Patty Griffin

Trail Of Dead Launch Own Label Imprint For New Album

The Tripwire - Found Jun. 24, 2008
The new album was recorded with their longtime friend Mike McCarthy (Spoon, Patty Griffin) and Chris "Frenchie" Smith (Sixteen Deluxe, Smog...

Posted on June 24, 2008, 5:43 am

Living With Music: A Playlist by Allison Glock

New York Times - Found Jun. 25, 2008
2) Not Alone, Patty Griffin. If someone pried open your heart and read the words written inside, it would sound like a Patty Griffin song.

Posted on June 25, 2008, 11:40 am

Draft Board for 6/10/08: Supergrass, N*E*R*D, Emmylou Harris, Adele, ...

Selective Service - Found Jun. 10, 2008
?All That You Have Is Your Soul,? Billy Joe Shaver?s ?Old Five and Dimers Like Me,? and Patty Griffin?s ?Moon Song? are a few...

Posted on June 10, 2008, 11:58 am

All I Intended to Be

Entertainment Weekly Online - Found Jun. 8, 2008
... enough, , the country legend's first album in five years features terrific, hushed versions of Patty Griffin's ''Moon Song,'' Tracy Chapman's...

Posted on June 8, 2008, 1:28 pm

Austin City Limits Music Festival Schedule

The Tripwire - Found Jun. 3, 2008
September 26 AMD Stage 12:30 - 1:30 Asleep At The Wheel 2:30 - 3:30 Vampire Weekend 4:30 - 5:30 Patty Griffin 6:30 - 7:30 N*E*R*D 8...

Posted on June 3, 2008, 4:16 am

This week's playlist: Elysa spins a Webb of sound

USA Today - Found May. 6, 2008
Moon Song, Emmylou Harris: Harris has a fellow spirit in Patty Griffin, who introduced this sweetly haunted ballad, now on Harris's All I...

Posted on May 6, 2008, 9:07 am

New writing partners nourish Rodriguez

Austin360 - Found Aug. 5, 2008
Producer Malcolm Burn has midwifed albums by Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin and Patti Smith.
Music Review: Lovely singing by Carrie Rodriguez - Shreveport Times
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Posted on August 5, 2008, 6:16 am

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Velocity - Found Aug. 4, 2008
McRae's influences not only include artists like Nina Simone, Joni Mitchell and Patty Griffin, but writers like James Baldwin, Anne Lamott and...

Posted on August 4, 2008, 4:43 am

18th Rocky Mountain Folks Festival Follows Telluride Bluegrass Fest

Cybergrass - Found Aug. 2, 2008
Meanwhile, the richness of American music is on display from the deep-rooted soul of Greg Brown and Patty Griffin, to the quirky hilarity of...

Posted on August 2, 2008, 6:24 am

Shattered Faith, Everything Must Go, Shootin' Lucy

SF Weekly - Found Aug. 1, 2008
Nails No See Um Nocera Of Montreal Okkervil River Opeth Or, the Whale Papa Roach Pat Swayzak Patty Griffin Paul Weller Pepe Aguilar Pepper...

Posted on August 1, 2008, 3:17 am

Patty Griffin Biography

Patty Griffin
extracted from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Patty Griffin
At North Carolina Museum of Art, 2006. Photo d&e.
At North Carolina Museum of Art, 2006. Photo d&e.
Background information
Birth name Patricia Jean Griffin
Born March 16, 1964 (1964-03-16) (age 44)
Origin Old Town, Maine, United States
Genre(s) Folk, Folk-Rock, Americana, Alt-Country
Occupation(s) Singer-Songwriter
Instrument(s) Guitar
Piano
Years active 1992-Present
Label(s) A&M (1996–2000)
ATO Records (2001-Present)
Website Official Website
Notable instrument(s)
1965 Gibson J-50 Guitar
1993 Gibson J-200 Junior Guitar[1]

Patty Griffin, born Patricia Jean Griffin, March 16, 1964,[2] is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and Grammy award nominee, whose songs have been performed by the elite of several musical genres. She is especially known for her down-home crafting of songs and her connection to musicians including Emmylou Harris, and the Dixie Chicks, who have played with her onstage as well as performing cover songs of Griffin's work, exposing many of her compositions to mainstream pop and country music audiences outside Griffin's folk music circle of fans. She is also a recipient of the Americana Music Association's highest honor as "Artist of the Year" in 2007, as well as taking home the award for best album for Children Running Through.

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Biography

Patty Griffin hails from Old Town, Maine, United States, next to the Penobscot Native American reservation. She is primarily a guitarist, pianist, and vocalist, with a distinctive voice. The youngest child in her family with six older siblings, she bought a guitar for $50.00 at age 16, and sang and played, but had no inclination at the time to become a professional musician. After a short marriage which ended in 1992, Griffin began playing in Boston coffee houses, and was scouted by A&M Records, who signed Griffin on the strength of her demo tape; however it was overproduced, so Nile Rodgers and A&M instead released a stripped-down reworking of her demo tape, as an album called Living with Ghosts.[3] In fact, two of her first four albums were unreleased by A&M Records.

1998's Flaming Red was a departure from the acoustic sound of Living with Ghosts, with a mix of mellow songs with some rock and roll songs that border on new wave. The song "Tony" from this album is also featured on the charity benefit album Live in the X Lounge. The follow up Silver Bell had a similar sound, though it was also unreleased by A&M. Patty has rerecorded songs from that album for later releases (such as "Making Pies" for 1000 Kisses, and "Mother of God," "Standing," and "Top of the World" for Impossible Dream), and others have been covered by the Dixie Chicks. Copies of Silver Bell have leaked out, and can be acquired via the "B&P" (Blanks and Postage) method on message boards.[4]

A&M dropped Griffin's contract after Silver Bell, and she was picked up by Dave Matthews' ATO Records. Four albums have followed so far on ATO, including 2002's Grammy-nominated 1000 Kisses.

