On The Mountain’s first get-together.
The inaugural broadcast will feature Bill Nershi of The String Cheese Incident, The Dead Winter Carpenters from North Lake Tahoe, California, and local legendary songwriter Benny “Burle” Galloway. “Each of the artists is gonna’ do a couple of songs. Grant Farm is the house band so we will back up Benny and Nershi and we’ll do interviews in between the performances when we’re setting up for the other acts. And of course in the spirit of Meeting On The Mountain and collaboration we’re all goanna’ do a couple songs together to end the show,” Grant explained. While Tyler was keeping future artists for future Meetings a secret for now, the question that may be on many fans’ minds is where does Fruition figure into all this? Tyler was gracious enough to answer. “The Fruition story has become kind of a back story to this whole thing; they’re not involved in the show. But we of course want to get them involved in one of these episodes and we’re working on that. But for now we don’t want this to be seen as something that has to do with the EP. We’re trying to push Meeting On The Mountain as its own concept. There’s a website, meetingonthemountain.com, there’s also a Facebook page. The concept itself is something that myself and the Grant Farm is really getting behind and we want it to grow as its own thing, as its own place.” That shouldn’t be a problem, as everything seems to grow in greener on the Grant Farm.
MEETING ON THE MOUNTAIN
Hosted By Tyler Grant and The Grant Farm
Featuring Bill Nershi, Dead Winter Carpenters, and Benny “Burle” Galloway
Sunday, March 1st @ 7:00 p.m.
Cervantes’ Other Side
Tickets: $10 Adv. $15 DoS
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