Sammy Griffin, Live at 'Tiger Tiger Haymarket' – 21st April 2013

As Sammy takes to the stage, he feels a tingling in his fingers. It is the first time he has performed in front of a crowd for an incredibly long time. He grasps his guitar a little tighter and steps towards the microphone. His throat is dry and he can feel his hands clamming up. Sammy closes his eyes and takes a long deep breath. “I can do this, I can do this!” he thinks to himself as he exhales slowly.

“Hey, everybody!” Sammy smiles as he slowly speaks into the microphone, “I hope everyone is okay!” There is a slight ripple of cheers from the audience, Sammy relaxes a little more. It will be okay. He’s done this a million times before! “My name is Sammy Griffin” a larger cheer occurs this time, people obviously remember him from his previous stint in the limelight; “and I am gonna perform a few new tracks, one or two old ones and a cover of one of my favourite tracks of all time!!”

Sammy steps back and fiddles about with his guitar. “So this is a new song of mine, it’s called Over Now.” And with that he starts to pluck a steady tune. He smiles as he sees the audience start to sway and move to the tune, he takes a deep breath and sings.



Sammy steps back from the microphone as he strums the tune to his new song; it is being received quite well so far. The audience appear to getting into the song quite nicely. He steps forward and starts to sing the first verse. The pace of the strumming slows slightly as he gets into the verse. The verse ends over a resounding pluck, and then he strums three times in quick succession before going into the chorus again. The second chorus is much the same as the first, and leads into the second verse nicely.



As the second verse ends Sammy starts to really thrash at his little acoustic guitar and plays a little solo, the audience are all cheering and swaying. He strums one more time and then there is no sound at all. The crowd cheers, thinking the song is over, and as they do so he quietly sings the final chorus. He plucks in time to his vocals and then lets the final pluck fade as he does actually finish the song.

Part 3

Sammy continues with his performance, and plays through the first song he ever wrote, Bad Blood and another new song Crumble. The show continues in much the same fashion as it has already been going, and Sammy finally reaches his final song. He finishes his bottle of water off and wipes the sweat off of his forehead with his sleeve.

“God it’s hot in here!” he exclaims and the audience laughs, “Right I’ve got one more track to play for you all, and I’m happy to announce that is my new single!” With that the audience cheers madly and don’t stop for over a minute until he waves at them to quiet down again. “I know! It’s been a long time coming!” A ripple of laughter works through the room as he too chuckles. “It’s the third new song I’ll have played tonight, and will be available to request on the AirPlay charts as of the 28th of April, and will be available to download as of the 12th of May!” The audience cheers again.

Sammy removes his guitar, and goes to sit at the little piano at the back of the stage. Most people hadn’t even noticed it was there as the wall behind it has been painted a very similar colour and it is dark at the back of the stage. He pushes the piano forwards a bit so that it is in the light. Sammy sits and ruffles his hair once more, wiping his sweaty hands on his trousers again afterwards. He adjusts the microphone so that it is pointing towards his mouth and then begins the song.

The introductory riff is slow. Very slow. The notes are all played on a low octave, except for the very few – and seemingly random – high pitched notes that Sammy appears to be throwing in. “I have to say, Piano was never really my instrument of choice. But since my sister...” his voice cracks. “since my sister passed, I actually find it quite relaxing. A nice way of letting it out...” he continues to play the introduction on a loop and then closes his eyes before he really goes into the song.

The piano playing is incredibly intricate, and Sammy rocks back and forth on the small stool before finally leaning in to the microphone to start the vocals. His voice is soft, calm and very gentle; blending with the increasingly intricate play of the piano beautifully. The lyrics don’t require power to express the message being portrayed; in fact the message comes across incredibly clear by the lack of power used at this point, his voice barely more than a whisper.



That last line of the verse fades slowly into the exquisite tune of the piano, and then he slams on the keys and belts out the chorus. Sammy pleads into the microphone as the chorus requires him do so, touching the hearts of every person who has ever been hurt or hurt someone in the audience. The way his lyrics scratch the surface is really supported by the way his vocals really delve into the heart of the audience and connects with the emotions of the crowds.

The chorus ends and the second verse is sung similarly to the first, except now the piano playing has reverted to a slightly louder, less intricate tune, which symbolises the desperation portrayed in the song. The verse comes to a close and the second chorus arrives, again being much like the first.



After the second chorus, Sammy just keeps hitting the same notes over to a continuous beat. He stands and knocks the stool backwards with his legs. He leans into the microphone and pleads into the microphone again, his voice cracks towards the end of the second line of the bridge, but he pulls it back again before the next line starts and continues as if nothing happened.



The performance comes to a close after another verse, and Sammy smiles. He sits back and relaxes on the chair, wiping his forehead one last time in front of the crowd as they cheer and scream for him. Sammy stands and waves to them all one last time, he bows and swiftly leaves the stage with his empty water bottle. He goes and stands just round the corner so he can still hear the crowd cheering for him without them being able to see him

He thinks to himself, “I’m back!”

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OOC: done!! feedback would be appreciated :)

OOC: Great, thank you!! Will have the full lyrics for the new track up tomorrow i would imagine!

Sammy: Well thank you very much Adele, you're not too bad yourself ;) maybe I'll see you around some time? So that I can buy you a drink?

OOC: that was the plan :P thank you :) not particularly different to any of my other Sammy RPs though I suppose ahaha

oc: Good job on this really enjoyed reading it and I really love the new lyrics :)

ooc: Liking the new material ;-) glad to see you back :D

Mykaylah: Hmm I would eat him up alive and then spit him back out

OOC: thank you :D glad to actually be back :)

Sammy: that sounds fairly kinky Mykaylah....



Sammy: yeah my hair was just getting too long and difficult to manage so I trimmed it back a bit! I'm really glad you enjoyed it though!!

OOC: thank you! Glad you like them!!