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Bands of Enchantment Albuquerque Sessions.

Filmed live at the KiMo Theatre in Albuquerque, New Mexico (rocking guitar music) Tonights band, from Portland, Maine, Griffin William Sherry (Audience applauses) (audience cheers and applauds) - [Ken] Griffin William Sherry!

(audience cheers and applauds) - Hell, yeah, we're gonna have some fun, huh?

(drumsticks click) - One, two, three.

(upbeat rock music) ♪ She's got a "Daddy's Girl" sticker on the back ♪ ♪ Of her 1984 champagne-gold Ford that she drives ♪ ♪ Like she was a prom queen the night before ♪ ♪ And her mama said she could be anything ♪ ♪ Only thing she ever wanted ♪ ♪ Was just to be as pretty as her sister ♪ ♪ Who was the pretty one then ♪ ♪ And still the pretty one now ♪ ♪ Well, some say that the sun's gone down ♪ ♪ On our town, baby, come on ♪ ♪ Yeah, we know better than that ♪ ♪ And I know, we had our ups and downs ♪ ♪ In our town, baby, I'm sure ♪ ♪ Those good times will come again ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ ♪ He keeps a letter jacket on display ♪ ♪ Even as it fades away ♪ ♪ And still hears the people say ♪ ♪ He's gonna be big someday ♪ ♪ You know, he was always a fan of believin' ♪ ♪ Till he hurt his back haulin' trap ♪ ♪ Doctor gave him medicine ♪ ♪ "It's only here to help" ♪ ♪ His conscience kept tellin' him ♪ ♪ But he was never sober again ♪ ♪ Well, some say that the sun's gone down ♪ ♪ On our town, baby, come on ♪ ♪ Yeah, we know better than that ♪ ♪ And I know, we had our ups and downs ♪ ♪ In our town, baby, I'm sure ♪ ♪ Those good times will come again ♪ ♪ Do you remember feelin' young ♪ ♪ When the world was ours for the taking ♪ ♪ Well, it's hard to fill the pantry with a heart of gold ♪ ♪ When the money's spent and the house has sold ♪ ♪ Yeah, the devil's gonna come to get his due ♪ ♪ 'Cause the life on the TV, it ain't for you ♪ ♪ 'Cause some say that the sun's gone down ♪ ♪ On our town, baby, come on ♪ ♪ Yeah, we know better than that ♪ ♪ And I know, we had our ups and downs ♪ ♪ In our town, baby, I'm sure ♪ ♪ That those good times will come again ♪ ♪ Well, those good times, they're gonna come again ♪ ♪ Yeah, the good times, they're gonna come again ♪ (audience cheers and applauds) Thank you guys very much.

(audience cheers and applauds) We all made the trip down here from Maine to come see you guys.

Thanks for welcoming us to the mountains, guys.

This is a love song.

(soft acoustic guitar music) ♪ I was a vagabond, she a beauty queen ♪ ♪ Man, the best damn thing I'd ever seen ♪ ♪ Ain't it easy to call cards at 17 ♪ ♪ Those days I was lost in dreary visions ♪ ♪ Thinkin' she would be my bride ♪ ♪ But when I opened up my eyes ♪ ♪ She wasn't mine ♪ ♪ She wasn't mine ♪ ♪ She wasn't mine ♪ ♪ 'Cause my Juliet seems to be ♪ ♪ The only thing I'll never find all of my days ♪ (Soft guitar music) ♪ For I have read the books and cast the spells ♪ ♪ And wrote the words in oh so many ways ♪ ♪ So many ways ♪ ♪ So many ways ♪ (Soft guitar music) ♪ Well, self-decided was a man ♪ ♪ 25 still in my hand ♪ ♪ When I saw her dancing square across the water ♪ ♪ It wasn't beauty caught my eye ♪ ♪ But fate I did decide ♪ ♪ For I had told myself our love would last forever ♪ ♪ Well, forever came and I could not tell her that ♪ (Soft guitar music) ♪ 'Cause my Juliet seems to be ♪ ♪ The only thing I'll never find all of my days ♪ (Soft guitar music) ♪ For I have read the books and cast the spells ♪ ♪ And wrote the words in oh so many ways ♪ ♪ Maybe I'm governed without reason ♪ ♪ But giving up just seems like treason in my old age ♪ ♪ So forever I'll be searching ♪ ♪ For my sun, my moon, my Juliet, my grave ♪ (guitar music) (guitar music) ♪ Well, now here at the end ♪ ♪ Loneliness, my only friend ♪ ♪ My thoughts drift to Juliet more than ever ♪ ♪ They say she's out there in a dream ♪ ♪ Blessing some tall balcony ♪ ♪ She is out of reach, still beautiful as ever ♪ ♪ 'Cause my Juliet seems to be ♪ ♪ The only thing I'll never find all of my days ♪ ♪ For I have read the books and cast the spells ♪ ♪ And wrote the words in oh so many ways ♪ ♪ My Juliet seems to be ♪ ♪ The only thing I'll never find all of my days ♪ ♪ For I have read the books and cast the spells ♪ ♪ And wrote the words in oh so many ways ♪ ♪ So many ways ♪ ♪ So many ways ♪ (audience cheers and applauds) Thank you, guys.

