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NAME
:
Tom Griffin
BIRTHDAY
:
October 27
HEIGHT
:
6' 2"
EYES
:
Hazel (Sometimes they're green, Sometimes they're blue.....Sometimes
both).
VOICE
PART :
Lead Baritone
PARENTS
:
Thomas Griffin Sr. & Joan Griffin
SIBLINGS
:
Bill & John (my older brothers).
HOMETOWN
: Sacramento, CA (Born - North Kingstown, RHODE ISLAND)
PETS
:
1 Dog: Java. Would like another - Maltese or something...still
praying about it. =)
FAVORITE
COLOR
:
Blue/Green
FIRST
RECORD EVER BOUGHT
: Men At Work, "Down Under"
FAVORITE
FOODS
:
Anything my wonderful wife, Kim, makes - She's so Awesome!
, Seafood - Huge Shrimp, Snow or King Crab Legs, Sushi
from Mikuni's, Italian, Good Steak, Good Pizza - Pepperoni,
Mushroom, Olives, Sun-Dried Tomatoes, Chicken Teriaki
& Shrimp Tempura, Ice Cream - and everything must
have lots of SAUCE.
FAVORITE
BEVERAGES
:
All Time Favorite: Cold Fat-Free Milk, Water.
FAVORITE
CANDY
:
Twizzlers, Skittles - all kinds, Kit Kats, & White
Chocolate.
FAVORITE
SONG(S) ON AMERICAN VINYL :
"Come Together" & "With Or Without
You" & "Brown-Eyed Girl"
FAVORITE
SONG(S) ON DIRECTOR'S CUT :
"I'll Be" & "My Heart"
FAVORITE
SONG(S) ON RHO SHAM BO :
"Baby Doll" & "Blackjack"
FAVORITE
MOVIES
:
All time faves: 10 Commandments, Greatest Story Ever Told
- Jesus, The Star Wars Trilogy and the Indiana Jones Trilogy.
Kim likes the Chick Fliks. Current faves: The Matrix,
Gladiator, and all Disney movies.
FAVORITE
TV SHOWS
:
All Star Trek TV Shows, Seinfeld, Reboot, MASH, Hogan's
Heroes, Behind The Music (VH-1) Kim likes Friends - so
I watch that too sometimes.
FAVORITE
CITY TO VISIT :
Many including: Lake Tahoe, CA; Napa (Kim and I have great
times there), CA; Disneyland - with Kim, Lia "Bear"
and Karina "Bobina"; Would love to visit Israel,
Greece, and Italy!
FAVORITE
TIME OF YEAR
:
Summer & Spring
FAVORITE
CAR
:
Most SUV's and Honda's.
FAVORITE
SPORTS
:
Ping Pong, Tennis, Swimming, Basketball (with Kim over
my shoulder).
FAVORITE
TEAMS
:
SF 49ers, SF Giants, Sacramento Kings, Sacramento Rivercats.
- But I really don't follow sports closely.
FAVORITE SPORTS PLAYERS
:
Michael Jordan
FAVORITE
ANIMALS
:
My 1st dog, Java; and My 2nd dog, Java II....I love dogs!
I like small dogs - and our current awesome family dog
- BELLA.
FAVORITE
(OTHER THAN BNO) SONGS
:
Many: Jaci Velasquez songs, Steven Curtis Chapman songs,
Seal songs, Babyface songs, tons & tons & tons of others.
HOBBIES
:
Spending time with My Family: My Wonderful Wife Kim;
Our Daughters: Lia
"Bear", and Karina "Bobina". ;
Reading and Studying God's Word: The Bible, Praying to
the Lord Jesus Christ (JOHN 3:16); Songwriting; Disney
stuff; Programming HTML; Playing Video Games like Starcraft
& Racing Games, Singing, Watching Star Trek, Hanging
out with friends; Commanding with my Macintosh computer.
