Griffin "Ghost" Veatch
Songwriter/Producer/Recording Artist
Songwriter/Producer/Recording Artist
GRIFFIN "GHOST" VEATCH
The new CD, VEATCH "This Ride ain't Over" is here!
Click here to listen to several tracks and order!
Click here to listen to several tracks and order!
- Old-school drummer/songwriter, now using New-school music-editing technology.
- Working with Mary Cutrufello & Mark Hutchins on VEATCH -THIS RIDE AIN'T OVER- [songs of Griffin "Ghost" Veatch] featuring Mark Hutchins and Mary Cutrufello.
- Released June 2009.
- Griff played drums in the Brazosport/Houston area in the late 70s-early 80s. He had stopped playing & gigging to do the job/family/divorce/custodial single-dad life, but he continued to write throughout.
- He was all but 'taken out' healthwise beginning in 1997. By 1999-2000 he was hospitalized repetitively and his life was all but taken-away from him.
- After spending several years as a basic shut-in [2000-2004], he slowly re-started his songwriting efforts with acid-pro music-editing software; a desktop & laptop; a few new mics; a few new (and a few old) guitars; a few new (and a few old) friends and musicians; along with a few Music/sound library CDs; and with over 30 years worth of pent-up songwriting frustration as extra driving-force, he set out to pull a [Warren] "Zevon" and get some tunes out while he still could.
- Sometime in 2006 he started working feverishly on songwriting/music and started putting together his first project.
- By 2007 he made his way to Austin, TX. where he finished working on the SSRP [Symple Symon and the Rhymin' Pie-men] experimental-rock "One-Eyed Willie for President" CD in 2007 at Ray Benson's/Asleep At The Wheel's ''Bismeaux'' studio.
- Griff wrote, arranged, and Produced the project, and Cris "The Fire" Burns did engineering/final mixing/additional recording/mastering.
- Griff also wrote, arranged and Produced the songs for June 2009 released project: VEATCH -THIS RIDE AIN'T OVER- [songs of Griffin "Ghost" Veatch] featuring Mark Hutchins and Mary Cutrufello.
- When working on finishing the 'Ride' project between home [Lake Jackson, TX.] and THE FIRE mastering studio in Austin, TX. Griff said "I wanted to use 'One-Eyed Willie' as a learning experience. I'm strickly Old-school... tape, analog...I hadn't even been in a studio in...what? hah! Waaay too long to mention!! Like 20-25 years? or so... I wanted to sort of treat it as an 'experimental' project. Guitar-rock none-the-less, but with a varied sound. Some electric-guitar instrumentals, some punk, some psychedelic. With "Pledge[trippin' version]" there's that rap/voice-effect thing goin' on... I'm glad I chose Bismeaux to finish it up! Cris was great!! Everyone at Bismeaux were good folks!! I got to meet Ray [Benson] and get a few autographs...had a brief conversation about John Prine...good times!!"
- He adds "With the 'RIDE' project, I'm again working with Cris, but at his own place, THE FIRE mastering studio in Austin. Mark is on-board, again, for a bunch of tracks. And I am GRACED, blessed...whatever word you want to pick, to have Mary Cutrufello on board for about 1/2 of this project as well!! She's fantastic!! I LOVE to listen to her sing!..."
- VEATCH "THIS RIDE ain't OVER" [songs of Griffin "Ghost" Veatch] featuring Mark Hutchins and Mary Cutrufello released June 2009.
- CDs available online at this site [store page], and at www.myspace.com/veatchrock
- Also available now as downloads at Amazon MP3 and iTunes.
- Several tracks are up at the veatchrock myspace page, and on the STORE page here.
- check out www.myspace.com/veatchrock
- VEATCH -THIS RIDE AIN'T OVER- CD available now!
- 2008 STUDIO PHOTOS CAN BE SEEN AT www.myspace.com/veatchrock and across the top of 'comments' page at this site.
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