And why is he currently Amazon.com's #2 music seller? And why is an album that came out on July 27th, 2004 suddently rising the chart? (The Amazon.com chart that is. He's not even on the current Billboard Top 100.)

Coolfer did some research on this artist who has flown under the radar. A Griffin House's bio says he "has taken the lessons he's learned from such industry legends as Woody Guthrie and Bruce Springsteen." The Springsteen quality is evident on the first notes of his album Lost & Found.

Imagine Jack Johnson if he ditched the surfboard and took "On the Road" with him on a hitchiking journey across the Midwest (his birthplace), stopping for a few months to work in a mill near Nashville (his current home) and ending up in Asbury Park, New Jersey. More workingman than Johnson but not so gruff that pop fans are scared off.

Griffin's website has three free MP3s downloads: "Tell Me A Lie," "Liberty Line" and "The Way I Was Made."