In 2004, Griffin toured with Emmylou Harris, Buddy Miller, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings as the Sweet Harmony Traveling Revue. On February 6, 2007, she released Children Running Through. The album debuted at #34 on the Billboard 200 with 27,000 copies sold.[5] Of the album, Griffin told Gibson Lifestyle, “I just kind of felt like singing what I wanted to sing, and playing how I wanted to play. It’s not all dark and tragic. It’s a different way for me to look at things. Getting old—older, I should say, I’m not so serious all the time.” [6]

Griffin's songs have been recorded by artists such as Irish-born singer Maura O’Connell ("Long Ride Home"), Linda Ronstadt ("Falling Down"), the Dixie Chicks ("Truth No. 2," "Top of the World," "Let Him Fly"), Bette Midler ("Moses"), Beth Neilsen Chapman and Dixie Chicks ("Mary"), Mary-Chapin Carpenter ("Dear Old Friend"), Jessica Simpson ("Let Him Fly"), Martina McBride and Eve Selis("Goodbye"), Melissa Ferrick and Missy Higgins ("Moses"), Emmylou Harris ("One Big Love", "Moon Song"), Bethany Joy Galeotti ("Blue Sky"), The Wreckers ("One More Girl"), Joan Osborne ("What You Are"), Solomon Burke ("Up to the Mountain (MLK Song)"), and Miranda Lambert ("Getting Ready"). Kelly Clarkson performed "Up to the Mountain (MLK Song)" with Jeff Beck on the Idol Gives Back episode of American Idol, and the live recording was released as a single immediately afterwards, reaching #56 on the Billboard Hot 100 in its first week and giving Griffin her highest charting position as a songwriter. (The audience gave Clarkson a standing ovation following her performance.)

Film, TV and Theatre

Griffin has appeared in several movies including Cremaster 2 and in Cameron Crowe's Elizabethtown the soundtrack of which also included her song "Long Ride Home".

In 2007, the Atlantic Theater Company produced 10 Million Miles, an Off Broadway musical with Griffin's music as the soundtrack, and a book by Keith Bunin, directed by Michael Mayer.

Griffin's first DVD, "Patty Griffin: Live From The Artists Den" was filmed on February 6, 2007 at the Angel Orensanz Foundation For the Arts on New York’s Lower East Side and released later that year. Selections from the DVD were featured on the program Live from the Artists Den on Ovation TV beginning January 24, 2008.

Griffin's song, 'Heavenly Day' was featured in the last scene of a "Smallville" episode, Promise, at the end of Lex's and Lana's Wedding Day.

In 2007, Griffin was singled out by the Americana Music Association and awarded their top honor: Artist of the Year, and her album Children Running Through also received an honor from the Association. She performed "Trapeze", one of her more haunting songs, with Emmylou Harris harmonizing.[7]

On June 13, 2008 Griffin performed an acoustic in the round set with Kris Kristofferson and Randy Owen (Alabama) for a special taping of a PBS songwriters series to be aired in December 2008. Each performer played 5 songs. Griffin's included "Making Pies," "No Bad News," "Up to the Mountain," and "Mary." The special was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee.

Reviews/articles

Discography

References

  1. ^ Fretbase, Play Guitar Like Patty Griffin
  2. ^ Griffin, Patricia Official website biography
  3. ^ Harris, Craig (accessed 17 March, 2008)Billboard com
  4. ^ http://www.pattynet.net/forum/ Pattynet.net (Retrieved on 04-13-07)
  5. ^ Bernard Zuel Patty Griffin Gig ReFairfax Digital February 16, 2008[1]
  6. ^ Ellen Mallernee, Ellen Gibson Lifestyle article
  7. ^ Shelburne, Craig (accessed 14 March, 2008) CMT: Patty Griffin Wins Americanas Highest Honor

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Patty Griffin video Patty Griffin on Ellen sings "No Bad News" on Ellen Griffen Patti all rights Ellen and the artist clip
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Patty Griffin video Patty Griffin performing Long Ride Home live at El Pedregal in Scottsdale, Arizona on March 10,  07. clip
Title: Patty Griffin Long Ride Home
Description: Patty Griffin performing Long Ride Home live at El Pedregal in Scottsdale, Arizona on March 10, 07.
Patty Griffin video For show times and previews of other great programs go to www.OvationTV.com. Ovation TV, the Fine Arts and Entertainment channel, now on Direct TV an... clip
Title: Ovation TV | Patty Griffin: Live from the Artists Den
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Title: Patty Griffin and Natalie Maines Mary
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Patty Griffin video 3/23/07   at the Boulder Theater in Colorado clip
Title: Patty Griffin "Getting Ready"
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Patty Griffin video This final song, led by Patty Griffin, was sung on the "3 Girls & Their Buddy" tour with Emmylou Harris, Shawn Colvin, Buddy Miller & Patty.  Recorde... clip
Title: 3 Girls & Their Buddy: "Mary"
Description: This final song, led by Patty Griffin, was sung on the "3 Girls & Their Buddy" tour with Emmylou Harris, Shawn Colvin, Buddy Miller & Patty. Recorde...
Patty Griffin video Patty Griffin performing Heavenly Day in Scottsdale, AZ on March 10,  07. clip
Title: Patty Griffin Heavenly Day
Description: Patty Griffin performing Heavenly Day in Scottsdale, AZ on March 10, 07.