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Artist Information
Biography
Grolar Bears is a 19-person funk band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. “Cos: The Original Motion Picture Score”, their debut album, pays tribute to the scores of early 70s Blaxploitation movies. The album was recorded in dozens of places spanning over a year. We used “the suitcase” with all of our recording equipment in it to create a mobile studio. We snuck into churches, bandrooms, and auditoriums. Using sonic landscaping, we narrate through an imaginative movie. A trailer for the fictional movie was shot as a companion piece. Vinyl has been pressed for a release show.
Instrumentation
Jonathan Kramer - Bass Guitar
Dan Freborg - Guitar
Andy Myers - Drums
Dave Afdahl - Piano
Paul Collier - Shakers
Fred Torvick - Conga and Bongo
Casey Ernst - Trumpet
Brian Sheehan - Trumpet
Bryan Rasmussen - Sax
Tim Binger - Cello
Joe Finstrom - Cello
Hunter Leaf - Violin
Sarah Slathar - Violin
Kjerstin Haggen - Vocals
Benjamin M. Amundson - Tenor (Gospel)
Dan Volz - Bass (Gospel)
Jon Peterson - Tenor (Gospel)
Discography
"Cos: The Original Motion Picture Score"
LP Vinyl and CD Release 2012
"Lucious Fox"
Radio Single (Radio K) 2012
Self-Titled
EP CD 2010
Official Website
Links
Video
Photo Gallery
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Press
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"I am impressed with (the album). I spun Grolar Bears in between Yusef Lateef and Ben Sidran at the ...
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"The record is fucking great"
Setlist
65 minute set prepared