The Great Dying ready debut release 'Bloody Noses & Roses'

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Will Griffith of The Great Dying admits, “It took a long time to get started.”, and “This is a record about mistakes.” He’s made music constantly since his teens either alone or with miscreant metalheads and punks in his hometown of Cleveland, MS. Griffith feels with ‘Bloody Noses & Roses’ he has a collection of songs that cover the breadth of his musical interests and attitudes toward life. 

Keen to cut a record, Griffith came to know Matt Patton (Drive-By Truckers) and Bronson Tew, co-owners of Dial Back Sound in Water Valley, MS. The trio discussed the cinematic quality to the songs which Griffith says he picked up from favorites such as Iron & Wine. As a production team, Patton & Tew referenced everything from Townes Van Zandt and Blaze Foley to Dead Moon and The Stooges to give the songs the feel of a broken spirit or a set of bloody knuckles. 

With the record cut and sent to press, Will has booked his first tour for the month of October, ahead of the November 16, 2018 release. He’s optimistic. He adores playing and is looking to share. Though it may surprise some, he is outgoing for someone who says he’s “hopefully reaching for light in self-designed darkness” and “wants to take a stab at honest suffering in order to achieve true happiness.”  

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Track Listing
Nobody Arrives
The Cellar Below
Catchin’ Hell
100 MPH
Magnolia
Lips & Pistols
Tennessee Song
Beer By The Bed
Junkie-esque Skull
Water The Horses

Tour Dates
Sept 5 Proud Larry’s, Oxford, MS  w/ American Aquarium
Oct 3 Beatnik Bandito Music Emporium Santa Ana, CA*
Oct 6 Hotel Cafe 2nd Stage Los Angeles, CA*
Oct 7 Topa Mountain Winery Ojai, CA* w/ The Bryan Titus Trio
Oct 9 San Francisco, CA*
Oct 13 The Libertine Pub Morro Bay, CA* 
Nov 7 The Nick Birmingham, AL w/Young Valley
Nov 16 Proud Larry’s Oxford, MS
Nov 23 Egan’s Tuscaloosa, AL *w/Marie Danielle
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