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Kevin Michael Griffin (born October 1, 1968)[better source needed] is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Better Than Ezra, with whom he has released nine studio albums. He has also issued one solo record.

His songs have been performed and recorded by artists such as Taylor Swift, Train, James Blunt, Christina Perri, Howie Day, Barenaked Ladies, Blondie, and Missy Higgins, among others. He is a co-founder and partner of the Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival in Franklin, Tennessee.

Griffin was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and grew up in Monroe, Louisiana. He attended River Oaks School, where he met future bandmate Jim Payne. He received a bachelor's degree in English and a minor in political science from Louisiana State University in 1990. He was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. He took the LSAT with the intention of attending law school and working in entertainment law. He then took a job with Creative Artists Agency in Los Angeles in the early 1990s.

Griffin formed the alternative rock band Better Than Ezra in 1988. It reached the top of the Modern Rock Tracks chart with the 1995 single "Good", which stayed atop that chart for seven weeks.[citation needed] "Good" also reached No. 3 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart[citation needed] and No. 30 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The band enjoyed further success with hits such as "In the Blood", "Rosealia", "King of New Orleans", "Desperately Wanting", "One More Murder", and "At the Stars".

In 2010, the Better Than Ezra song "Breathless" was covered by Taylor Swift at the Hope for Haiti Now telethon, the most widely distributed telethon in history.

Griffin's first solo album, Anywhere You Go, was released on October 4, 2019. Griffin also performs as part of the supergroup Ezra Ray Hart, with Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray and Emerson Hart of Tonic.

As a performer, Griffin is known for singing in falsetto, inviting audience members onstage to play guitar, and interrupting his own songs with verses of well-known rock songs. He is also a mimic, imitating singers such as Aaron Neville, Bruce Springsteen, and Dave Matthews.

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