Gary Griffin

Gary Griffin grew up in Bridgetown and played throughout the 70’s with successful Cincinnati band, Chillingsworth, before relocating to California in 1977. Since then he is best known for performing as a keyboardist and vocalist with The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Jan and Dean and The Surf City Allstars.

Griffin toured and recorded with Jan and Dean throughout the 80’s and 90’s, and has appeared as a regular on several television shows, most notably General Hospital and Full House (as a member of Jesse and The Rippers). In 2000, Griffin served as music director, alongside producer John Stamos, for the Emmy-nominated television mini-series, The Beach Boys: An American Family, for ABC. He also appeared as a recording engineer and bass guitarist in the film.

Griffin has produced an eclectic roster of artists, most notably Micky Dolenz of The Monkees, political satirist Harry Shearer, Dave Coulier, singer Sandra Stephens and Laura Hall of television's, "Whose Line Is It Anyway” In July, 2013, he appeared with John Stamos on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon at the host’s request. He performed as part of a reunion of Jesse and the Rippers, the fictitious band from Full House.

Griffin has engineered several recent recordings by legendary pop music notables, such as Petula Clark, Jimmy Webb, Christopher Cross, Al Kooper, Rod McKuen and Mark Lindsay.

Griffin appears as session musician, Al DeLory in the Brian Wilson biopic, "Love and Mercy (film)", starring John Cusack, Paul Giamatti and Paul Dano, released in the summer of 2015.

In 2016, Griffin toured extensively singing and playing keyboards and vibes with Brian Wilson on his Pet Sounds 50th Anniversary World Tour, which has been extended into 2017.

In February, 2017, Vivid Sound Corporation in Japan released Griffin's first solo CD, "Sympathetic Vibrations".

Gary is the son of famed WWII navigator, Tom Griffin (aviator), a member of the Doolittle Raiders.