JJ Grey & Mofro

JJ Grey started playing covers in a Jacksonville bar where the bands were protected by chicken wire and where he billed himself as "Mofro" to separate his music life from his work life.

As he and his audience grew, he added a band and began using the name Mofro. JJ Grey and Mofro have released nine albums, performed in venues and festivals worldwide, and become known for their powerful combination of blues, soul, rock, and funk.

It's a big act, with vocals, guitar (PRS guitars, Gibson SG, Gibson 337, and Gibson southern jumbo acoustic, with vintage Fender showman w/ tone tubby 2x12, Fender super reverb, and Fender champ amps), keyboards (Wurlitzer 200a, Nord Electro), and harmonica (Lee Oskar, Hohner).

JJ Grey & Mofro produced their 10th album, Olustee, which once again includes songs that tell his stories. The NPR review said Olustee was, ”A deeply-rooted blend of southern-fried rock and swamp funk…richly evocative lyrics…plainspoken, blue-collar American music.”  With Mofro, those stories told in southern fried rock are served with big-band instrumentation and accompaniment including male and female vocalists, guitars, keyboards, a harmonica, and (sometimes) horns.