SPRINGFIELD, OHIO'S BEST: Griffin House

GRIFFIN HOUSE

Griffin House (born April 21, 1980) was born and raised in Springfield, Ohio. His father worked in a tire shop and his mother helped place children with foster families. In high school, the athletically-gifted House landed a role in a musical and was surprised to learn that he had a natural talent for singing. House bought his first guitar for $100 from a friend, turned down a golf scholarship to Ohio University and instead went to Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and started to teach himself how to play the guitar and write songs.

House began writing and recording and issued his first independent release, Upland, in 2003. His music attracted attention from Nettwerk, a Vancouver-based management company and record label, and House partnered with the label's American branch to issue Lost & Found in 2004. In August 2004, on CBS Sunday Morning, music journalist Bill Flanagan (MTV/VH1) raved about Lost and Found, putting the newcomer on his short list of the best emerging songwriters in the U.S. “I bought House’s CD after a show in New York City,” said Flanagan, “and this never happens: I took it home and must have listened to it 20 times that weekend. I was knocked out.”
Several self-released albums followed, and in 2008 House released Flying Upside Down, produced by Jeff Trott and featuring Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench. House has released the majority of his records on his imprint label, Evening Records. House has toured extensively, opening for artists such as Ron Sexsmith, Patti Scialfa, Josh Ritter, John Mellencamp, Mat Kearney, and The Cranberries. Since 2007 House has been a national headliner.

Sorry for the Wiki lines there, but there is a lot going on with this guy and i didn't want to miss any of the baseline stuff.

Aside from everything mentioned above, on a personal note, one of my brother's also went to school with Griffin and my favorite cousin Shelly had a huge crush on him back in high-shcool; although roomer has it he was a pretty shy guy back then.
I'm Just now starting to play his stuff- which is surprising considering the constant props my brothers have always given him (hey, there is a literally a ton of bad-ass music in The Field as you'll be finding out through the blog and only so many hours in the musical day) and I must say- he is very, very, gifted at what he does. .  .  . . We'll be posting more from Mr. House very soon i'm sure!  In the meantime check out his latest venture

"42 and a Half Minutes With Griffin House B-Sides and Commentary"

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