A song I wrote back in 2006 on an old ribbon typewriter after cat/house sitting for friends in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Christmas holidays, and I wake up to find my car had been broken into, what a mess. They tried stealing it, which required extensive repair. Not sure where the song came from, like most, some hyper-anxious-aware state of mind. I woke up in the morning and found the lyrics all typed up, I strummed a few chords and there it was all complete. 

A Tired Sleep

Long Day

Mixed and fully mastered, just not printed yet.

Moored to Hard Times

       Singer, songwriter, recording artist, guitar player, touring musician, composer, teacher, Jesse Griffith is no stranger to the world of six strings (or ten). After first successfully touring the country in the summer of 2006 with the release of Turnstiles' "13 Telephone Towers." Jesse pulled double duty on that first tour playing pedal steel and electric guitar for country tinged surf rockers "Red Barn." "I wouldn't have it any other way, I just love playing"

Jesse wrote and recorded under the name "Sad Goat" while Turnstiles went to hiatus status. Further honing his craft, and holed up Antigonish, NS, Jesse formed The Farley Mowats, described as "Gordon Lightfoot meets Sonic Youth." Debuting at the Evolve Music Festival in the summer of 2007 was probably the highlight of the short lived group. Relocating to Vancouver, BC in late 2007, with two LPs of material recorded but unreleased, the band soon fell into shambles. 

Not to be discouraged, Jesse continued writing, all the while getting calls to join other projects in the city. Playing pedal steel in Joel Battle's band led to the release of "Slow Learner" recorded in Washington, 2009. Jesse then joined recording and touring artist Stef Lang for a couple years both in the studio and on the road as lead guitar and doboro player. Jesse has also maintained an active role in the Chris Buck Band, playing steel and electric guitars, and also has played with Billy Jo Bryce, Peter La Grande, Lisa O'Neil and even had a regular jazz gig known as the SGB (Stecz Griffith Bell Trio). 

Countless shows, miles, provinces, borders and bands later, summer of 2011 found Jesse playing with Leeroy Stagger for his Vancouver show and subsequent tour of Alberta and BC. Highlighted at Calgary's Olympic Park on a balmy clear Canada Day evening, sharing the stage with Jim Byrnes and the Sojourners, to crowds in the tens of thousands it was a night to remember. 

The closing months of 2011 find Jesse finishing up a long overdue solo record, self produced with the help of some wonderfully talented musicians - the core being Paul Townsend on drums, Wynston Minckler on upright and electric basses and Jillian Lebeck on keys, the album was produced mostly in the live room, highlights real musicians playing off one another in real time.

2012 - Go Find a Mountain released.

2013 relocated to a Nova Scotia ranch on the Bay of Fundy, new LP on the way with Vancouver band Groundtruthing recorded with Andy Schichter at the Hive Studios.


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