BIG MIKE GRIFFIN
''LIVIN' LARGE''
2000
52:30
1 Livin' Large 4:40
2 Too Many Drivers 5:50
3 Baby Won't Ride 7:32
4 Three Hundred Pounds of Joy 3:49
5 Down in Hollywood 6:28
6 Tryin To Get Back Home 6:14
7 Oh, Pretty Woman 3:16
8 Blues for Mr.B 5:54
9 I'll Be Your Monkey 4:14
10 I Wouldn't Lay My Guitar Down 4:26
Mike Griffin/All guitars and Vocals
Steve Vines/Bass
Jim "Fish" Michie/Piano, B3 Hammond
Johhny Bird/Drums, except 7 & 8
Paco Shipp/Harmonica
Steve Herrman/Trumpet
Dennis Taylor/All Saxes
Buddy Miles/Drums on tracks 7 & 8, and all vocals on "Oh, Pretty Woman", Backing vocals
Essrea Mohawk/Backing Vocals
Miranda Louise/Backing Vocals
Monty Byrom/Backing Vocals
Seldom do things work out the way you plant them. I had an idea for an album that would reflect my love for the blues, and my passion for Harleys. My former record label wasn't too interested in the project because they thought it was not going to target the "masses". Of course, I wasn't concerned about that as they were, so I took the idea to Ahab, and as he had seen the power of the music I wanted to record (he has been on the road with me for LONG time) we decided to form Chrome Link Records. We were gonna do one CD to sell at events, especially Bike Week and then I was gonna go back to making straight-ahead blues records, but we had no idea how successful our first CD (Harley In The Rain) would be. It has exceeded our wildest expectations! Our second CD (Twin Brothers of Different Mothers) has also been wildly successful. So now this is our third CD on Chrome Link Records. Who woulda thought? Anyway, this is our third offering, and the reason we named it "LIVIN' LARGE" is because that reflects how I feel about this project. This is our largest production yet, with some of Nashville's best musicians and vocalists, also a guest appearance by the Legendary Buddy Miles, that's right, the drummer for Jimmi Hendrix's band of gypsies and Santana's lead singer! Man this was a dream come true for me! Also, our affiliation with one of the largest motor parts distributors, Chrome Specialties, has rounded out our theme of this album. Now you know why I really feel like I'm LIVIN' LARGE!!!
ABOUT BIG MIKE GRIFFIN
Big Mike Griffin grew up in southern Oklahoma, where he was introduced to music at an early age. " My Dad played so there was always a guitar or fiddle laying around the house. It seems like I've been playing as long as I've been alive." Later, he began listening to blues artists like T-Bone Walker, Paul Butterfield, and Mike Bloomfield. His blues education was further enhanced by late night highway trips to Texas to catch legends like Freddie King, Albert King, and Albert Collins.
When the economy faltered in Oklahoma, Griffin set out for Nashville where he began playing wherever he could while finding players along the way who would make up the nucleus of the Unknown Blues Band. As their popularity grew, the band began to appear in front of larger audiences and to perform at such prestigious festivals as the King Biscuit Blues Festival and the W.C. Handy Festival. They also expanded their regular touring schedule, travelled to the East Coast and then out West.
''LIVIN' LARGE''
2000
52:30
1 Livin' Large 4:40
2 Too Many Drivers 5:50
3 Baby Won't Ride 7:32
4 Three Hundred Pounds of Joy 3:49
5 Down in Hollywood 6:28
6 Tryin To Get Back Home 6:14
7 Oh, Pretty Woman 3:16
8 Blues for Mr.B 5:54
9 I'll Be Your Monkey 4:14
10 I Wouldn't Lay My Guitar Down 4:26
Mike Griffin/All guitars and Vocals
Steve Vines/Bass
Jim "Fish" Michie/Piano, B3 Hammond
Johhny Bird/Drums, except 7 & 8
Paco Shipp/Harmonica
Steve Herrman/Trumpet
Dennis Taylor/All Saxes
Buddy Miles/Drums on tracks 7 & 8, and all vocals on "Oh, Pretty Woman", Backing vocals
Essrea Mohawk/Backing Vocals
Miranda Louise/Backing Vocals
Monty Byrom/Backing Vocals
Seldom do things work out the way you plant them. I had an idea for an album that would reflect my love for the blues, and my passion for Harleys. My former record label wasn't too interested in the project because they thought it was not going to target the "masses". Of course, I wasn't concerned about that as they were, so I took the idea to Ahab, and as he had seen the power of the music I wanted to record (he has been on the road with me for LONG time) we decided to form Chrome Link Records. We were gonna do one CD to sell at events, especially Bike Week and then I was gonna go back to making straight-ahead blues records, but we had no idea how successful our first CD (Harley In The Rain) would be. It has exceeded our wildest expectations! Our second CD (Twin Brothers of Different Mothers) has also been wildly successful. So now this is our third CD on Chrome Link Records. Who woulda thought? Anyway, this is our third offering, and the reason we named it "LIVIN' LARGE" is because that reflects how I feel about this project. This is our largest production yet, with some of Nashville's best musicians and vocalists, also a guest appearance by the Legendary Buddy Miles, that's right, the drummer for Jimmi Hendrix's band of gypsies and Santana's lead singer! Man this was a dream come true for me! Also, our affiliation with one of the largest motor parts distributors, Chrome Specialties, has rounded out our theme of this album. Now you know why I really feel like I'm LIVIN' LARGE!!!
ABOUT BIG MIKE GRIFFIN
Big Mike Griffin grew up in southern Oklahoma, where he was introduced to music at an early age. " My Dad played so there was always a guitar or fiddle laying around the house. It seems like I've been playing as long as I've been alive." Later, he began listening to blues artists like T-Bone Walker, Paul Butterfield, and Mike Bloomfield. His blues education was further enhanced by late night highway trips to Texas to catch legends like Freddie King, Albert King, and Albert Collins.
When the economy faltered in Oklahoma, Griffin set out for Nashville where he began playing wherever he could while finding players along the way who would make up the nucleus of the Unknown Blues Band. As their popularity grew, the band began to appear in front of larger audiences and to perform at such prestigious festivals as the King Biscuit Blues Festival and the W.C. Handy Festival. They also expanded their regular touring schedule, travelled to the East Coast and then out West.
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