(1955-09-18) September 18, 1955 (age 68) Louisville, Kentucky, United states
Genres
Americana, alternative bluegrass
Occupation(s)
Singer
songwriter
instrumentalist
bandleader
author
Instrument(s)
Vocals, guitar, mandolin
Years active
1980s-present
Labels
Prima Records, Island
Website
www.sidgriffin.com
Musical artist
Albert Sidney "Sid" Griffin (born September 18, 1955) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist-mandolinist, bandleader, and author who lives in London, England. He led the Long Ryders band in the 1980s, founded the Coal Porters group in the 1990s, has recorded several solo albums and is the author of volumes on Bob Dylan, Gram Parsons and bluegrass music.
Albert Sidney "Sid" Griffin (born September 18, 1955) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist-mandolinist, bandleader, and author who lives in London...
named after the Walter Hill film, the Long Riders. The band featured SidGriffin and Stephen McCarthy on vocals and guitar; Des Brewer on bass (later...
Butt, Sid Vicious. Rock'n'Roll Star (1997, Plexus) ISBN 978-0-85965-373-2 David Dalton, El Sid (1998, St. Martin's Griffin) ISBN 978-0-312-15520-9 Sid Vicious...
Veste ^ B. Featuring: Chris Difford, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Guy Chambers, SidGriffin, and Jessie Reid "BBC Music presents Glastonbury 2024 across TV, Radio...
a British-American bluegrass band headquartered in London and led by SidGriffin (mandolin, autoharp, harmonica and vocals) and Neil Robert Herd (guitar...
Eddie Mosesian (July 14, 1939 – September 21, 2019), known professionally as Sid Haig, was an American actor. He was known for his appearances in horror films...
been catalogued by Greil Marcus in his book Invisible Republic, and by SidGriffin in his critical study Million Dollar Bash: Bob Dylan, the Band, and the...
then to guitarist SidGriffin in London. The initial lyrics had come to Sowders in a dream and were finished with contributions by Griffin and McCarthy. "Flying...
Dylan. Anna Dylan was born on July 11, 1967. Both Heylin and biographer SidGriffin suggest that recording had to move from Dylan's home to Big Pink when...
Mangler" Phil Kaufman, Ben Fong-Torres, Victoria Williams, Mark Olson, and SidGriffin, as well as a variety of many other bands that had played over the two...
Cocker, Bob Dylan, James McMurtry, Melissa Etheridge, Bonnie Raitt, SidGriffin, Paul Westerberg, Izzy Stradlin, John Hiatt, Frank Black, Nikki Sudden...
Rights." A strong Biblical theme runs through the song, according to SidGriffin, who also notes that "life is brief" is a recurrent message in the Old...
After the dissolution of the Long Ryders, Sowders and fellow Long Ryder SidGriffin formed the Coal Porters in Los Angeles in 1989. The band continued in...
Tom Stevens left the band before their final tour in 1987. Guitarist SidGriffin: "For the last thirty years he has been telling me that he had never...
forensically worked on and mixed by the duo of Gene Clark aficionado SidGriffin and producer John Wood; the extra tracks have not been edited or composited...
notes to the 1997 reissue that paired it with the Burritos's debut, SidGriffin writes of Burrito Deluxe, "Out went the R&B torch ballads, in came rock...
Sid Meier's Civilization VI is a turn-based strategy 4X video game developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K. The mobile and Nintendo Switch port...
All tracks have been remastered for this release by Jerome Schmitt and SidGriffin in April 2004. The album received good reviews from critics. Classic...
Robert Cray. Dubai: Carlton Books Limited. p. 105. ISBN 1-85868-255-X. SidGriffin and Eric Thompson (2006). Bluegrass Guitar: Know the Players, Play the...