Exploring the British Invasion and the music and culture it inspired

The Gabby Road Project (GRP). GRP ws formed by Joe Seliski, Brad Bruhn, and Tom Schmidt as a multimedia project dedicated to studying and sharing the music and pop culture of the 1960s and 1970s. The focus being Beatles and the British Invasion, and expanding to the subsequent musicians who built on this historical musical movement. GRP maintains a high tech recording/ performance and Podcast facility. The guys are also now sharing this excitement with live audiences.

Fun Stuff . . . .

THE BRITS ARE COMING

Tom is with Peter Asher of Peter & Gordon fame. A talented musician and producer (Linda Ronstadt and others) who also happened to live with Paul McCartney for a bit.

THE PEOPLE

THE BRITS ARE COMING

Joe has produced many live shows over the years. Here with the Coasters in New York City at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.

TOOLS OF THE TRADE

THE BRITS ARE COMING

TOOLS OF THE TRADE

Behind every show is an artillery of instruments, lighting and technology. We will be showing you some pretty cool stuff.

COOL PLACES

IN THE STUDIO

TOOLS OF THE TRADE

Prior to Beatles Anthology (this pic is 1985) there was not a major interest in the Beatles. We wanted to take a tour but driver needed 3 people so we talked a Japanese dude into coming with us. Could have got my hair (gross perm) cut by John Lennon's sister ! Haa

IN THE STUDIO

To regular folks the studio is quite similar to The USS Enterprise. The basic idea is not that complicated. We will show you some cool stuff! This is a studio I (Joe) had in the 80s and 90s for corporate work - and music on weekends!

PAYING DUES

IN THE STUDIO

There are very few bands that ever "made it overnight". You won't believe some of the stories.

OUR MISSION - Great Stories about Great Music

Just some guys talking

Q: DID THE BEACH BOYS ACTUALLY PLAY ON THEIR ALBUMS??

If you are not interested in music, you may as well bail on this and go back to your favorite cat or tik Tok videos. We love music - especially from the 1960s and 1970s. Partly because we were lucky to have grown up with that music, and were able to experience the amazing variety of artists that built upon the previous genres (mainly the blues) to create music that would live on forever.

Music that lifted us up after (and during) a series of "bad shit stuff" going on in the world. Music that had no barriers. The Billboard charts simultaneously included blues, show tunes, folk music, instrumentals, alongside rock and roll. The same station that played the Beatles was playing a song about Snoopy shooting down the Red Baron. And Boris Karloff singing about a graveyard dance. Unlike today (the old folks rant section here) music did not all sound the same. I't's true! That made it all incredibly fun!