Mitch Grainger (born 12 February 1974), is an Australian blues and roots rock musician, record producer, educator and inventor who started performing professionally at the age of 13 in Sydney and has since worked with a long list of iconic Australian musicians, such as Harry Vanda of The Easybeats, Malcolm Young of AC/DC and John Brewster of The Angels, as well as Tommy Emmanuel, Alex Lloyd, Kara Grainger, Rick Price, and the Bondi Cigars.
Mitch Grainger grew up in Balmain, Sydney, in the 70's and 80's and by age 13 was playing the Harmonica and Guitar professionally in local venues, emulating American blues artists Little Walter and Muddy Waters in 'The Beefs', a band he formed with fellow high school students, singer-songwriter Alex Lloyd[1] and Declan Kelly.
[3] In 1993 Mitch Grainger (now 19 years old) was hired by the Bondi Cigars to play guitar and harmonica across Australia as a part of their touring show.
[5] They toured extensively on Australia's east coast, and played major Australian music festivals such as the Byron Bay Bluesfest[6] and Woodford.
The band changed their name to "Grainger" and were in the studio for a period of two years recording an unreleased album, and an EP, Sky Is Falling.
During this period Mitch Grainger worked as a recording engineer with established Australian acts such as The Wrights, Harry Vanda and John Paul Young.
[10] Mitch Grainger and Rosa Pullman started making music together very soon after they met in 2011, and by 2012 had formed a band called 'The in From out of Towners' an acoustic duo that performed 2 to 3 nights a week across Los Angeles, and held a weekly residency at The Piano Bar, a well known Hollywood venue, where they met and jammed with a diverse group of musicians including Billy Gibbons and Kamasi Washington who also played there on a regular basis.
In February 2016 Grainger was officially invited to showcase for the American Folk Alliance National Conference in Kansas City,[15][16] which was followed by a performance in September 2016 (and again in 2017) at the Live @ Heart Festival in örebro, Sweden.