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Wirz' AMERICAN MUSIC

S H I R L E Y   G R I F F I T H; source: Front cover of Blue Goose 2011
source: Front cover of  Blue Goose 2011; photographer's name not given
Shirley Griffith
b. April 26, 1907 near Brandon, Rankin County, Mississippi
d. June 18, 1974 at Marion County General Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana

buried at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana
discography
S H I R L E Y   G R I F F I T H; from cover of Flyright LP 523
source: Front cover of  Flyright 523; photographer: Art Rosenbaum

#year
of release
title / label / notes
11964indiana ave. blues - The Blues of J.T. Adams and Shirley Griffith@ youtube (full album)

- Walkin' Blues #
- Match Box Blues *   @ youtube
- Indiana Avenue Blues (instr)
- In The Evening #
- "A" Jump (instr)

- Oh Mama How I Love You #   @ youtube
- Kansas City *
- Bright Street Jump (instr)
- Done Changed The Lock On My Door #
- Blind Lemon's Blues *
- Naptown Boogie (instr)

rec. 1961 in Indianapolis, IN by Arthur Rosenbaum; Shirley Griffith, g, # voc; J.T. Adams, g, * voc

= re-released on Prestige PRCD-9917-2 (US 1999)

notes by Arthur Rosenbaum

Bluesville BV/BVLP 1077 (US 1964)


= Prestige BV/BVLP 1077 (US 19??)

Bluesville Records discography

21965saturday blues - The Blues of Shirley Griffith@ youtube (full album playlist)

- Meet Me In The Bottom   @ youtube
- River Line Blues   @ youtube
- Shirley's Jump (instr)   @ youtube
- Take Me Back To Mama   @ youtube
- Saturday Blues   @ youtube
- Left Alone Blues   @ youtube

- Big Road Blues   @ youtube
- Bye Bye Blues   @ youtube
- Hard Pill To Swallow   @ youtube
- Maggie Campbell Blues   @ youtube
- My Baby's Gone   @ youtube

rec. c.July 1961 in Indianapolis, IN by Arthur Rosenbaum; Shirley Griffith, voc, g

= re-released on Dust-to-Digital DTD-08 (2007)

notes by Arthur Rosenbaum

Bluesville BV/BVLP 1087 (US 1965)

Bluesville Records discography

31973Shirley Griffith: Mississippi Blues@ youtube (full album)

- Shaggy Hound Blues   @ youtube
- Big Road Blues
- Going Away Blues
- River Line Blues
- Mean Mistreater Mama
- Delta Haze Blues [aka Shirley's Jump] (instr)
- Cool Kind Papa From New Orleans

- One Room Country Shack
- Bad Luck Blues
- Bye Bye Blues
- King Of Spades
- Maggie Campbell Blues
- Flying Eagle Blues

rec. around 1972 ín Indianapolis, IN by Nick Perls; Shirley Griffith, voc, g

notes by Stephen Calt   [having almost nothing to do with Shirley Griffith]

Blue Goose 2011 (US 1973)

Blue Goose Records discography

41977Indianapolis Jump@ youtube (full album playlist)

Shirley Griffith & J.T. Adams
- Maggie Campbell #   @ youtube
- Saturday Blues #   @ youtube
- Indianapolis Jump (instr) #   @ youtube
- Big Road Blues #   @ youtube
Yank Rachell & Shirley Griffith
- Mandolin Stomp (instr) []   @ youtube
J.T. Adams & Shirley Griffith
- Kill It Kid (instr) §   @ youtube
- I Don't Feel Welcome *   @ youtube
- The Hop Joint (instr) §   @ youtube
- Kentucky Guitar Blues (instr) **   @ youtube

Pete Franklin
- Lowdown Dirty Ways |||   @ youtube
- The Fives |||   @ youtube
- Penal Farm Blues ||||   @ youtube
Bertha Lee Jones
- Spanish Blues °°   @ youtube
Scrapper Blackwell
- Little Girl Blues \\   @ youtube
- Cherry (instr) \\   @ youtube
James Easley
- Big Leg Woman //   @ youtube


all tracks rec. in Indianapolis, IN by Art Rosenbaum
# rec. September 1960; Shirley Griffith, voc, g; J.T. Adams, g
[] rec. June 17, 1964; Yank Rachell, mand, sp; Shirley Griffith, g
§ rec. June 1, 1966; J.T. Adams, g; Shirley Griffith, g
* rec. September 1960; J.T. Adams, g, * voc, ** sp; Shirley Griffith, * g, ** sp
|| rec. December 24, 1963 in Indianapolis; Guitar Pete Franklin, voc, ||| p, |||| g
°° rec. June 17. 1961; Bertha Lee Jones, g
\\ rec. June 4, 1958; Scrapper Blackwell, voc, g
// rec. June 17, 1961 in Indianapolis; James Easley, voc, hca; Guitar Pete Franklin, g; Raymond Holloway, g

all photographs by Art Rosenbaum

= re-released on Dust-to-Digital DTD-06 (2006), Dust-to-Digital DTD-12 (2009), Dixiefrog DFGCD8697 (2010)

notes by Art Rosenbaum

Flyright LP 523 (UK 1977)

