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Patty Griffin, born March 16 1964, is a singer songwriter from Old Town, Maine, next to the Penobscot Indian reservation. She has released 5 albums, and 2 of her first 4 records were unreleased by the record company. A&M Records signed Patty on the strength of her demo tape. Nile Rodgers produced her first studio album, which Patty felt was overproduced. That album was unreleased, and A&M instead released a stripped-down reworking of her demo tape, called Living with Ghosts.
1998's Flaming Red was a departure from the acoustic sound of Living with Ghosts, with a mix of quieter and flat-out Rock and roll songs. The followup Silver Bell had a similar sound, and was unreleased by A&M. Patty has rerecorded songs from that album for later releases (such as "Making Pies" from 1000 Kisses, and "Mother of God," "Standing," and "Top of the World" from Impossible Dream), and others have been covered by the Dixie Chicks. Copies of Silver Bell have leaked out, and can be acquired via the "B&P" (Blanks & Postage) method on message boards.
A&M dropped Patty's contract after Silver Bell, and she was picked up by Dave Matthews' ATO Records. Three albums have followed so far on ATO, including 20022002 is a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 2002 was the first palindromic year since 1991 and the last until 2112. 2002 was also designated: International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains National Science Year in the United Kingdom's Grammy-nominated 1000 Kisses.
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1 Discography
- Living with Ghosts 19961996 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. Events January January 5 Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone Jan A&M Records
- Flaming Red 1998 A&M Records
- Silver Bell 2000 (unreleased)
- 1000 Kisses 2002 ATO Records
- A Kiss In Time 2003 ATO Records
- Impossible Dream 2004 ATO Records
2 External links
The official web site: http://www.pattygriffin.com
Patty Griffin Message Board: http://www.pattygriffin.net/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi
Patty's ATO Records page: http://www.atorecords.com/artists/pg/default.asp
Griffin, Patty
Griffin, Patty
