3 Shades of Gray

We play a variety of music from the 1950s, '60s,'70s, and even some '80s! We focus on fun, easy to sing-along-to songs with great harmonies from artists such as the Everly Brothers, The Beatles, CCR, The Eagles, and many more. We cater our sets to your group and event; You want children's songs? We play them. You want country music? We play them. You want Christmas music? We play them. We always interact with the audience no matter the ages and setting, eagerly looking for ways to connect through our music, memories, and humor. We have a variety of professional sound equipment from battery powered units for intimate settings to large PA systems to accommodate outdoor events. We play loud enough so you can hear us but soft enough so you can share in conversations. We play bass guitar, 6 & 12 string guitars, as well as keyboards. No matter the venue or reason for your event, 3 Shades is there to provide professional sounds and entertainment at a reasonable cost.

Mike Quigley (Bass, Guitar, Vocals) has been playing music and entertaining since his teenage years growing up in South Boston. Mike lives in Lebanon, Maine now after recently retiring and loves music! Skip Smith (Guitar, keyboard, Vocals) has been playing music and singing since his early school years in Bridgton, Maine. Skip lives in Rochester, NH and is Director of a local non-profit when he's not making music. The core musical genre of 3 Shades of Gray is Classic Rock/Folk. Sharing those Easy Listening tunes from your favorite and memorable artists of the 1950’s to the 1980’s. Never Any Heavy Metal or Hard Rock, instead a gentle blend of songs remembered for Melody more than Metal. Some of the Artists represented in the 3 Shades repertoire include, but are not limited to: The Beatles, The Bee Gees, CSN&Y, Everly Brothers , Ricky Nelson, Peter, Paul & Mary, The Traveling Wilbury’s, and Hank Williams- just to name a few. Featuring tunes like “I’ve Just Seen a face”, “Words”, “Bye Bye Love”, “Handle Me with Care”, “Hey Good Lookin’”, and many more!
Please Check out our facebook Page: (link hidden)
There you will find pics from some of our many gigs including benefits for the Monarch School of New England, Rochester Porchfest, and Bow Lake Race for Cystic Fibrosis.
We also have You-tube video links to dozens of music performances posted on the Shades of Gray fb page for you to listen to and enjoy!

We have a variety of PA equipment for all sizes of venues-we can even amplify without electrical access!