Flyright Records discography
Yank Rachell discography
Pete Franklin discography
Scrapper Blackwell discography

51999Down the Country Way
The Bluesville Years   Volume Nine

J.T. Adams And Shirley Griffith
- Match Box Blues [Bluesville BVLP 1077]
- O Mama How I Love You [Bluesville BVLP 1077]
Robert Curtis Smith
- Get A Real Young Woman
- I'm Going Away
Smoky Babe
- Hottest Brand Goin'
- Locomotive Blues
Robert Pete Williams
- Free Again
- Rolling Stone
Wade Walton
- Rock Me, Mamma
- Blues, Stay Away From Me
Big Joe Williams
- Jockey Ride Blues
- Coal And Iceman Blues
Pete Franklin
- I Got To Find My Baby
- Black Gal
Scrapper Blackwell
- Blues Before Sunrise
- A Blues
Blind Willie Mctell
- Broke Down Engine Blues
- Don't Forget It
Tampa Red
- Dark And Stormy Night
- You Better Let My Gal Alone



Prestige PRCD-9917-2 (US 1999)

Bluesville discography

611/2006Art Of Field Recording Sampler CD

- Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down - Rev. Willie Mae Eberhard/Sister Fleeta Mitchell/Rev. Willie Eberhand
- Fred Adams - Ray Rhodes
- Grondeuse, La (The Scolding Woman) - Fidel Martin
- Big Foot Feller - Buell Kazee
- Blues - Eddie Bowles
- Tony Gave a Picnic - Ralph Sheckel
- 12th Street Rag - Frosty Lamb/Buzz Fountain
- Eve and Adam (Pickin' Up Leaves) - McIntosh County Shouters
- Five to My Five - Rev. Howard Finster
- Carabina Treinta-Treinta (30-30 Rifle) - Epifanio Sanchez and Group
- I'm Dying, Mother - Bert Hare
- Eternal Day - Georgia Sacred Harp Convention
- Tom Watson Tune - Mabel Cawthorn
- Danish Galop - Dwight Lamb
- Billy in the Low Ground - Smokey Joe Miller/Gordon Tanner
- Who Killed Poor Robin? - Ollie Gilbert
- Georgia Blues - Cecil Barfield
- Free Go Lily - Doc & Lucy Barnes
- Miller's Will, The - Dr. C.B. Skelton
- Brickyard Joe - John W. Summers
- Old John Henry Died on the Mountain - Henry Grady Terrell

- Big Road Blues - Shirley Griffith [Flyright LP 523)]
- Fly Around My Blue-Eyed Gal - Vaughn Eller/Lawrence Eller
- Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad - Golden River Grass



Dust-to-Digital DTD-06 (US 11/2006)

dust-digital.com

711/2007Art Of Field Recording Volume I
50 Years of Traditional American Music documented by Art Rosenbaum

disc 3:
- Georgia Bottleneck Blues - Cecil Barfield   @ youtube
- Carroll County Blues - Gordon Tanner, Smokey Joe Miller & Uncle John Patterson
- Brooks' Blues - Brooks Berry & Scrapper Blackwell
- Key To The Highway - Neal Patman & Bill Giles
- Red River Blues - J. T. Adams
- Nobody's Business - George Childers
- Bowles' Blues - Eddie Bowles
- Got The Blues So Bad - Cliff Sheats
- Guitar Pete's Blues - Guitar Pete Franklin

- Peach Orchard Mama - James Yank Rachell & Shirley Griffith # [previously unreleased]
- Big Leg Women - James Easley, Guitar Pete Franklin & Raymond Holloway
- Leaving Here, Don't Know Where I'm Going - Joe K. Rakestraw & Art Rosenbaum
- The Mogul - Neal Patman
- Deep Ellum Blues - Buford Boyd & Willard Benson

- River Line Blues - Shirley Griffith [Bluesville BVLP 1087]
- Going Down The Road Feeling Bad - Jake Staggers
- I Cried All Night Long - Harvie Sims

