Gavin DeGraw - "Follow Through" (stripped)

Thirty-four year old Gavin DeGraw grew up in the Catskills region of upstate New York and is known as a pop-singing piano player with soul.  I first heard his music with his 2003 release of the album 'Chariot.' The album had a number 3 hit on the US pop charts called "I Don't Wanna Be."  But what really struck me about this album was the fact that DeGraw included an entire second disc with the purchase of the record.  This second disc consisted of all of the exact same songs but it was recorded differently and resulted in much different arrangements.  The first disc was the straight-forward studio version of the songs and it turned out to be a relatively surprising commercial success.  For the second disc, DeGraw and his band recorded each song live in the studio, in one take, during one late night session.  For me, this was the keeper.  While the studio version received decent airplay, not as many people heard the 'stripped' version.  Frankly, I'm not sure I listened to the studio version more than a couple times but I wore the imaginary grooves out on the 'stripped' version.

Unfortunately, an attack on DeGraw made the news just last month in New York City.
From Wikipedia:  On August 8, 2011, DeGraw was hospitalized after being assaulted by several persons in New York City.^[10] Police said a group of men attacked DeGraw early Sunday morning at 6th Street and First Avenue in the East Village, near The National Underground. He suffered a broken nose, a concussion, two black eyes and lacerations to his face. Only minutes after the attack, DeGraw was then struck by a taxi. He was admitted to Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital Center for treatment. He had to cancel his scheduled August 9 performance at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, located in Saratoga, New York.^[11]
I have since read that he had been recovering slowly but surely since the incident....thank goodness.

So anyway....
Today's song pick "Follow Through" comes from the stripped version of 'Chariot.'...ENJOY!

Listen to "Follow Through" (stripped)
From the album 'Chariot'

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