From the shimmering heat of the Texas hill country comes GOOD AS DEAD the fourth release from GRADY, the anointed kings of cowboy metal. Gordie 'Grady' Johnson (whose credits include Big Sugar, Gov’t Mule, Nashville Pussy, Taj Mahal, and string of hit singles for Canadian artists Joel Plaskett, The Trews, The Respectables) is joined by ‘Big’ Ben Richardson on bass and Nina 'the Queena' Singh on drums. Gordie also produced Good As Dead which perfectly captures the wall of sound that has made Grady a favourite among smoky, beer stained bars across Canada and Austin's Red River underground scene yet it is their most texturally intriguing record to date. Good As Dead includes the highly volatile remake of the Tragically Hip's "Boots or Hearts", the debut single “Whatchewdid” plus nine other tales of tejano hallucinations, truck drivers, cattle barons, saints and sinners. Grady even makes a burnt offering of the Texas outlaw anthem "Whiskey River" - a Willie Nelson staple and Johnny Bush classic. Appropriately, the album was recorded and mixed over three weeks at Willie's Pedernales Studio in Spicewood, TX. You may catch a faint whiff of steel guitar in "Alberta Bones" featuring Clayton Bellamy of The Road Hammers on guest vocals. The accordion wafts above the din of metal on metal in "If I Was King". Vocal contributions of Big Ben and Nina also provide a little salt and lime to go with Gordie’s tequila howl.
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