- Maggie Campbell Blues - Shirley Griffith [Bluesville BVLP 1087]
- How Long Blues - Guitar Pete Franklin
- "A" Blues - Scrapper Blackwell


disc 4:
- Lost Indian - Dallas Henderson
- Flat Foot Charlie - James Patterson/Uncle John Patterson/Ben Entrekin
- Down the Road - Lawrence Eller/Vaughn Eller
- Won't You Have Me, Do, Gal, Do - Clester Hounchell Sally
- Fox Chase - Coy Martin
- Fox Chase - Neal Patman
- Medley - Uncle John Patterson/Gordon Tanner/Smokey Joe Miller

- Mandolin Stomp - James "Yank" Rachell & Shirley Griffith # [Flyright LP 523]
- Omie Wise - Albert Hash
- Train 45 - Art Rosenbaum/Albert Hash
- Turkey in the Straw - George Childers
- Arkansas Traveler - Larry Riendeau/Louis Riendeau
- Fynne's Polka - Dwight Lamb
- Pigtown Fling - Newt Tolman
- Stony Point - Art Rosenbaum/John W. Summers
- Cowboy Waltz - Earl Murphy/Bill Ashley
- Little Julie - Clester Hounchell Walk
- Five to My Five - Rev. Howard Finster
- Quit Kicking My Dog Around - Art Rosenbaum/Delbert Spray
- Yankee Doodle - Old Threshers' Fife/Drum Band
- Jig Medley - John W. Summers
- Big Foot Feller - Buell Kazee
- Don't Let Your Deal Go Down - Buford Boyd
- Lulu - Uncle John Patterson Shout
- Lulu - Jake Staggers Shout
- Lulu - W. Guy Bruce Shout
- Sally Ann - W. Guy Bruce/Guy Bruce Jr.
- Arkansas Traveler - Art Rosenbaum/Phil Tanner/Gordon Tanner/Larry Nash
- Beaumont Rag - Frosty Lamb/Buzz Fountain
- Whistler's Waltz - Art Rosenbaum/Kirk Brandenberger
- Shady Grove - W. Guy Bruce
- Coal Creek March - Ross Brown
- Coal Creek March - Pete Steele
- Jenny Nettles - Harry "Pappy" Wells
- Fourteen Days in Georgia - Lyman Enloe/Bob Black
- She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain - Maude Thacker


# rec. June 17, 1964; Yank Rachell, voc/sp, mand; Shirley Griffith, g

4 CD set with 96-pp. book

Dust-to-Digital DTD-08 (US 11/2007)

Yank Rachell discography

81/2009Art Of Field Recording Volume II
50 Years of Traditional American Music documented by Art Rosenbaum

Shirley Griffith
- Big Road Blues [Flyright LP 523]

4 CD set
96 page book

Dust-to-Digital DTD-12

92010Dixiefrog presents Black & White
Recorded in the Field by Art Rosenbaum

Henry Grady Terrel - Old John Henry Died On The Mountain
The Chancey Brothers - I Wish I Was A Mode In The Ground
Mose Parker - John Henry
Silver Light Gospel Singers - Don't You Let Nobody Turn You 'round
Gordon Tanner & Smokey Joe Miller - Devilish Mary

James "Yank" Rachell & Shirley Griffith - Mandolin Stomp [Flyright LP 523]
Lawrence Eller & Vaughn Eller - Down The Road
Golden River Grass - Going Down The Road Feeling Bad
Jake Staggers - Going Down The Road Feeling Bad
Brady Doc & Lucy Barnes - Free Go Lily
Ben Entrekin & Uncle John Patterson - Flat Foot Charlie
Cecil Barfield - Georgia Bottkeneck Blues
Lawrence McKiver & The McIntosh County Shouters - Jubilee
Marie Lomax - Lord Daniel
The Eller Brothers & Ross Brown - Don't Go Riding Down That Old Texas Trail
Guitar Pete Franklin - Guitar Pete's Blues
Albert Hash & Art Rosenbaum - Train 45
Eddie Bowles - Bowles' Blues
George Childers - Nobody's Business
Scrapper Blackwell - Goin' Where The Monon Crosses The Yellow Dog
Fleeta & Rev. Nathaniel Mitchell - Brother, You Ought T've Been There
Tony Bryant - Broke Down Engine
Juanita & Oscar Shorty Shehan - Free Little Bird
The Balfa Brothers & Nathan Abshire - J'ai passé devant ta porte


