Graham Czach

Versatile Singer-Songwriter/Multi-Instrumentalist and Chicago Music Award Winner blends his Eclectic Rock Sound with a little Humanity on his Debut Album 'Lucid'. Original Cover Art by Jeff Jordan (Mars Volta). Featuring: Graham Czach - vocals, basses, guitars, perc. (Chicago Afrobeat Project) Kris Myers - drums (Umphrey’s McGee) Matt Nelson - keys (Lupe Fiasco, Matthew Santos) Chris Siebold - guitars (Howard Levy, Kick the Cat) Co-Produced and Engineered by Matt Nischan Engineered and Mixed by Manny Sanchez **a portion of the proceeds from this album are being donated to Greenpeace, Planned Parenthood, the American Cancer Society, and the Art of Living Foundation to help change the world for the better. Graham Czach is an original wildly creative and accomplished musician, composer, upright/electric bassist, vocalist and guitarist. Graham has toured the United States extensively as well as other parts of the world, such as the Caribbean. As an active writing and performing member of 2010 Chicago Music Award Winner - Chicago Afrobeat Project, Graham is always pushing the envelope and reaching new levels of versatility and musicianship. Throughout his career, Graham has had opportunities to perform with the best, including Grammy Award Winners - Paul Wertico and Howard Levy. Graham also just recorded double bass on Grammy Award Winner Lupe Fiasco's new album "L.A.S.E.R.S." Graham Czach began his musical career at the age of 8, and by the time he graduated from high school, Graham was already an accomplished upright and electric bassist, as well as a composer. What began with school and community orchestras soon developed into jazz and rock bands, starting with high school ska/rock band the Skalawags that also featured Kris Myers of Umphrey’s McGee. Graham continued his studies at Illinois Wesleyan University where he received a scholarship in music, and completed a BM in 2002 for Upright Bass Performance / Composition (double degree), and a minor in Voice. His main instructors included Judith Hanna, Dr. Vayo and Dr. Streeter. During this time he also had opportunities to play and study with such notable musicians as Ed Soph, William Warfield (Old Man River), Arvo Part, Orbert Davis, and Michael Hovnanian (CSO). Graham Czach is among the best in the music industry today, constantly pushing forward and expanding the boundaries by blazing unique and original pathways into the future of music. Over the years, he has learned what to do and what not to do to make great music and perform amazing life changing shows, always putting out music that stands the test of time. His passion and philosophy behind the music is to touch, unite, and make a difference in people's lives by spreading lasting universal messages through one of the only universal languages, music. Graham strives to bring about change for the better in humanity and beyond...Namaste... ABOUT "LUCID" Remember back when rockers wrote songs that really meant something and music was a tool to communicate sweeping universal messages that could open up the world’s social consciousness? If not, let Graham Czach make it more Lucid for you. Infused with an expansive ‘60s-‘70s classic/progressive rock sensibility, yet fully grounded in the musical vibe and social realities of the 2010s, the Chicago based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist’s highly anticipated solo debut has a few dreamy romantic songs—most notably, the simple and ethereal, classically influenced “True Love.” Yet most of the collection’s 12 tracks are truly art for the mind and spirit, tapping into themes like caring for the planet (“Gather Round,” a tribute to John Lennon featuring references to the legendary Beatle’s chorus from “Across the Universe”), the downward spiral of harmful addictions (“Nightmare”), spiritual discovery (“Reincarnate”) and abortion (“Choice”). Unlike many artists who simply write and sing about the causes that drive their passions, Czach puts his time, energy and money where his songs are, promising to donate a portion of the proceeds from Lucid to the non-profits he supports, including Greenpeace, Planned Parenthood, the American Cancer Society and the Art of Living Foundation. He’s participated in various runs for charity in his hometown, including the 5K AIDS Race, the Walter Payton 5K and the Chicago Half Marathon. As Lucid sheds light on all these issues and more, Czach draws on a fascinating, diverse musical background—including his Chicago Music Award winning work with Chicago Afrobeat Project—to create musical landscapes as compelling as the lyrics. Complementing his own bass and guitar parts are high profile guests, including drummer Kris Myers (Umphrey’s McGee), keyboardist Matt Nelson (Lupe Fiasco, Matthew Santos) and guitarist Chris Siebold (Howard Levy, Kick The Cat). Further illuminating the emotional-social mindset behind the music on Lucid is another key collaborator, legendary album artist Jeff Jordan, who created the provocative album art on the cover and in the CD packaging. Jordan’s work on the 2008 Mars Volta album Bedlam In Goliath was voted the #2 Best Album Cover of the Year on the Rolling Stone Readers’ Rock List; Jordan also painted the Mars Volta covers for Amputechture and Octahedron.