John DuPree, Appears As "Gritte Fritter"

The stage name of "Gritte Fritter" (Gritte sounds like grit)originated in a friend's garage in North Carolina in the early 1970's. He retired from music in bars and coffeehouses during the early 1980's and re-emerged when John moved to Maryville, TN in the Fall of 2001.

His musical style is straight, simple, and from the heart. An acoustic guitar (usually fingerpicked in the Piedmont style) and Gritte's voice paint pictures with melody and words. The songs are a mix of country, folk/traditional, bluegrass/oldtime, cowboy, and middle of the road, along with a few originals. And, as you'll see in "The True Gritte", he isn't above spinning a yarn now and then.