CAMERON GRIFFIN HAS gone from working in construction to being a Grammy nominee for his work on Coco Jones’ 2022 EP, What I Didn’t Tell You. That’s pretty astounding, and he’s enjoyed the ride, but he remains tempered.
“Being recognized is amazing,” he says. “But I don’t like how the music business is. To be successful, you’ve gotta be like John Mayer, but I have other dreams. I play guitar, but I’m not a ‘guitar player.’ I’m Cameron, who plays guitar.”
The fact that Griffin doesn’t wholly identify as a guitar player — despite having worked with Usher, Chris Brown and others — seems hard to fathom. “All of this — writing songs, guitar and producing — came suddenly,” he says. “I never thought about any of it until about four years ago.”