Gallery – Griffin Lane kicks off 2025 concert series
Published 9:12 am Tuesday, May 27, 2025
- Griffin Lane returned to the Main Street Square stage on May 23. Here, Nancy Griffin, wife of Clay and the band’s lead female singer, performs. (Photos by Stephen Faleski | The Smithfield Times)
Griffin Lane, a classic country and rock band featuring hometown favorites Clay and Nancy Griffin, kicked off the 2025 Downtown Smithfield Summer Concert series on May 23 at the Main Street Square Stage in front of The Smithfield Times office.
Clay and Nancy have been performing for more than 40 years and together on stage for more than 27.
Other band members are Bobby Bryant on lead guitar and vocals, Steve Henry on drums and percussion, Joe Barlow on pedal steel guitar and banjo, Michael Gleason on keyboard and Smithfield native Mike Ellis on bass guitar.
The band will be heading to the studio soon to record some original music.
This year marks the 39th season of the concert series, which began under Times Publisher Emeritus John Edwards and his wife, Anne, on July 31, 1987, when Nelson Edwards’ family performed on a flatbed trailer.
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- Lead male singer Clay Griffin plays his guitar.
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- Steve Henry plays the drums.
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- Stephanie Guy and her granddaughter, Adaline, enjoy ice cream from the Smithfield Ice Cream Parlor before the concert.
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- Lead guitarist Bobby Bryant performs.
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- Mark Bradley holds Kate Guy on his lap.
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- Mike Ellis plays the bass guitar.
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- Levona and Joe Lupton find seats near the hedge separating the Smithfield Times lawn from the post office.
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- Carson Noack of Mechanicsville relaxes in the arms of Smithfield’s Ben Franklin statue during a visit with his grandparents, who live in town.
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- From left, Sue Mansfield, Delores Bryant, Everett Pearson and Maria Pearson gather at the front row on the lawn at the Main Street Square stage.
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- Michael Gleason plays the keyboard.
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- From left, Heston Atkinson, Audrey Teller, Lily Teller, Magnolia Atkinson and Zolie Teller sit on the lawn to the left of the stage.