(soft acoustic guitar music) - [Ken] So this is Elena Gallegos, I was like, I'd read that your music is so inspired by your countryside.

- [Griffin] I always appreciated getting out into the wild.

That's where I feel the most comfortable, for sure.

- I thought, "Let's get out for a little hike."

- I'm glad you look at me and think hiking.

That means a lot.

It means a lot.

- Yeah, dude.

(Ken laughs) - [Griffin] Try to do as many full-band shows as possible.

I also still love to play acoustic, you know?

- [Ken] Totally.

- I was gonna do "Stevenstown" and do my love song for my house.

(soft acoustic guitar music) ♪ Well, there's a quiet road in a quiet town ♪ ♪ Not too many people ever comin' 'round ♪ ♪ The rooster crows at the break of dawn ♪ I taught myself how to sing, so I don't really know how else to sing other than just like really loud and really, really emotional.

- [Ken] You're a painter too, right?

- Yeah, that's what I went to school for, yeah.

- Oh, okay, cool.

I feel like the biggest lesson I learned as a painter was that like, once you create something and you show it to the world, it like, no longer belongs to you, which I think is really helpful in songwriting.

'Cause like, you're not just writing for yourself.

I mean, you're writing for an audience.

And they're never gonna get true meaning behind a song, but they'll add their own, and that's the important part.

♪ Goes down in Stevenstown ♪ When I started Ghost of Paul Revere, it was just me with that name for a while.

When I was in college, it was Griffin Sherry and the Ghost of Paul Revere.

I never really felt like myself on stage.

There was some other part of it that I couldn't describe.

The ghost was that unnameable thing in music, that like, it's a chance for me to leave myself for a second and become invested wholly in this like, singular idea, which is like whatever the song is, you know.

On the best day, that's what it is.

♪ Oh, as the sun go's down in Stevenstown ♪ I've been playing music pretty intensely for the last 16 or 17 years (audience cheers) and I just don't know what else I would do.

I just love it too much.

It's just the only thing that ever like, it's not the only thing that brings me joy, but it's one of the things.

(chuckles) - Give us more!

(audience applauds) (drumsticks click) - One, two, three, four.

(upbeat music) ♪ Hard to sleep with one eye open ♪ ♪ Knowin' trouble's on its way ♪ ♪ As for last night, I don't remember much ♪ ♪ 'Cept that look upon your face ♪ ♪ 'Cause you know I'm runnin' ♪ ♪ I'm runnin' while they're gunnin' for me, yeah ♪ ♪ Oh, for me, yeah ♪ ♪ I know you think that you're the hero ♪ ♪ And the world has got it wrong ♪ ♪ But that's only an illusion ♪ ♪ To hide the weight of movin' on ♪ ♪ 'Cause you know I'm runnin' ♪ ♪ I'm runnin' while they're gunnin' for me, yeah ♪ ♪ Oh, for me, yeah ♪ ♪ And all that it would take ♪ ♪ Would be for you to finally say ♪ ♪ That you took some time and you tried to see it my way ♪ ♪ Well, the world ain't black and white ♪ ♪ No matter how you try ♪ ♪ Take your shot ♪ ♪ I do not revolve around you ♪ ♪ 'Cause you know I'm runnin' ♪ ♪ I'm runnin' while they're gunnin' for me, yeah ♪ ♪ Oh, for me, yeah ♪ ♪ I never meant to hurt you ♪ ♪ Can't see past all the lies you've made ♪ ♪ You'll never know just what you did to me ♪ ♪ And if you do, that's okay ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm still runnin' ♪ ♪ I'm runnin' while they're gunnin' for me, yeah ♪ ♪ Oh, for me, yeah ♪ ♪ Oh, for me, yeah ♪ ♪ Oh, for me ♪ (audience cheers and applauds) Thank you very much.

