Del Griffith
Location: New York, NY
Paw Fan Since: Discovery of Lolita 7” (1992)
Favorite Paw Album: Dragline
Top 3 Paw Tracks: Tough one, but...
Lolita
No Suck Luck
Naiad
Favorite Paw Riffs:
Heavy riff at the end of One More Bottle
Heavy riffs in Pansy
Heavy riff in One Handed in the Red Room
End of Hard Pig
Favorite Paw Lyrics:
I’m just so sick of watching pretty girls doing ugly things. Pretty girls. Ugly things.
Lolita spread your pretty legs so Daddy can see just where he wants to be.
Come and have a drink with me. Whisky cures insanity.
Everyone is lonely lonely. Not me I am lonely only.
Everyone is wrong and I’m the one that’s right. I’m the one that’s right and everyone is wrong.
My girl has a red room beneath her man’s bedroom. Knows I love her ass. She shakes it for me.
I take the matches and strike one. I count to 10. I let the matches fall. I let the matches fall …
Favorite Paw Memories:
Being handed the 7" inch of Lolita prior to the release of Dragline. It was a different version. Red vinyl I believe. Friend of mine who was a college radio DJ gave it to me. I was sold forever.
Seeing Mark on St. Marks Place not saying anything but drinking out of a Jack Daniels bottle with this guy Chris who I sorta knew from a couple of NY bands.
Seeing Paw at Maxwells.
Receiving personalized signed copies of Mark's poetry books.
Acknowledging to this day that Dragline is one of my favorite albums of all time and that Paw is one of my favorite bands of all time.
Paw Wishlist:
Finding that Lolita 7" wherever it may be...
Seeing them live again, but of course! Just about bought my ticket to see them in Texas, was it 2 years ago before the shows were cancelled.
Photographing the band / Mark.
Having Mark produce my album.