Zaine Bowi…Griff

Who is Zaine Griff?

Zaine Griff was a session musician who worked with The Kinks, Ultravox, and many others. He appeared to have a great affection for Bowie as well, since his first single, produced by Tony Visconti no less, could leave those who are not in the “know” confused and thinking they are listening to a Bowie song, especially when listening to “This Could Mean Everything”. Reminds me of when Edwyn Collins released “A Girl Like You”. I remember a few people giving me the “you’re a weirdo” look when I told them it wasn’t a Bowie song.

The single didn’t do too well, but that didn’t stop Griff from releasing a few more, before retiring from the music biz and focusing on his career as an artist. At least, that’s what Mr. Internet tells me.

The story goes that Bowie was so impressed with Zaine’s first single that he hired him as a session guitarist.

Previous to all this, Griff was vocalist for the group Screamer, who recorded one of my favorite singles from the late ’70′s, “Interplanetary Twist”.

Zaine Griff – This Could Mean Everything




3 Responses to “Zaine Bowi…Griff”

  1. L'homme qui a vu l'homme  on May 21st, 2007

    Chère Mimi la twisteuse,
    I love your blog… so sweet souvenirs. I just started a daily musical blog a few weeks ago. I am sure it will interest you.
    http://hommequiavu.canalblog.com
    Try it, i’m just starting to use my collection of old LP…
    If you like it, put the link in Les amis de Mimi.
    Thanks
    Jean-François

  2. Anonymous  on May 21st, 2007

    I know what you mean about Edwyn Collins! I was searching for David Bowie doing that song for years, until I ran across an off-handed comment that it wasn’t actually Bowie.

    EF

  3. Anonymous  on January 2nd, 2008

    you know, on youtube there are some pretty rare clips of zaine griff, his music videos and some performances. there’s very few, but there used to be a lot before the account of the guy who posted them was deleted for some odd reason. there’s even this demo music video of his last single, which was only released on dutch tv, “Swing” it’s a good song, and i’m pretty sure he would’ve made it with that song… probably


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