Co-Writers In Disguise
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Record Label: Kira Records
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Greg Trafidlo is a singer/songwriter who also has major credits as a music publisher and producer. He has performed on over forty albums and has produced over a dozen releases. including eight with his trio, Pole, Trafidlo and Phillips. Greg is president of Kira Records and runs KiraPole Publishing, BMI. As a songwriter, his songs are published with major publishers in Nashville.
Greg is a member of BMI, as a writer and publisher, a charter member of the Folk Alliance and is past-President of the Southwest Virginia Songwriters Association. He is also a member of the Nashville Songwriters Association International and the Songwriters Guild of America.
He has shared the stage with Kathy Mattea, John Prine, and Bill Monroe and has opened for EmmyLou Harris, John Hartford, John Hammond, Mark O'Conner, John McCutcheon and many others.
Greg has won numerous songwriting contests including the Grand prize of the prestigious Louisville Songwriters Cooperative Competition for his song, Foxfire. He has been nominated for two WAMMIES, from the Washington Area Music Association, including Best Male Folk Performer and Best Folk Album. Greg's song Summer '64/Oh Freedom, co-written with Neal Phillips, appears on the Folk Era Records CD, "Freedom Is A Constant Struggle", which includes songs by Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul and Mary, Judy Collins. Their collaboration, Whatcha Gonna Leave?, is being performed by legendary folk icon, Pete Seeger. Greg and Laura's song, The Compost Song, appears on a compilation CD with Dwight Yoakam, George Jones, George Strait, Terri Clark, Marty Stuart, and other top name country artists.
For over five years Greg was the director of the coffeehouse at the Sedalia Center in Big Island, Virginia; hosting many top acts in contemporary and traditional folk music.
Trafidlo plays guitar, fiddle, penny whistle, Autoharp, percussion, blues harmonica and is the former mandolin player with the nationally touring bluegrass band, The Bass Mountain Boys. He has also performed in musical stage plays, including the road show of "Stonewall Country" with Robin and Linda Williams.
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Genuinely loves sharing his affection for music with listeners
author: Sing Out! Magazine
Greg Trafidlo is a guy in love with life, music and his late dog, Kira. He penned five of the dozen songs on the CD, and co-authored six, with another, "Angeline the Baker/Angelina Baker," a medley of the traditional and Stephen Foster compositions. Trafidlo is one versatile songwriter, ranging from pop love songs such as "Waiting For The Light To Change," to writing in Cajun-flavored French, "Je Vive Dans Un Reve," to a fascinating ballad about stealing – that is copyrighting – traditional music, co-authored with friend Neal Phillips, "The Ballad of Libby Congriss." (On "Je Vive" in a humorous touch, the translation is spoken over the French at the end.) The Lomax family probably won't enjoy "Libby." Co-Writers in Disguise, which I assume refers to Trafidlo's cohorts Laura Pole and Neal Phillips, is Trafidlo's most commercially oriented CD to date, with plenty of production on most of the tracks, including playing guitar, mandolin and percussion himself. Generally the songs don't need much help, but the production doesn't detract much, either. A trademark of Trafidlo CDs is one funny song, and he doesn't disappoint with "Don't Take Your Gut to Town." Next time you eat too much over the holidays, play this song. The enjoyment of Trafidlo's recordings centers on the opening sentence, he genuinely loves doing this, and he has the talent to carry it off to share his affection for music and performing with the listener. –
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