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PEOPLE YOU MAY KNOW 

'People You May Know' is a series of character sketches inspired by experience, observation, imagination, and affairs of the heart.  Of course, the album title is a wink and a nod at social networks' ubiquity and how these networks have changed our interactions with the world. They connect and reveal us to each other, but their presence can isolate us or complicate relationships.

'People You May Know' is my third solo album release. While I'm still hewing roughly to the troubador's path, my genre adventures in songwriting continue. you'll hear echoes of Jazz Standards, Soul Classics, Folk Songs, Beach Music, Murder Ballads, and Classic Pop Hits in these songs.

Many of these recordings were realized with the able collaboration of some very talented musicians and songwriters: Pianist Eric Hirsh, Bassist Peter Kimosh, Drummer Stephen Coffman, Guitarist Gibb Droll, multi-instrumentalist / engineer Eric Fritsch, Bassist Aaron Oliva, and songwriters Nancy Armstrong and Brian Ashley Jones.
– Greg Humphreys 

01 Only One Of Me

02 Must be The Moon

03 Alice in the Morning

10 Dani-Lynn

I noticed the phrase "Trunk Songs" reading an Irving Berlin Biography and it stuck with me. In the heyday of Tin Pan Alley songwriting and Broadway musicals, working songwriters would toss their unused songs into a trunk. They would pull one of these songs out when a musical was in need of one more number.

Here are a handful of my own trunk songs. This is the kind of set you might find me playing around a festival campfire or in a late-night hotel room. These recordings were made during the Spring of 2008 with friends, in three impromptu sessions that capture that offhand spirit.

In 20 years fronting bands, I've often daydreamed of making quiet acoustic records. It's been on my list of things to do. Sometimes, these decisions are made for you. Most of my songs over the years started out on acoustic guitar. These have decided to stay there. Trunk Songs - hope you enjoy them.
- Greg Humphreys


Townie

Faded Beauty

Natural Child

Buttons And Strings

I Cover The Waterfront

Take a Trip (Catch a Plane)

Disappearing

Wild Cherry Tree

Don't U Want Me No Mo

Let's Do This Thing

Fall Into The Sea

You'll Never Know

Wanna Cry (But I Can't)

"On the whole, Humphreys couples his old school Americana with an affable attitude...Humphreys remains blissfully unencumbered, his blithe and breezy melodies sustaining a willowy caress throughout...Bohemia seems to live up to its title, given its nonchalant attitude and unassuming demeanor. It’s a sensual sound, a momentary retreat to a place in the pines."  Lee Zimmerman - BLURT

“People You May Know flows with seemingly effortless silkiness... early sides from Bill Withers and Joni Mitchell come to mind as Humphreys ushers us into his folds with a sure hand... There’s no doubting how personal these pieces are to their creator, but Humphreys has the rare gift of transmuting what he sees in the mirror into something the rest of us can hum along to.”  Dennis Cook - Dirty Impound

"Humphreys' contributions have been manifold. He's invented and reinvented himself at least three times, going from the enlightened college rocker of Dillon Fence to the blue-eyed soul man of HOBEX to, most recently, a folk-leaning solo artist."  Chris Parker - INDYweek

“People You May Know may be the best set of late night standards released this year. Except for the fact that these songs aren't standards at all, but rather some very supple originals. People You May Know is like the return embrace from a long-lost lover, one who's calm and comforting, and yet sensuous and seductive.”  Lee Zimmerman - BLURT

“Few Triangle musicians are as ubiquitous and as widely respected as Greg Humphreys…sounds brimming with confidence on his new disc, People You May Know, a late-night-lounge-styled folk-jazz affair spotlighting his tasteful playing and the high sweetness of his voice.”  Peter Blackstock - INDYweek

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