Nathan Griffin

Franklin Life on Nathan Griffin

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:48:13 -0600

New Single!! Unappreciated and Misunderstood

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:19:17 -0600

Nashville’s Lightning 100 picked up Nathan’s “Unappreciated and Misunderstood” and made him the Local Lightning Spotlight Artist this week! To celebrate, we’ve remixed and remastered this tune and made it available! Enjoy!

Gotta love a banjo and a melodica… @meandthemachine twitter.com/crystalbowerso… — Crystal...

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:59:25 -0600

Gotta love a banjo and a melodica… @meandthemachine twitter.com/crystalbowerso…
— Crystal Bowersox (@crystalbowersox) December4, 2011

You just wanna hug’em. Nathan griffin twitter.com/crystalbowerso…
— Crystal Bowersox (@crystalbowersox) December4, 2011

Listen Now: Nathan Griffin

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:06:28 -0500

Hi friends! Before it is officially released next week (Oct 11th), Me and the Machine Records is giving you the opportunity to listen to Nathan Griffin’s self-titled debut. If you’re so inclined, you can listen to and purchase the album by clicking HERE before it’s available elsewhere. Why? Because we love you. Enjoy!

P.S. If you haven’t already, don’t forget to “Like” Nathan Griffin on Facebook.

And it begins...

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 12:13:27 -0500

…the album. Here’s your chance to get “Everything” from the self-titled Nathan Griffin. Just enter your email below for a free mp3.

Nathan Griffin w/ Josh Preston @ the Franklin...

Thu, 26 May 2011 12:00:13 -0500

Nathan Griffin w/ Josh Preston @ the Franklin Theater (5/26/11)

Photo by Lisa Reed Preston

Upon the Wind

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:49:00 -0600

to the edge of the world I have travelled

saltwater ice in my beard

the stranger I see reflected

hair as white as the snow on the pier

these lonely hands as rough as the rope

tremble but always hold fast…

sometimes in a far away harbor

sheltered from the stormy sea

I’d risk life and limb to be out in the wind

pull anchor, set sail again

these eyes that squint through the sun and the wind

cried their last tears long ago…

that night I found you in a fever

to the doc, cross the channel we flew

the storm carried on as you died in my arms

I turned us toward the open sea

and as long as I stand I’ll not stand on land

a whisper is calling to me…

my heart flies free from my body

to follow you upon the wind

cold and alone the storm rages on

and my heart flies over the waves

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice...

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:26:10 -0600

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.

If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

The Dalai Lama

Last Lonely Eagle

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 12:00:00 -0600

IF YOU GO DOWN WHERE THE LIGHTS

PUSH THE NIGHTTIME

BACK FAR ENOUGH SO YOU CAN’T FEEL THE FEAR

REMEMBER THE BOY WHO YOU LEFT ON THE MOUNTAIN

WHO’S SITTING ALONE WITH THE STARS AND HIS TEARS

IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE GAS-POWERED FLATLAND

WHERE MOST OF THE PEOPLE JUST THINK

THAT THEY’RE FREE

REMEMBER THE PEACE THAT YOU HAD

ON THE MOUNTAIN

COME BACK TO THE LOVE THAT YOU HAD HERE WITH ME

AND TAKE A LAST, FLYING LOOK
AT THE LAST LONELY EAGLE
HE’S SOARING THE LENGTH OF THE LAND
SHED A TEAR FOR THE FATE
OF THE LAST LONELY EAGLE
FOR YOU KNOW THAT HE NEVER WILL LAND

John Dawson (New Riders of the Purple Sage)

Interrelationship

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:26:19 -0600

You are me, and I am you.
Isn’t it obvious that we “inter-are”?
You cultivate the flower in yourself,
so that I will be beautiful.
I transform the garbage in myself,
so that you will not have to suffer.

I support you;
you support me.
I am in this world to offer you peace;
you are in this world to bring me joy.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Fri, 26 Nov 2010 12:24:44 -0600

What is this mind?
Who is hearing these sounds?
Do not mistake any state for
Self-realization, but continue
To ask yourself even more intensely,
What is it that hears?
Bassui

Everything

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:38:05 -0600

Everything is going to change.

There’s not one thing that is going to stay the same.

Cling to a mountain with an iron heart..

It will start to rearrange.

Everything is going to change.

Take it in as best you can these days.

Lay down your story, step through the door.

What’s it for? It’s very strange..

Everything is going to change.

That’s the way it is, the way it’s going to stay.

Building up and tearing down the tower,

From love’s hour to the turning in your grave

Everything is going to change.