Tag Archives: The Jody Grind

Before there is a Cocktail Country along with a mania for retro lounge music, Atlanta’s Jody Grind were turning out jazzy renditions of Gershwin, Bacharach and Dusty Springfield numbers, country & western standards and original rock songs that hybridized those forms with alternative music. Vocalist Kelly Hogan recognized the music …

Equally more comfortable with indie rock, traditional country, and jazz pop, Georgia-based singer/songwriter Kelly Hogan explored all those directions and much more in her career. Because the vocalist/guitarist for the Jody Grind in the first ’90s, Hogan produced a name for herself as well as the music group with her …