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Matt Duane Griffin

"Let it be what it is.

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Member Since: 3/12/2006
Band Website: nomarsupialequivalent.blogspot.com
Band Members: Band from my first CD is Rich Cortese: Bass Malcolm Travis: Drums & Percussion Susan Barnaby Travis: Backing Vocals + assorted guests such as Lynn Doiron, Billy Gee, Kris Delmhorst, and Jim Bouchard

Band from my second CD is Sean Staples: Mandolin & Backing Vocals Eric Royer: Banjo Tim Kelly: Dobro Nolan McKelvey: Stand Up Bass John Haydon: Electric Bass Steve Chaggaris: Drums + assorted guests including Kris Delmhorst, David "Fish" Fishken and Ellen "Buffy" Groves.
Influences: Bob Dylan, Grant Hart, Townes Van Zandt, Stanley Brothers, Hank Williams, Ramones, Wire, Sex Pistols, Iggy Pop, John & Yoko, Mary Gauthier, Al Perry & the Cattle, Joan Jett, The Byrds, The Who, Arlo Guthrie, The Velvet Underground, Johnny Cash, Television, Lightnin' Hopkins, Captain Beefheart and various Magic Band members, Yes, X, Legendary Stardust Cowboy, The Resophonics, Alison Krauss and Union Station, Tom Petty, Steeleye Span, Cluster, Brian Eno, Neu, Steve Earle, Stacy Earle, Eliza Gilkyson, Tina Turner, Nichiren Daishonin, Dave Edmunds, John Fogerty, Patti Smith, REM, the Replacements, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, the Feelies, the Pixies, Dead Boys, Syndicate of Sound, George Jones, Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, The Rolling Stones, Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys, Cocteau Twins, Mike Griffin, Joshua Russell, Bruce Springsteen, Michelle Shocked, Minutemen, Pere Ubu, Buzzcocks, Camper Van Beethoven, The Residents, Holy Modal Rounders, Ornette Coleman, Paul McCartney, Bad Company, Ian Hunter/Mott the Hoople, UFO, New York Dolls, Flamin' Groovies, the Move, Sam Bayer, Howlin' Wolf, Chrissie Hynde, Kate Bush, Richard Hell, John Doe (with or without his Thing), Exene, Black Flag, Meat Puppets, Neil Young, The Kinks, Big Black, Jim Rader, Ken Batts, Siouxie and the Banshees, Lucinda Williams, The Only Ones, Gillian Welch, Kris Delmhorst, Dead Kennedys, Flipper, Joy Division, Jandek, Martin Carthy, Eliza Carthy, Slaid Cleaves, The Willard Grant Conspiracy, Led Zeppelin, Robert Fripp, David Francey, ZZTop, The Carter Family, Dock Boggs, Yo La Tengo, Sonic Youth, ABBA, Deb E. Dee, Jim Bouchard, MC5, Them, Doc Watson, Buell Kazee, The Sot Weed Factor, Tim Gassen, Jeff Dobberpuhl, The Cramps, Devo, Alabama Sacred Harp Singers, Gail Davies, Tim O'Brien, The Lime Spiders, Nash the Slash, Snakefinger, SPK, Roy Loney and the Phantom Movers, Blondie, Thin Lizzy, The Flatlanders (together & individually), Rhonda Vincent and the Rage, Buck Owens, Dixie Chicks, Hellfire, Billy Cuevas, Wanda Jackson, Pluck Theater, Paula Sinclair, the Monkees, CSNY, Pink Floyd (especially Meddle & before), and about a million others.
Sounds Like: A little of this, a little of that... Rock, Country, Folk, etc. etc. My songs tend to be different from each other -- what holds them together as a body of work is that they're all me.

I've been doing a lot of home recording lately and that stuff is as all over the map as I can make it. Lots of avant garde stuff, some rock, some folk, some country.
Record Label: Chili Verité
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Sons and Daughters

I think this band rocks. I bought their second CD, Repulsion Box when it first came out, and immediately loved it. This video is a live version of a song from that CD called Medicine Their ...
Posted by Matt Duane Griffin on Tue, 13 May 2008 02:49:00 PST

Jobriath

This guy tanked, and if ya hear of him at all, you hear of him as a joke. Gotta say though: Though he owes a huge amount to David Bowie, I think he's got his own musicality and a nice Lou-meets-Mick s...
Posted by Matt Duane Griffin on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:48:00 PST

re: blogging

Vampires of the Internet is a cautionary rant by one of my favorite authors, Robin Hobb. It makes me think about how I spend my days....
Posted by Matt Duane Griffin on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 06:56:00 PST

r0b0tron

Natureb0tThis was in my links from a year or so ago. r0b0tr0n is a fairly prolific recordist who posts at my favorite music site on all the web, macidol.com. I guess I meant to call it out at the tim...
Posted by Matt Duane Griffin on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 09:13:00 PST

My successful failure.

I took the RPM Challenge and failed. But I feel really good about it! I reconnected with a bunch of different musician friends and made, I think, some great music. There's something about a collab ...
Posted by Matt Duane Griffin on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:27:00 PST

New Josh Russell / Matt Duane Griffin Collab!

Listen to the new Matt Duane Griffin / Joshua Russell collaboration "Lost In The Woods" here. There's not a lot of Josh Russell music around on the web, and I'm really happy to be a part of this perf...
Posted by Matt Duane Griffin on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:09:00 PST

I Champion a Lost Cause (again...)

He's still in the race. If you're not enjoying the idea of voting for corporatists, you do still have an option, and it's this guy. Think about it....
Posted by Matt Duane Griffin on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:36:00 PST

Bonnie & Clyde

Damn that Tall J! Cause of the earworm last week, I kept looking around youtube for sixties French pop. This video of Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot is the very definition of mojo....
Posted by Matt Duane Griffin on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:06:00 PST

Stevil

I am listening to Stevil Darkman again. I know of him from macidol.com, where he has much more music. I Like the new myspace players a lot. you now get six tunes and they all play automatically. ...
Posted by Matt Duane Griffin on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:47:00 PST

French Ear Worm

Earlier this week, Henry over at macidol.com posted this video in the forums, and it has been in my head continuously since then. The singer is France Gall and the song was written by Serge Gainsbour...
Posted by Matt Duane Griffin on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:39:00 PST