Sid Griffin

The Journey From Grape To Raisin press release

The Journey From Grape To Raisin is the first solo album from Americana stalwart Sid Griffin in ten years. And he considers it his best ever work. “After my previous solo album I became caught up in freelance writing for everyone from Cecil Sharpe House to Encyclopedia Britannica and in archival work for my band The Long Ryders,” Griffin states, “as we suddenly became historically important with multiple reissues. Plus I complied and annotated The Basement Tapes box set while working in the Dylan office in New York City. All these projects took time away from my solo career.”

For his step back into solo recording Griffin knew it was a project which had to be special. “As a Kentucky boy I wanted to record where everyone had the same accent as me so this new solo album was cut in Nashville at Thomm Jutz’ great studio. And I wanted old friends around me like Mark Fain of Kentucky Thunder and Tammy Rogers of the SteelDrivers, both Grammy Award winners.”

The eleven songs on The Journey From Grape To Raisin reflect on Griffin’s life in music and in doing so reflect on all our lives. Fate, romance, mortality, the aftermath of war, and even a campfire cover of a Velvet Underground classic are all found on this new album. There’s also a quixotic poem to a fallen childhood friend. Each was recorded in pristine sound with crack Nashville players. No wonder Griffin says this is his career high. For it truly is.
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