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"Gsm closes Live In MInturn"

VD: Who are your influences?

Ansel Foxely: I first became obsessed with rock 'n' roll in high school listening to the big-time rockers of the time: Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers and of course, U2. After that came the jam-band phase, you know Phish and Bela Fleck. From there I moved into the classics (Led Zepplin etc.). It's a pretty standard list, really. Lately I've been into some of the great songwriters: Townes Van Zandt, Gut Clark and Lyle Lovett to name a few.

VD: Describe your sound?

Foxley: I was at a bar one time, and we were sharing the stage with some older musicians. I was talking to one of them, and I asked what their band sounded like.

He replied, "We are completely unusual and altogether unique. There is no way that I could tell you what our band sounds like."

Well, they got on stage and played poor covers of '70s rock songs.

VD: How are you different than other Front Range bands?

Foxley: We are completely unusual and altogether unique. There is no way that I could tell you what our band sounds like.

VD: On your Web site it says you like to cover artists, what recognizable tunes might the crowd at Chili Willy's expect to hear?

Foxley: You should expect to here some Bob Dylan, some Red Hot Chili (Willy's) Peppers, some Striper (OK not really). You might here some Pink Floyd or some B.B. king.

VD: What does your name mean, or where did it come from?

Foxley: Our name means nothing, and it came from the void.

VD: You have moved around the country a lot. Why settle in the Rocky Mountains?

Foxley: This is my home (or close to it). I was raised in Wyoming and although I found something that I really liked about everywhere that I have been, it just wasn't right. I wanted to be closer to my family. Also, CSU (Colorado State University) let me into graduate school.

VD: Where does your inspiration come from for original material? Is it a collaborative project or does one member tend to do the writing?

Foxley: Most of our songs are primarily created by one person. Typically Graham Flagg (guitar and vocals) or Dee Tyler (bass and vocals) or I will bring a sketch of a song to a practice. We will play it over and over and over again until either we condemn it to death, never to rise again, or it becomes part of our repertoire.

For me, when I bring a song to the band I usually have my guitar part all worked out and I have a pretty good idea of what I want the final sound to be. I explain my ideas to the other guys, but it never works. As we play a song we like more and more it takes on a life of its own, and the end product is never very close to what I had envisioned. It is actually a whole lot better.

VD: How has your band evolved since Sweetwater? (Editor's Note: Sweetwater was formed by the Green Street Majority band members in 1997 at the University of Wyoming in Laramie. Deciding there was too many bands of the same name, members opted to rename themselves in 2000.)

Foxley: Back then we were essentially a jam band. We would do things like play an Allman Brothers song for 45 minutes. We had a song where at one point everybody stopped and one person (we took turns) made something up and started playing it. Then, everybody else would join in and play along. It was a cool idea, I guess.

At some point I decided that if people were going to spend money and take time out of their lives to come and see us, then they deserved to see our best. I think we have tightened up a lot since then. We probably have a little bit harder of an edge.

VD: What's in your CD player now?

Foxley: I have a five-disk changer. In it are the following disks: Belle and Sebastian's "The Boy With the Arab Strap," Dire Straits' "Making Movies," Black Sabbath's "Paranoid," Dwight Yoakum's "Just Lookin' for a Hit" and Bruce Hornsby and the Range; the way it is.

VD: Do you have a favorite run on Vail Mountain?

I have never skied Vail. Now if this gig only came with a lift ticket ...



Graham Flagg, guitar and vocals; Ansel Foxley, guitar and vocals; Dee Tyler, bass and vocals; and Matt Henderson, drums and vocals, form Green Street Majority. They play Chili Willy's in Minturn today at 9 p.m. Tickets cost $7 and all proceeds benefit the town of Minturn.



Vail, Colorado - Vail Daily news


"Local Music"

"This rock and roll band hailing from the high plains of Wyoming appeals to all with smooth vocal harmonies, thought provoking lyrics and groove driven guitar. Green Street Majority will get your body movin" - flagpole


"Local Music"

"funky pop overtones and a substantial beat keep the dance floor alive, while harmonies and well-crafted songs let the passive-type listener sit back and enjoy" - frontiers


"Rock On Colorado 99.5 The Mountain Homegrown V C.D."

Green Street Majority sounds like they stepped right of the 1970's on "Immigrant Song" - rockoncolorado.com


Discography

Sweetwater- march 2000-ep
self titled- december 2003-lp
arbitrary tunes-january2008-lp

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The Green Street Majority plays dynamic, groove driven, guitar drenched, rock and roll. While they play many original tunes, they also love to create their own renditions of songs by their favorite musicians.

Then Green Street Majority formed in 1997 while Dee, Graham, Ansel, and Matt were attending the University of Wyoming in Laramie. When they landed a weekly, Sunday night gig at a local brewery and a spot in a festival at the university they decided that they needed a name. Over a pint of beer, on the first night they declared it would be Sweetwater.

For three years they performed in and around Laramie. Realizing that there were far too many bands in the world called Sweetwater, and in possession of a brand new E.P. they had just finished recording, they changed their name to the Green Street Majority at the stroke of midnight January 1, 2000.

Since then the band has extended it's range considerably. By the summer of 2002 they were touring Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, Colorado, Kansas, and Idaho. Looking for a new scene, the band packed their van, hit the road and moved to Athens, Georgia in September 2002.

The Green Street Majority settled into their niche in Georgia with a weekly gig at a local club while continuing to tour around the South and the Rocky Mountains. They are entertainment of choice for Hang Gliding competitions in Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida. After a successful stint in Georgia the band decided the Rocky Mountains were home and have since moved back to the Front Range.

Green Street Majority continues to play around the region. Green Street has been part of the "Taste Of Colorado", "Jubilee Days", "Live in Minturn" as well as being part of 99.5 the Mountains "Mountain Homegrown" IV Zepplin comp. Recently they released a new album titled "Arbitrary Tunes".