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Don Griffin
Play It Loud
Genres: Blues, Pop, Rock, Latin Music

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. New Scene
2. Gone Too Far
3. Paly It Loud
4. See It My Way
5. Since
6. Found Out
7. Mama
8. Love Remains
9. Big Leg Woman - Don Griffin, Blackwell
10. Long Distance Call - Don Griffin, Morganfeld
11. Give It to You
12. Peter Gunn Medley - Don Griffin, Fulson, Lowell

CD Details

All Artists: Don Griffin
Title: Play It Loud
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: The Orchard
Original Release Date: 1/1/2000
Re-Release Date: 6/26/2001
Genres: Blues, Pop, Rock, Latin Music
Style: Latin Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 803680106228

Synopsis

Album Description

PLAY IT LOUD rips across the sound waves as Don Griffin's distinctly raw and electrifying guitar and vocals set the tone for his third release. Riviting rifts and scorching sounds backed by the world renowned bassist, Johnny B. Gayden and drummer, Patrick T. Doody, place Don shoulder to shoulder with the Guitar greats. PLAY IT LOUD to experience Don's explosive, blistering style with 9 original and 3 cover tracks, from genuine blues to scorching rock to funky beats, to his famed PETER GUNN MEDLEY as Don soars to an astounding ending that will lift you off your feet.

CD Reviews

More Hard Rockin Blues!

deepbluereview | SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA USA | 09/07/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"After listening to Griffin's exceptional 1998 release, "Standing Alone" I thought that any subsequent release by Griffin would be hard to beat. In my opinion, I was right. In fact, this release falls just a little short of either of Griffin's two previous releases.The only readily apparnet changes between this and the previous releases are the addition of drummer Patrick T. Doody who replaces Ray "Killer" Allison and producer Dick Shurman who replaces Barbara Sonneveld and Phil Bonanno. Other than that all things remain equal. Upon Listening however, Griffin's guitar sounds a bit harder than on previous releases and his vocals are a bit more unrefined. Its as if Griffin was attempting to give the CD a "live" and spontaneously unreheased sound. He is successful. This in no way suggests that this is a bad disc. In fact, even when a little off, Griffin is still better than 75-80% of other blues/rock guitarist.In actuality, all artist have one release that stands as the high water mark against which all other releases are measured. In Griffin's case, its "Standing Alone". Despite that, there are several standout tracks on this disc. Among them are "New Scene", "Gone Too Far" and "Mama". Overall, Griffin retains his individuality and originality with 9 hard rockin new songs and 3 very nice covers. This is a disc that deserves to be heard."