gavin degraw

Gavin DeGraw is an American rock musician who achieved recognition in 2003 after his track "I Don't Want To Be" was chosen as the title theme to the CW (formerly the WB) television show One Tree Hill. More recently, his song "We Belong Together" was featured on the soundtrack to Tristan & Isolde.

Biography

Gavin DeGraw was born on February 4, 1977. He grew up in South Fallsburg, New York, United States. His father was a prison guard and his mother was a detox specialist, as mentioned in his song "I Don't Want To Be".

DeGraw is a singer, songwriter, pianist, and guitarist. He tours small and large venues throughout the United States. His J Records debut album, Chariot, includes eleven songs.

"I Don't Wanna Be" was chosen as theme song for the teen soap opera One Tree Hill. The song has also been performed on American Idol by Season 4 runner-up Bo Bice, Season 5 contestant Elliot Yamin and Top 24 2006 Australian Idol contestant Chris Graffiti. Another of DeGraw's songs, "Follow Through," has also achieved popularity and radio play. His song "We Belong Together" has been featured in the 2006 movie Tristan and Isolde, starring James Franco and Sophia Myles. In 2004 DeGraw released an acoustic version of Chariot called Chariot Stripped. DeGraw and his band recorded the album live in the studio, in only one take on the vocals, seeking an intimate effect.

Originally, DeGraw started in Manhattan clubs drawing his hometown fans to small clubs. Over 2004, his profile has grown bringing him to other states as he tours the country. He has appeared on television shows such as The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, The Late Show With David Letterman, The Ellen DeGeneres Show , and Live with Regis and Kelly. Recently, he has been seen in cameos on Dead Like Me, What I Like About You, and American Dreams.

His brother Joey DeGraw is also a recording artist who has played guitar and sung with Gavin.

DeGraw has toured with such acts as The Barenaked Ladies, Butterfly Boucher, The Allman Brothers Band, Marc Broussard, and Maroon 5.

He also appeared in One Tree Hill, singing "I Don't Want to Be" and "Chariot" at Karen's Cafe.

According to the artist's official site, he returned to the studio on September 1, 2006 to begin recording his next album. It has a tenative release date set for January/February of 2007.

Discography

Albums

• Gavin DeGraw has talked about a 'next album'. Release Date, Tracks, and the Title of the album are unknown, as he seemed to not be sure of it himself. [1]

Hit singles

• 2004 "I Don't Want to Be" #10 US; #13 NL; #19 AUS; #38 UK; #6 Norway; #1 Denmark
• 2005 "Chariot" #12 NL; #30 US; #114 UK
• 2005 "Follow Through" #13 NL
• 2006 "We Belong Together" #24 US
• 2006 "Chariot" UK re-release
• 2006 "Just Friends" #21 NL

DeGraw's album "Chariot" has reached the sale of 40,000 sold albums in Denmark, the only country outside the US where he reached platinum status.

Guest Appearances

Gavin has appeared in such shows as "What I Like About You" & "One Tree Hill" *We Are the Champions, from the album Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen (2005).

Awards & nominations

External links

• Gavin DeGraw at TV.com
• Gavin DeGraw at the Internet Movie Database
• Gavin DeGraw on Myspace
• Gavin Degraw Official Site
• Official US fansite, includes news, videos and multimedia
• The Official Italian Fan Site
• Live Recordings (by year) at archive.org
• Gavin DeGraw Guitar Tabs
• The Gavin Degraw Page
• Gavin DeGraw Lyrics
• Gavin Degaw's cousin

References

• Billboard Artist Chart History — retrieved January 6, 2006.