FRET12 SESSIONS

Nathan Graham
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Live Performance

Chicago-born singer-songwriter Nathan Graham performs three songs live at the FRET12 shop.

Nathan Graham in-store performance at FRET12

FRET12 SESSIONS

Nathan Graham
– 
Live Performance

Chicago-born singer-songwriter Nathan Graham performs three songs live at the FRET12 shop.

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Cutting his teeth as a guitar-for-hire and backing musician at iconic venues like Kingston Mines and Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago’s own Nathan Graham combines South Side blues with Nashville Americana in raw, soulful meditations on the human condition. Listen to him perform "Right One," "Somebody Else," and "Fake Friends" off the album Saint of Second Chances out of the FRET12 Shop.

Nathan Graham in-store performance at FRET12
Nathan Graham in-store performance at FRET12
Nathan Graham in-store performance at FRET12
Ian Tsan playing drums with Nathan Graham at FRET12
Cody Palmer playing guitar with Nathan Graham at FRET12
Nathan Graham's Gibson ES-345


“on the pedalboard I’m super simple. I want the thing to do the thing… I have an EarthQuaker [Devices] Plumes that I use for my overdrive sound.”
–Nathan Graham


“on the pedalboard I’m super simple. I want the thing to do the thing… I have an EarthQuaker [Devices] Plumes that I use for my overdrive sound.”
–Nathan Graham

Nathan Graham's pedal board featuring the Plumes pedal by EarthQuaker Devices

PLUMES BY EARTHQUAKER DEVICES

This pedal is a unique, all-analog approach to a classic tube-like overdrive circuit offering 3 different clipping voices, loads of headroom and almost three-dimensional clarity that will push your amp over the edge. The reimagined tone control is finely tuned to sculpt low end, clear top end, and focus midrange with blooming sustain.

VIEW PLUMES PEDAL
Plumes Pedal by EarthQuaker Devices

PLUMES BY EARTHQUAKER DEVICES

This pedal is a unique, all-analog approach to a classic tube-like overdrive circuit offering 3 different clipping voices, loads of headroom and almost three-dimensional clarity that will push your amp over the edge. The reimagined tone control is finely tuned to sculpt low end, clear top end, and focus midrange with blooming sustain.

Plumes Pedal by EarthQuaker Devices
Nathan Graham in-store performance at FRET12
John MacNeil playing bass with Nathan Graham at the FRET12 shop
Cody Palmer playing guitar with Nathan Graham at FRET12
Cody Palmer's 1979 Gibson SG Standard


“This is my favorite guitar. It’s a 1979 Gibson SG Standard. It has the side-mount jack, which is from late ’79 through ’81. The neck is tiny... it’s like super stupid thin! I just put a Burstbucker [pickup] in the neck. This pickup has a higher output so when I switch down to the bridge it gives me a kick!”
–Cody Palmer


“This is my favorite guitar. It’s a 1979 Gibson SG Standard. It has the side-mount jack, which is from late ’79 through ’81. The neck is tiny... it’s like super stupid thin! I just put a Burstbucker [pickup] in the neck. This pickup has a higher output so when I switch down to the bridge it gives me a kick!”
–Cody Palmer

Cody Palmer's 1979 Gibson SG Standard
Nathan Graham for the FRET12 Sessions
Nathan Graham for the FRET12 Sessions
Nathan Graham for the FRET12 Sessions
Nathan Graham for the FRET12 Sessions
Nathan Graham's Benson Nathan Junior 5 Watt combo guitar amp with spring reverb

“I found these amps from a company called Benson and I’m never looking back! Benson, if you’re out there, my name is Nathan and this amp is called Nathan Junior, please make me one more so I can tour everywhere I go. A 10 watt Nathan Senior would be great, too!”
–Nathan Graham


“I found these amps from a company called Benson and I’m never looking back! Benson, if you’re out there, my name is Nathan and this amp is called Nathan Junior, please make me one more so I can tour everywhere I go. A 10 watt Nathan Senior would be great, too!”
–Nathan Graham

Nathan Graham's Benson amp and Gibson E-345 electric guitar

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All video and photos by FRET12
Venue: FRET12 Shop, located in the main lobby of the Salt Shed - Chicago

LIVE GALLERY – LIFEGUARD

It was an all-Chicago affair as hometown heroes LIFEGUARD made the Second City proud at the Salt Shed. The new kids on the block were electric, and we were there to shoot the whole thing! Check out the FRET12 recap!

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POPPY JEAN CRAWFORD - OPENING ACT FOR PLACEBO AT THE SALT SHED

POPPY JEAN CRAWFORD - OPENING ACT FOR PLACEBO AT THE SALT SHED