Sid Griffin - The Journey From Grape to Raisin [CD]

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: LAB51016CD
Barcode: 0810137040561
Release Date: 25 Oct 2024
Genre: Folk/Americana

 ‘The Journey From Grape To Raisin’ is Long Ryders co-founder Sid Griffin’s first solo album in a decade. It was recorded in Nashville with his trusted producer, Thomm Jutz (Nanci Griffith, Otis Gibbs, Steve Young), and dear friends such as legendary bassist Mark Fain (Ricky Skaggs, Chris Hillman) and session whiz Tammy Rogers (Patty Loveless, Trisha Yearwood).
 ‘The Journey From Grape To Raisin’’s eleven songs include ten Griffin originals and one campfire cover of, get ready, the Velvet Underground’s ‘Femme Fatale’. When asked about the sessions and the album as a whole, Griffin smiles and calls ‘The Journey From Grape To Raisin’ “my career highlight, the best work I am ever likely to do. Heaven forbid I should go but if I did I’d die happy.”
 An acclaimed author and musicologist, Griffin has published several books and written liner notes for Bob Dylan, The Band, The Byrds and Hank Williams, among others.
 LP available on turquoise vinyl.

Tracklisting
The Last Ten Seconds Of  Life
When I’m Drinking I Think In Spanish
Not A Lot of Sande Left In The Glass
Don’t You Leave Me Too Soon
Femme Fatale
I Want To Be He Man (My Dog Thinks I Am)
Song For Okraine No.2
Permanent Twilight
The First Of The Gang To Go
Son, Won’t You Teach Me To Waltz?
Why I Play Guitar