Name	Patty Griffin
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Date of Birth	March 16, 1964
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Patty Griffin hails from Old Town, Maine, United States, next to the Penobscot Native American reservation. She is primarily a guitarist, pianist, and vocalist, with a distinctive voice. The youngest child in her family with six older siblings, she bought a guitar for $50.00 at age 16, and sang and played, but had no inclination at the time to become a professional musician. After a short marriage which ended in 1992, Griffin began playing in Boston coffee houses, and was scouted by A&M Records, who signed Griffin on the strength of her demo tape; however it was overproduced, so Nile Rodgers and A&M instead released a stripped-down reworking of her demo tape, as an album called Living with Ghosts.

1998's Flaming Red was a departure from the acoustic sound of Living with Ghosts, with a mix of mellow songs with some rock and roll songs that border on new wave. The song "Tony" from this album is also featured on the charity benefit album Live in the X Lounge. The follow up Silver Bell had a similar sound, though it was also unreleased by A&M. Patty has rerecorded songs from that album for later releases (such as "Making Pies" for 1000 Kisses, and "Mother of God," "Standing," and "Top of the World" for Impossible Dream), and others have been covered by the Dixie Chicks. Copies of Silver Bell have leaked out, and can be acquired via the "B&P" (Blanks and Postage) method on