James
Harris
Gruft
is
a
composer,
singer,
and
keyboard
player
(with
a
little
guitar
playing thrown
in).
Over
the
years
he
has
fronted
several
bands,
including
Living
Folly
with
Lucas
Rico
Corrubia,
Suffering
Clams
with
John
(NewK)
Newcott,
Core
with
Robert
Perl
and
NewK,
Gruft
and
NewK
with
NewK,
Paul
Amorese
and
Mike
Chiavaro,
Urban
Hawks
with
Ian
Walsh,
James
Wenzel
and
Jon
Wenzel
and
more
recently
he
has
worked
with
The
Giving
Tree
Band
(Todd
and
E
Fink,
Charlie
Karls,
Norm
Norman
and
Z)
and
with
Packy.
His
musical
training
started
with
C
James
Hughes
at
Tappan
Zee
High
School,
Robert
Printz,
jazz
pianist,
and
Will
Johnson
of
Sonoma
State
University.
He
has
released
6
CDs,
including
Perfect
Peace,
Give
me
the
Strength,
From
Earth
to
Milky
Way,
No
One
Wants
to
Forget,
The
End
of
One,
It
Is
What
It
Is,
and
his
most
recent
vinyl
LP
and
download,
 It
Is
the
Journey.
His
music
is
rock,
with
influences
by
Jack
Bruce,
Grateful
Dead,
the
Band, 
Peter
Gabriel.
His
message
is
unique;
nothing
less
than
a
cry,
at
times
a
complaint,
in
any
case
an
attempt
to
come
to
terms
with
a
Higher
Power
personally
and
spiritually.
 Oh,
and
by
the
way,
James
is
also
a
physician,
a
healer
of
pain.
So
there.