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The Journey From Grape To Raisin is Long Ryders’ cofounder Sid Griffin’s first solo album in a decade. It was recorded in Nashville with his trusted producer Thomm Jutz (Nanci Griffith, Otis Gibbs, Steve Young) and dear friends such as legendary bassist Mark Fain (Ricky Skaggs, Chris Hillman) and session whiz Tammy Rogers (Patty Loveless, Trisha Yearwood). Its eleven songs include ten Griffin originals and one campfire cover of, get ready, the Velvet Underground’s Femme Fatale. When asked about the sessions and the album as a whole Griffin smiles and calls The Journey From Grape To Raisin “my career highlight, the best work I am ever likely to do. Heaven forbid I should go but if I did I’d die
happy.”
Tracklist
1. The Last Ten Seconds Of Life
2. When I’m Drinking I Think In Spanish
3. Not A Lot of Sande Left In The Glass
4. Don’t You Leave Me Too Soon
5. Femme Fatale
6. I Want To Be He Man (My Dog Thinks I Am)
7. Song For Okraine No.2
8. Permanent Twilight
9. The First Of The Gang To Go
10. Son, Won’t You Teach Me To Waltz?
11. Why I Play Guitar