LIKES
:
Lord God Almighty, Jesus Christ - My Lord, Savior, and
Master; Sunny days, Easy-going people, Being with my family,
Vacations, Stability, Security, Being prepared, The Ocean,
Disneyland or Disney World, and being financially stable.
DISLIKES
:
Stress, Rushing, Mean people, Unprofessionalism, Laziness,
Not having time, Being financially unstable, rushing in
traffic, court related things, Evil, Satan.
MUSICAL
INFLUENCES
:
Christian Artists, Seal, Jaci Velasquez, Matchbox 20,
Edwin McCain, Carman, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Nat
King Cole, Sarah McLachlan, Satchmo - My wife, Kim, really
likes Nicole Nordeman.
MOST
EMBARRASSING MOMENT ON STAGE
:
Ummm.....I can't think of any... (Those of you who know
what it is - I don't ever repeat it. But it had to do
with a punk rock song we briefly sang.)
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BIOGRAPHY
:
Tom
Griffin, aka Griffin, was born in the USA in October 1970.
He grew up on the East Coast in Newport, Rhode Island
where his father was stationed as a Navy Pilot: Lt. Commander.
His love of music began at an early age listening to his
mother play the piano and sing. Tom often would come home
from preschool singing "Go Down Moses" with the utmost
expression.
During his elementary years in Sacramento, California,
his love of music & theory grew with the learning and
mastering of his first instrument, the clarinet. He was
in the elite band in elementary, and his study of the
clarinet continued throughout high school where he began
learning the guitar and the piano. "The piano and guitar
were able to familarize me with chords, modes, and intervals
at a new level," Griffin revealed.
In college, Griffin studied music and composition as his
minor. He sang with the ARC Chamber & Vocal Jazz ensembles
and toured with them to such venues as: The National Concert
Hall in Dublin, Ireland; and Carnegie Hall in New York
City. His songwriting began while attending college, where
his songs found new birth as lead singer for the alternative
rock band, Syngen Smythe . The band released an independent
album that was distributed domestically. It featured such
compositions from Griffin as: "Girl Of France", "Simon
Templar", "Across The Sea", "Teatime At Noon", and the
local soft-punk radio smash, "Sands Of Moscow."
After Syngen Smythe disbanned, Griffin moved to L.A. to
finish his college at Biola University and hone his songwriting
expanding into such genres as: Country, Adult Contemporary,
Contemporary Christian, and Pop. Many songs later, Griffin
returned to his home in Northern California in October
of 1993 to start the Pop/Rock A Cappella group, Boyz Nite
Out. With BNO, Griffin achieved great success producing
the now award-winning song, "Baby Doll."
He
is Boyz Nite Out's power lead, and he can demonstrate
this musical power on such classic BNO tunes as "Alive",
"Come Together", "With Or Without You"
and many, many others. Don't be fooled, Griffin can sing
incredible ballads as well on such award winners as: "I'll
Be", "When I Look In Your Eyes", and "Baby
Doll."
Tom
currently lives in Rocklin, California with his wonderful
and beautiful wife, Kimberly,
and his two daughters: Lia "Bear Bear" and Karina
"Bobina". They currently attend Adventure Christian
Church.
Tom
is now known in the music industry as TR
Griffin - his website can be accessed at www.trgriffin.com.
He has written and produced several CD's in his astounding
solo career including "Eternity", "Servant
Of God", "Purpose Of Life", "Fab",
"Jesus Saves" - and many more to come.
TR
was featured in Sacramento Magazine in October 2005 issue
- highlighting his rock solo career.
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PHOTOS
:
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OTHER
BNO PROFILES :
BILL
CRAIG - TENOR
MARK
BALDI - BARITONE
TOM
GRIFFIN - BARITONE
TONY
RIDENOUR - TENOR
EUGENE
ROCHA - VOCAL PERCUSSSIONIST / DRUMMER
JON
MOORE - BASSMAN
