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Location: Fayetteville, NC | Just found out about this this morning. For those of you who wer fans of Bread I thought you'd be interested.
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'Bread' Co-Founder Jimmy Griffin Dies
Jan 13, 4:57 PM EST
The Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- James Arthur "Jimmy" Griffin, who was a founding member of the 1970s pop group Bread and shared an Oscar for co-writing "For All We Know," died of complications from cancer. He was 61.
Griffin, who died Tuesday at his home in Franklin, sang harmony and played guitar with Bread, whose soft-rock hits included "Make It With You," "Baby I'm-a Want You" and "Everything I Own."
"For All We Know," from the movie "Lovers and Other Strangers," won a 1970 Academy Award and was a hit for The Carpenters.
Griffin also wrote such country hits as Conway Twitty's "Who's Gonna Know" and Restless Heart's "You Can Depend On Me."
Griffin was raised in Memphis and moved to Hollywood, Calif., in the early 1960s. He, David Gates and Robb Royer released Bread's debut album in 1968.
Griffin left the band in 1973 and rejoined in 1976 before it broke up in a swirl of rancor and lawsuits.
In the 1980s, Griffin formed Black Tie with former Eagles member Randy Meisner, and he became a regular on the Nashville scene in the early 1990s with the band the Remingtons.
He is survived by his wife, Marti, a daughter and a son
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thge First Concert I ever went to was a Bread Concert. The Lost Without Your Love tour-Greenboro Colesium-1976.
My Dad Bought The tickets for me and dropped me off.
These guys played Ovations In the early days.
Very Sad!
Rest In Peace Jimmy..You've joined the Rock-N-Roll heaven Band Now. |
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Location: chicago | yeah sorry to hear that,if you want to learn some pretty cool acoustic gtr stuff, diary..every thing i own,wow timeless |
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Location: Converse, Texas | Too bad. I never got to see Bread, but I do like many of their songs. |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | For any who ever listened to the LP's released you realized very quickly how very talented and diverse this group was. The Love songs and acoustic stuff charted and the deep cuts on the lp's covered a wide variety of styles. Harmonies were always tight and Jimmy was great at Electric playing. My program Director and I just sat in his office and listened to Make it With You, Baby, I'm a want You, Guitar Man and
Mother Freedom! I lit a candle for Jimmy as we listened. On every cut you could hear his hamony to David Gates Lead vocals and some great lead work too. |
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Location: Fort Worth, Texas | Yeah, always liked Bread. Another musician I liked passed away Tuesday, Spencer Dryden, who was the drummer for Jefferson Airplane in thier heyday and then for New Riders of the Purple Sage, one of my favorites to this day...
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | Paul,
I read that one a couple of days ago. He was real talented. Can you imagine the great Jam session goin on now? |
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R.I.P Jimmy Griffin
