The Grapestompers

About The Grapestompers

The Grapestompers

In Sweden most people are careful to caterogize music in very narrow partitions.
With a band like the Grapestompers this won´t be so easy. “Sure, they are a rockabilly band”, some might say. Others will call them a rock n´ roll band, whilst some just may say country-rock.. Country-fried Rock n´ roll delivered with the raw energy of rockabilly might be the answer if you’d ask the band members about it. Anyone could hear that the many great artists from the 40ies and 50ies have influenced the band, but you could also tell that there’s some modern music in the bands reference archive.
Since the start in 1998 the band have done some hundred shows on very diverse venues, spanning from very small clubs to big festivals. Most of the gigs have been in the southern parts of Sweden, but a couple of tours in Germany, Denmark, Norway and England can be put on the highlights list.
When playing at a festival in Bremen, Germany, the band met Darrel Higham, who just could not believe that a band of this calibre didn´t have a CD out. It was decided that something had to be done about this and before long a deal was set up with Foot tappi