Yank Rachell discography


Dixiefrog DFGCD8697

102014The Roots Of It All: Acoustic Blues - The Definitive Collection, Vol. 3

disc 1: The 1960s
Mance Lipscomb - Shake, Shake, Mama (2:50)
John Lee Hooker - Tupelo (3:19)
Rev. Gary Davis - Samson And Delilah (4:05)
Robert Pete Williams - I've Grown So Ugly (2:48)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand (3:03)
Lonnie Johnson - Moaning Blues (4:01)
Smoky Babe - Hottest Brand Goin' (4:06)
Herman E. Johnson - I Just Keeps On Wanting You (2:45)
Scrapper Blackwell - Shady Lane (5:27)
Pink Anderson - I Got Mine (3:07)
Pete Franklin - Prison Bound (4:21)

Shirley Griffith - Bye Bye Blues (4:11)
R.C. Smith - Please Don't Drive Me Away (2:25)
Memphis Willie B. - Wine Drinking Woman (3:36)
Baby Tate - What Have I Done To You (2:42)
Leroy Dallas - She Caught The M & O (3:43)
Sleepy John Estes - Vernita's Blues (2:19)
J.D. Short - I'm Just Wastin' My Time (5:25)
Muddy Waters - Feel Like Going Home (3:52)
Buddy Moss - Amy (2:42)
Johnny Young - Want My Lovin' (3:30)
Arvella Gray - Corrine, Corrina (2:13)
Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man (2:53)
Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis - Alberta (2:56)


disc 2: The 1970s
Son House - Empire State Express (3:41)
Mississippi Fred McDowell - Frisco Lines (3:59)
J.B. Lenoir - If I Get Lucky (2:59)
Skip James - Sickbed Blues (4:06)
R.L. Burnside - Long Haired Doney (2:45)
Furry Lewis - Old Original Furry Lewis Blues (3:46)
Joe Callicott - Lonesome Katy Blues (3:04)
John Jackson - Rocks And Gravel (3:15)
Babe Stovall - Worried Blues (3:33)
Howlin' Wolf - Ain't Goin' Down That Dirt Road #2 (4:20)
Larry Johnson - Four Women Blues (2:33)
Jack Owens - I Love My Baby (4:50)
Johnny Shines - Your Troubles Can't Be Like Mine (4:18)
Brownie McGhee - My Last Suit (3:53)
Juke Boy Bonner - Tired Of The Greyhound Bus (2:26)
Tarheel Slim - So Sweet, So Sweet (3:19)
Tom Shaw - Baby Be A Boy Child Named Him After Me (5:44)
Eddie Taylor - Bullcow Blues (3:10)
Bill Williams - Salty Dog (4:37)
Guitar Shorty - Jessie Jones (3:58)
Rev. Pearly Brown - It's A Mean Old World To Try To Live In (2:24)
Louisiana Red - Dead Stray Dog (3:56)
David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Big Fat Mama (2:56)
Henry Townsend - Can't You See (3:18)


front cover photo (of Big Joe Williams) by Axel Küstner

112-pp. booklet notes by Bill Dahl

Bear Family BCD 17231 (Germany 2014)

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 219
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp. 3, 184, 453
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- p. 202
- Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1970 - A selective discography, Vol. one, A to K.- p. 17-18, 495
- "Shirley Griffith".- Living Blues 19 (Jan./Febr. 1975), p.3
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Jennings Falcon and Marc Claes for additional info

 

J.T. Adams and Shirley Griffith; source: Front cover of Bluesville BVLP 1077
J.T. Adams and Shirley Griffith
source: Front cover of Bluesville BVLP 1077
photographer: Art Rosenbaum

 

J.T. Adams and Shirley Griffith; source: eBay auction of photograph used on the front cover of Bluesville BVLP 1077
J.T. Adams and Shirley Griffith
source: eBay auction of photograph used on the
front cover of Bluesville BVLP 1077 (see picture above)
photographer: Art Rosenbaum

 

Shirley Griffith; source: eBay auction of photograph used on the front cover of Flyright LP 523
Shirley Griffith
source: eBay auction of photograph used on the
front cover of Flyright LP 523 (see picture at the top)
photographer: Art Rosenbaum

 

J.T. Adams and Shirley Griffith; source: Back cover of Flyright LP 523
J.T. Adams and Shirley Griffith
source: Back cover of Flyright LP 523
photographer: Art Rosenbaum

 

Shirley Griffith; source: Back cover of Flyright LP 523
Shirley Griffith
source: Back cover of Flyright LP 523
photographer: Art Rosenbaum

 

 

 

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