Graham Colton

The Wife and I headed over to The Hotel Cafe last night to check out a set from Graham Colton.  I'd seen Graham about 6-7 years ago when he opened up for Better Than Ezra.  I was impressed back then so I've been following his career and picking up his albums along the way.  I think he's played quite a few shows here and there in California over the years but a completely free Saturday night made it an easy decision to check him out.

Graham played for about an hour and was very entertaining.  He was surprisingly really funny, too - commenting that he hated San Francisco (where he played the night before) and saying he used to play in a band called the Graham Colton Band, which is actually true.  He joked that he's incredibly vain when it comes to his career and tonight, the band was calling themselves the Graham Colton Explosion.

He has a real genuine quality that comes through.  At the end of the show, he said he wanted people to go home with his music if they liked him, so he invited people to stop by the merch table, say hello and pay whatever they wanted for his music.  We stopped by, said hello and he was kind enough to sign the CD I got for our donation.

Check out his latest music video for the single "Pacific Coast Eyes."  Head over to Graham's website or iTunes if you like what you hear.



You might also recognize Graham's song "Best Days" that we played at our wedding.



We are definitely going to check him out next time he's in town so let me know if you're interested.