I was in a band for a very long time.

That came to a close, that chapter came to a close and I felt a little lost.

You know, spent some time in a Hundred-Mile Wilderness.

It's the last stretch at the end of the Appalachian Trail, exploring, having fun.

When I started puttin' the songs it was kinda like, "Oh, this, you know, represents a lot in my life."

- Mm-hm.

- Means a lot to me.

So that became the title of the record.

♪ Who is the man you see ♪ ♪ Does he still look like me and do I even care ♪ That idea of having this untamed area at the end of a really long journey and knowing that you're gonna start something on the other side of it, I think really spoke to the spirit of the record.

♪ Dark is the river and bright the light ♪ ♪ Hard is the living, when you're trying to do it right ♪ ♪ I'm lost in reflections that won't let me be ♪ ♪ If you could see me now ♪ ♪ Would you recognize me ♪ ♪ Oh, if you could see me now ♪ ♪ Would you recognize me ♪ ♪ Oh, if you could see me now ♪ ♪ Would you recognize me ♪ (country guitar music) (audience cheers and applauds) Thank y'all very much.

♪ Oh, as the sun goes down on Stevenstown ♪ - "Stevenstown."

Beautiful, man.

Thanks for sharing that one.

- Thanks, man.

Thank you.

It's kind of a love letter in my house and where I ended up in my life after, you know, a lot of transition.

It just kind of got stuck in my head one day and came right out.

(soft acoustic music) ♪ Well, the years have come and the years, they'll go ♪ ♪ Time will fly as we're movin' slow ♪ ♪ Sit with me in the golden hour ♪ ♪ Feel the love and feel the power ♪ There's something about the like the history of a place, right?

Especially when you can add your own history to it.

It's just one of my favorite things about owning a home that I didn't realize was gonna be one of my favorite things.

Understanding that the bones of that house have a history that predates me and the land itself.

It's like, now I've gotten to know the land and it's like, you know, there is a rhythm to it and it's great.

♪ Oh, as the sun goes down on Stevenstown ♪ (people clap and cheer) Thank you.

This is so cool.

It feels really weird to be filmed the whole time, but.

(audience laughs) - [Audience Member] Better than the zoo!

- It's better than the zoo!

Were you at the zoo show?

Who said that?

I opened for Band of Horses here in town two years ago.

Before that, I think the last time I had played in town was at the zoo.

- Oh, cool.

- Which was kind of wild.

We played the Albuquerque Zoo in the middle of the summer to several people and a peacock that would not be quiet the whole time.

(audience laughs) It was quite the time.

(upbeat jazzy music) (upbeat jazzy music continues) ♪ Well, the softer the cushion, the harder the fall ♪ ♪ Nothing expanding, nothing at all ♪ ♪ Well, I look to the dark and see the past ♪ ♪ Even in death, our light will outlast ♪ ♪ No such thing as unmoving ground ♪ ♪ Everything, everyone comes back around ♪ ♪ Everything gardened, seeded, and grown ♪ ♪ Emptiness governed by a mind of its own ♪ ♪ Well, the darker the night, the deeper the well ♪ ♪ Speeding up everything, feeding the swell ♪ ♪ Everything happening all the time ♪ ♪ If you are me, then which me is mine ♪ ♪ Ain't it amazing, ain't it amazing ♪ ♪ Ain't it amazing if true ♪ ♪ Ain't it amazing, ain't it amazing ♪ ♪ Ain't it amazing if true ♪ ♪ Well, oceans in bodies are bodies in motion ♪ ♪ And simple reactions cause quite the commotion ♪ ♪ Have you dreamed that you've been here before ♪ ♪ Maybe it's something, but maybe there's more ♪ ♪ Maybe there's nothing at the end of this life ♪ ♪ The brighter the day, the darker the night ♪ ♪ Ain't it amazing, ain't it amazing ♪ ♪ Ain't it amazing if true ♪ ♪ Ain't it amazing, ain't it amazing ♪ ♪ Ain't it amazing if true ♪ (guitar music) (guitar music continues) ♪ Ain't it amazing, ain't it amazing ♪ ♪ Ain't it amazing if true ♪ ♪ Ain't it amazing, ain't it amazing ♪ ♪ Ain't it amazing if true ♪ ♪ Ain't it amazing, ain't it amazing ♪ ♪ Ain't it amazing if true ♪ ♪ Ain't it amazing, ain't it amazing ♪ ♪ Ain't it amazing if true ♪ (Jazzy guitar music) (audience cheers and applauds) Thank y'all very much.

