Greg Howard (July 26, 1964 – April 22, 2023 ) was a Chapman Stick player based in Charlottesville, Virginia. Howard played saxophone and keyboards in area bands before switching to the 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 (Remember Two Things, 1993, and Before These Crowded Streets, 1998) and 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 (with Dutch musicians Jan van Olffen, Jan Wolfkamp, and Hubert Heeringa) released an album, Lift. Howard performed and led Chapman Stick seminars in North America and Europe. He has also written three method books: The Stick Book, Volume 1 (1997), and The Greg Howard Songbook (2009), and Tapping into Bach (2021) as well as an instructional DVD for the Stick, Basic Free Hands Technique, released in 2011.

Discography

Studio releases

Collaboration with Tim Reynolds, electric guitar

Gear

Chapman Stick

Rack

Pedals

Other

Method Books