Career
He first played professionally in the band, formed in 1963. released one single in 1968 on Polydor Records called "Phoebe"s Flower Shop" and were renamed the same year., which included Griggs" brother Nigel, supported many well-known groups including Cream and Yes and they released one LP (Restless Night, Penny Farthing, April 1971) and several singles. According to the Nottinghan Post, "There was a point – when cut a single and album – when it looked like fame would be theirs.. but it didn"t happen." When disbanded, Griggs joined vocal group and their first single "There"s a Whole Lot of Loving" reached number two in the United Kingdom Singles Chart.
Griggs did not feature on this recording.
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In September 1978, supported Frank Sinatra for a week of concerts at the Royal Festival Hall in London and in the same year they took part in the Yamaha Song Festival in Tokyo. spent their last years in the Netherlands and during that time Griggs released two solo singles, the first a medley of Shadows instrumentals under the title of "Guitar Collection" for Electric and Music Industries Holland. The second a cover of The Beatles song "You Won"t See Maine" for "Dureco".
After the group disbanded in 1985 Griggs assumed responsibility for Everyday Music Limited in England, and concentrated on writing and producing.
In 1986 he was a finalist in A Song for Europe with his composition, "I"m Sorry" which was performed by Chad Brown, and a year later his song "Number More Tears" was runner-up in "The Buddy Holly Song Contest" that was organised and judged by Paul McCartney. Griggs has also released a solo Civil Defense on his own Fenman label called My Songs (Fen 001CD), on which he played and composed every track. In 1997, he made a guest appearance on the British Broadcasting Corporation Two quiz show, Never Mind the Buzzcocks.
Griggs" song "I Don"t Wanna Lose You" was recorded by Lonnie Donegan, and featured on Donegan"s album Muleskinner Blues.
In 2008, Griggs self-published a memoir, Diary of a Musician (Fenman Paperback) based on the diaries he kept from 1960.