Gram LeBron
| Gram LeBron | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Graham LeBron |
| Also known as | Golden Gram |
| Born |
May 5, 1973 Omaha, Nebraska |
| Instruments | Singer, guitar, bass, mandolin, piano, melodica, glockenspiel, stylophone drums |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Labels | Cedar Fever Records |
| Associated acts | Rogue Wave, The Album Leaf, Port O'Brien, Schrasj, Sad Like Crazy, Get Better, Com Jr, Elskling, Waters, Daring Ear, TV Mike and the Scarecrowes |
| Website | Golden Gram website |
Gram LeBron (born May 5, 1973) is an American musician, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and film composer. He was born Graham LeBron in Omaha, Nebraska and currently resides in Oakland, CA. In January 2010, he started a music and video project with Shanna Mahan entitled Get Better while living in the woods of Rockford, Alabama where his father was raised. They released an LP titled Two-Way Power in 2012 via bandcamp.com. He and Shanna met while living at Lobot Gallery in Oakland, California. A former member of Rogue Wave, Port O'Brien and The Album Leaf, he sings and plays guitar, bass, mandolin, piano, melodica, glockenspiel, stylophone and drums. He is also an accomplished DJ and recording engineer. He records his own compositions under the title Golden Gram. In early 2014, he and Shanna Mahan separated after completing a film score for the independent feature-length film, I'm obsessed with you (but you've got to leave me alone). The film debuted at the Sonoma Independent Film Festival in April 2014.
Since 2010, he has composed music for commercials and online spots for various clients including Catapult Mediaworks, Square Inc, Levi's, Asana.com. He is represented by Portland music agency, Marmoset.
He is currently at work on the third Golden Gram album. He plays drums with Outer Embassy (members of Daring Ear, Extra Classic), drums and guitar with TV Mike and the Scarecrowes, and bass in Elskling (members of Waters, Social Studies)
He will be DJing the Huichica Music Festival on June 14, 2014.
His first band was an electronic dance project called Conundrum which self-released one tape, Something for ya, before fizzling as members attended different colleges.
His next band, which lasted until 1998, was called schrasj and featured then wife, Terri Loewenthal (Rubies, Call and Response). They released two records, schrasj (1996), and f (1998). Before leaving Houston for California with Loewenthal in 1999, LeBron played and recorded with Sad Like Crazy, a band still active in Austin, TX.
Arriving in California in March 1999, LeBron soon found work at Levi's headquarters in San Francisco where he worked for the next five years to support his ever growing music habit. During this time, he wrote and recorded his first solo album under the name Golden Gram. The self-titled Golden Gram was recorded in his studio in Oakland and released in 2001.
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