My name is Griffin.

We're from the great state of Maine.

It's good to see you guys.

(audience cheers and applauds) Thank you, guys!

(drumbeat music) (slow rhythmic music) (slow rhythmic music continues) ♪ She was getting high downtown ♪ ♪ On the night before, it's true ♪ ♪ Did you hear he's a troubled youth ♪ ♪ Getting stranger all the time ♪ ♪ What in the world should we do ♪ ♪ Change?

No, that ain't in the cards for me and you ♪ ♪ You've been dreaming of the limelight ♪ ♪ Well, tonight's your night ♪ ♪ Take your shot at the spotlight and type ♪ ♪ Amen ♪ ♪ Is all that we have for you now ♪ ♪ And I sing, no ♪ ♪ Amen ♪ ♪ Is all that we have for you now ♪ ♪ Oh, baby, when the lights go out ♪ ♪ Well, I hope you're having fun ♪ ♪ Oh, baby, when the lights go out ♪ ♪ I won't be the only one ♪ ♪ Oh, baby, when the lights go out ♪ ♪ Well, I hope you're having fun ♪ ♪ Oh, baby, when the lights go out on us now ♪ ♪ Better not take their rights away ♪ ♪ It's a reward for the price they've paid ♪ ♪ Servin' from the couch ♪ ♪ A real dollar store green beret ♪ ♪ Hasn't done much, but got a lot to say ♪ ♪ Well, how long till they crucify me ♪ ♪ And coffin nails decorate the mezzanine ♪ ♪ At least they got them on sale and bought 'em clean ♪ ♪ Here's the senator with his nightly routine, singing ♪ ♪ Amen ♪ ♪ Is all that we have for you now ♪ ♪ Oh, baby, when the lights go out ♪ ♪ Well, I hope you're having fun ♪ ♪ Oh, baby, when the lights go out ♪ ♪ I won't be the only one ♪ ♪ Oh, baby, when the lights go out ♪ ♪ Well, I hope you're having fun ♪ ♪ Oh, baby, when the lights go out on me now ♪ (guitar music) (guitar music continues) ♪ Oh, baby, when the lights go out ♪ ♪ Well, I hope you're having fun ♪ ♪ Oh, baby, when the lights go out ♪ ♪ I won't be the only one ♪ ♪ Oh, baby, when the lights go out ♪ ♪ Well, I hope you're having fun ♪ ♪ Oh, baby, when the lights go out on me now ♪ ♪ Oh, baby, when the lights go out on me now ♪ ♪ Oh, baby, when the lights go out on me now ♪ ♪ Oh, baby, when the lights go out on me now ♪ ♪ Oh, baby, when the lights go out ♪ (audience cheers and applauds) Thank y'all very much!

Thank you for being here, and thank you for having us, guys.

(audience cheers and applauds) - I keep trying to get a cool hat, but I have a giant cranium.

- Head?

- And it's like, I can't find any.

(laughs) - Listen, this is a 7 1/2.

- I'm bigger than that!

- Are you really?

- Yeah.

- I once walked into a hat store and the person behind the counter was like, "I think you probably would only look best in a bowler."

And I was very offended.

(both laugh) - How dare you?

- Like, thanks man!

- How dare you?

- Oh yeah, come on.

Don't put me in that corner.

- But I will take a look.

(laughs) - But I will, but I will, you know.

(rocking guitar music) ♪ Hail to the false chief ♪ ♪ Follow like blind sheep ♪ ♪ Over the cliff of our demise ♪ ♪ Freedom falls ♪ ♪ Freedom falls ♪ (upbeat indie music) ♪ I was born in a cab ♪ ♪ I was born kissing glass ♪ ♪ I was born in the Eiffel Tower ♪