Timo Gross - One Of A Kind

Album: Fallen From Grace | Official Website: | Buy Album: | Digital Download: “When I first saw Pete Townshend on TV doing his windmill guitar strum and the power behind it, I knew: that was what I wanted to do,” says Timo Gross. And then there’s Eric Clapton, who captivated the teenager. He whispers from the TV: Timo, your heart belongs to the blues, and that’s exactly how you want to play guitar. For Gross, blues primarily has “depth and weight, which I don’t hear in other things.” However, Gross is not a purist; he’s more of a cautious innovator, infusing rugged rock with carefully chosen accessories with blues, and vice versa. He doesn’t dwell long on the question of genre boundaries. Blues is whenever it sounds genuine. He sometimes calls it “blues-infected music” if a label must be drawn. In that category, you’ll find intensely rocking tunes alongside Americana and very cl