User:Watfordphil/Sid Griffin

'''Sid Griffin ''' is a musician

An eighth-generation native Kentuckian (on both sides of his family) who currently resides in England, Sid has popped up in literary circles due to the success of his Million Dollar Bash book on Bob Dylan’s Basement Tapes and has also appeared in music circles due to his bluegrass band the Coal Porters enjoying success after success with their new CD Durango and to his many media appearances, be they via ink or the airwaves. In 2006 ABC’s The Jimmy Kimmel Show had their house band play Sid’s song Jimmy Reed as they went to commercial…our hero was watching that eve and fell off the sofa when he heard the familiar melody struck up. In addition to falling off furniture Griffin has already won a Lifetime Achievement Award in Italy in 2003 (true!), and Sid’s old band the Long Ryders, the legendary founders of alt-country, have released via Prima Records Ltd. a new CD entitled Live 2004: State Of Our Reunion and followed it up with a live DVD release from the same tour. Further to all this, Sid’s book on Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Review years is out late spring 2010, and he starts a new album in very late 2010.