MUSIC

Gavin DeGraw will take the stage at Indian Ranch, the popular Webster, MA venue on Friday, July 27, 2012. DeGraw is one of the most recognized names in American popular music right now, and three of his four albums have peaked in the top 20 of the Billboard charts. Beloved by fans for his blue-eyed soul vocals, freewheeling melodies, and earthy charm, singer, songwriter, and musician Gavin DeGraw has enjoyed success since breaking through in 2003 with his debut album, Chariot, which sold over a million copies, and yielded three hit singles: “I Don’t Want To Be,” “Follow Through,” and the title-track, “Chariot.” He followed that up with his self-titled second album, which debuted at No. 1 on the digital sales chart and at No. 7 on Billboard’s Top 200 album chart in 2008. This album spawned the hit singles “In Love With A Girl” and the gold-certified “We Belong Together.”DeGraw followed only a year later with Free, notable for its simplicity and stripped-down instrumentation. This album topped out at 19 in the Billboard charts. His latest album, 2011’s Sweeter, shows a new facet of DeGraw’s musical persona. Featuring the platinum-selling number 1 hit “Not Over You,” this album was recorded with four different producers, giving a variety to the songs. DeGraw has described it as being “just funkier and more sexy” than his past work. DeGraw has also found success in the television field. His hit “I Don’t Want to Be” has been the theme song of the show One Tree Hill since 2003. In addition, he has been credited on numerous television soundtracks. Most recently, DeGraw has been seen as a contestant on the wildly popular ABC reality show Dancing with the Stars. DeGraw and his partner Karina Smirnoff were eliminated 4th, on April 17.