Greg Graffin - Backroads Of My Mind Lyrics

I needed this tonight. Battling the demons of addiction. My God helped me today. I've been a BR superfan for over 30 years, but I ain't no atheist!!!

This is great! My ex-wife and I ran into him at Wegman's grocery in Ithaca, NY. It was 2003 or 2004. We drove from Detroit to Niagara Falls for the night, then to Ithaca for my cousin's wedding. I told my wife, "I should look Greg Graffin up in the phone book. I think he teaches here or is working on his PhD here." We both chuckled at my nonsensical statement...Twenty minutes in Ithaca, and we were hungry, and since we were both vegan, went to Wegman's because of their great vegan/vege hot bar. We sat down and I saw a nerdy middle-aged guy sitting at a nearby table, along with a cute 21 year old chick. I said to my wife, "that guy looks JUST like Greg Graffin!!!" Nah, it couldn't be! I was just talking about looking him up a few hours ago! I couldn't eat and kept looking at him & the cute chick. Finally my wife said, "just go up and ask him if he's Greg from BR!" As they were getting up from eating, I approached him. "Excuse me, are you Greg Graffin from BAD RELIGION??" He said, "why yes, I am Greg Graffin." Holy shit! "Dude, your music & lyrics changed my life and help mold who I am today!!" He said, "thank you. That means a lot to hear that." Then I said (because I just had to!) "why haven't you re-released "Into the Unknown"?? And will you EVER re=release it?!" He chuckled and said, "you can find it easy enough on the internet. But maybe when BAD RELIGION stops recording new music, we'll formally re-release it." I told him I've had a crappy quality found online for a few years now.... He was the nicest guy and I'm glad I talked to him!!! Been a fan since 1986!!

LOVE THIS MAN

Why did no one tell me this exists? :v

jersi pglu

That's what I've been trying to tell you for a long time!

Can't imagine this man also sings for one of the greatest punk bands

I love you Greg

This video is gorgeous.

Great song, I should listen to this or the album while I walk through the woods, I own the album but it isn't on my media player/smart phone.

Anyone else think he should make an album with Mark knopfler or just me??

I'm really impressed with his solo work, truly a brilliant lyricist and musician

Not quite Outlaw, but still three chords and the truth. Love seeing old punks give respect to country music.

Esto es espectacular! Greg es de lo mejor que escuche!!!

you have needed to add Nevada's desert on the video...

What a songwriter!

I dig it

Such a GREAT album!!

The album isn't my taste so i wont be listening much to it he will always be a lyrical genius tho and hes forever awesome so I still support

GENIUS!

I saw this guy perform with Bad Religion back in 2002. I like this direction, at least lyrically. His voice remains the same.

his voice is better with the age wtf xD

Yea, but not too much, I hope. I would just _loathe_ it if Graffin would someday lose the coarse tone in his voice which makes it so very unique and start to sound like a bloody opera singer. Just imagine him starting to do coloraturas during a BR gig - that would be just _dreadful_! :-))

...and technology

Wow, I love it! Greg is amazing <3

Señor rolón del Maestro Graffin, por siempre mi músico favorito.

homão da porra

hahah concordo!

should be in crazy heart soundtrack album.

that was pretty good

I like the tune, lyrics are solid and I'll need to listen to the rest of the album to make sure, but you have picked a great time to break into a genre that's been dying to explode, "PunKountry" proncd Puh-Country isn't my favorite word but it explains an edge country has needed for a while now that rock has brought so many fans to listen to country music and visa versa. Or maybe this is just one song that sounds twangy and the rest are different? Anyway, long time fan since 85, Orange County, CA

> Or maybe this is just one song that sounds twangy and the rest are different?
Actually, both. Some songs on Millport also have the "twangy" sound as you call it, but some sound quite different ("Time of Need" from Millport for instance is definite gospel-ish).

I'm a long-time fan of BR, too (IIRC a friend got me hooked in 1986 with the Back to the Known EP) and I discovered Graffin's solo stuff just about a year ago. Definitely something worth listening in to, I'd say.
While his first solo album (American Lesion from 1997) still sounded quite "raw" and was almost pure folk stuff (not in a bad way, though, the rawness actually gives it a solid amount of authenticity), the two later ones (Cold as the Clay from 2006 and, you probably guessed it already, Millport from last year) still include a very nice share of "folksy" sound, but were also definitely inspired additionally by Alternative Country/Americana.

I got me all three albums in autumn last year, and the only thing I regret is the sad fact that Graffin hasn't made _more_ solo albums yet. :-)

I love this man so much

Um dos melhores vocalistas da história da música.

Sem dúvidas!

Respect

Nice tune man! Just curious from a study of design pov, did you make this video entirely with stock footage?