About Sid Griffin
Sid Griffin (born in Louisville, Kentucky on 18 September 1955) is an American guitarist-mandolinist singer-songwriter best known as the leader of the Long Ryders. In 1985, Griffin launched a second career as an author when he published Gram Parsons: A Musical Biography, the first full-length book about Griffin's musical hero. Since then, Griffin has maintained a busy schedule as a music journalist, contributing feature stories and reviews to publications such as Mojo, Q, Country Music International, and many others.