Grant’s musical journey began on the Sunshine Coast, BC, Canada, with piano and other music lessons at age 9, and in high school tutored fellow students in concert and stage band. While studying commercial music at Capilano College in North Vancouver in the early 1990s Grant decided to switch gears and try to follow in the footsteps of Bob Dylan and Neil Young, and along that path was recruited into an emerging ska/reggae/rock dance band, Butler In The Hey!, which was based in Roberts Creek, BC.
Throughout the 90s Grant was a busker around the Vancouver area, sometimes traveling around Canada and the Pacific Northwest. He also performed as a multi-instrumentalist and writer in various bands, and as a solo artist, releasing a solo album in 1993, Inner Ear Sessions. Around this time Grant opened for Ani DiFranco in Roberts Creek.
After working in Metro Vancouver as a courier for over a decade, Grant returned to Roberts Creek and formed a roots/rock band, The Copper Stills, and later reunited with Butler In The Hey! for several years. During this time Grant worked and volunteered as music director and sound engineer for different venues around the Sunshine Coast and spent a couple of years teaching trombone. In 2018, Grant released a self-produced solo album, Broken Dams, and a follow-up album in 2020, End Of The Road.
Grant has finished recording his latest self-produced album, Sightlines, to be released later in 2024.
Grant’s songs typically incorporate the simple story-telling style of John Prine, sometimes mixed with the poetic feel of Neil Young and the hardpan realism of Townes Van Zandt. Some of the lyrics are true, others not so much, but either way his intention is to draw the listener into a compelling and believable human experience. In the characters he sings about he tries not to discriminate between winners and losers; the characters in his songs come complete with flaws but they all have some redeeming qualities.
Grant lives in Roberts Creek with his wife and dog.
