website birth_place article_title background birth_date instrument image origin name occupation
-lsb- http://www.greghoward.com/ www.greghoward.com -rsb- washington , dc greg howard -lrb- musician -rrb-
 non_vocal_instrumentalist 1964 chapman stick , keyboards , saxophone greghoward.jpg charlottesville , virginia greg howard musician , songwriter
greg howard -lrb- musician -rrb-

greg howard -lrb- born 1964 in washington , dc -rrb- is a chapman stick player based in charlottesville , virginia .
howard played saxophone and keyboards in area bands before switching to stick in 1985 .
an early recording with guitarist tim reynolds was released on cassette in 1987 as sticks and stones .
howard played with the dave matthews band on two albums -lrb- `` remember two things '' , 1993 , and `` before these crowded streets '' , 1998 -rrb- and has performed with the band in concert .
he also collaborated with dave matthews band saxophonist leroi moore on various projects .
in 2000 , the greg howard band -lrb- with dutch musicians jan van olffen , jan wolfkamp , and hubert heeringa -rrb- released an album , lift .
howard performs and leads chapman stick seminars in north america and europe .
he has also written two method books : `` the stick book , volume one '' , 1997 , and `` the greg howard songbook '' , 2009 , as well as an instructional dvd for the stick , `` basic free hands technique '' dvd , released in 2011 .
