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| Sid has a new book out now - Bluegrass Guitar: Know the Players, Play the Music - For more info: www.booksamillion.com. His next book is Million Dollar Bash and is a study of Bob Dylan's The Basement Tapes. It is available Sept. 28, 2007 worldwide. | |
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| A rare new rock song from Sid! The above is a Swedish compilation CD organized by the great Swedish band The Refreshments called US Rock - Back On Track, out March 2006. The CD has an unreleased rock & roll track from Sid Griffin on it called "Sharleen". Recorded in 2001, Sid is backed on this track by The Refreshments and his dear friend, ex-Rockpile guitarist Billy Bremner. | |
| Sid appears in The Dig - Yearbook 2005, Special Edition, from Japan, a major rock publication with all of page 30 (in this book of 200+ pages) devoted to an interview. He admits to voting for John Kerry, wanting to play professional basketball for a Spanish team and liking the band NRBQ. | |
| See louisvillemusic.com for an interesting article about Sid. | |
Sid's long awaited second solo album, As Certain As Sunrise, was released September 25, 2005. Containing an unreleased song by the late Doug Sahm and a guest appearance by ex-Faces keyboardist Ian MacLagan it gave Sid the best reviews of his career, including a perfect five star review! Solo dates continue throughout 2006 and are being scheduled for 2007 as well. The album is a great sales success and is readily available as downloadable MP3s via a number of internet sources. |
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| On 14th November 2002, Sid was presented with a Lifetime Achievement award at the Premio Ciampi Songwriters Conference in Italy. He appeared on several panels during the conference, performed live on national Italian radio and even gave a (mercifully short) acceptance speech in Italian! In December 2004 Sid Griffin performed at the festival again for their tenth anniversary festivities. If you have a copy of Sid's most recent performance on live Italian radio please send it to Sid at the Prima Records' P.O. Box. Grazie! | |
| The autumn 2002 edition of the Italian Magazine Ill Mucchio Selvaggio EXTRA contained an extensive interview with Sid and an exclusive 16 track Sid Live In Concert CD! The CD might be re-released on Prima in late 2008 with different packaging. To obtain a copy of the magazine (which is entirely written in Italian...so get those translation books ready or get Uncle Luiggi on the phone) with the CD please contact the following email address: abbon.mucchio@mclink.it. The CD alone can be obtained now from Prima Records, further details below. | |
| The only available Long Ryders live DVD contains an exclusive Sid solo session consisting of five songs performed live and acoustic. The Long Ryders performance is from the Roxy in West Hollywood, California in 1986. Note: a DVD will appear on Prima in January 2008 of footage shot on the Long Ryders summer 2004 European reunion tour. | |
