source: cover of  Blue Goose 2011

Shirley Griffith b. April 26, 1908 near Brandon, Mississippi d. June 18, 1974 in Indianapolis, Indiana discography

source: cover of  Flyright 523; photographer: Art Rosenbaum

This discography is a non-commercial labor-of-love and is in no way associated with any business firm. All I know about the resp. artist's / label's musical output is shown on this page. To purchase out-of-print records I recommend an ebay, gemm or google search. And - sorry for that - I have not the time to answer any e-mails asking me about further information, let alone duplicating out-of-print recordings I happen to own. Stefan Wirz   www.wirz.de Shirley Griffith LPs / CDs # year of release title label # / notes 1 1964 J. T. Adams & Shirley Griffith: Indiana Ave. Blues - Walkin' Blues # - Match Box Blues * - Indiana Avenue Blues (instr) - In The Evening # - "A" Jump (instr) - Oh Mama How I Love You # - 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 (1999) notes by Arthur Rosenbaum Bluesville BVLP 1077 Bluesville discography 2 1965 Shirley Griffith: Saturday Blues - Meet Me In The Bottom - River Line Blues   @ youtube - Shirley's Jump (instr)   @ youtube - Take Me Back to Mama - Saturday Blues - Left Alone Blues - Big Road Blues - Bye Bye Blues   @ youtube - Hard Pill To Swallow   @ youtube - Maggie Campbell Blues - My Baby's Gone rec. c.July 1961 in Indianapolis, IN by Arthur Rosenbaum; Shirley Griffith, voc, g notes by Arthur Rosenbaum Bluesville BVLP 1087 Bluesville discography 3 1973 Shirley Griffith: Mississippi Blues - Shaggy Hound Blues - 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 Blue Goose discography 4 1977 Indianapolis Jump Shirley Griffith & J.T. Adams - Maggie Campbell # - Saturday Blues #   @ youtube - Indianapolis Jump (instr) # - Big Road Blues # Yank Rachell & Shirley Griffith - Mandolin Jump (instr) [] J.T. Adams & Shirley Griffith - Kill It Kid (instr) § - I Don't Feel Welcome * - The Hop Joint (instr) § - Kentucky Guitar Blues * Pete Franklin - Lowdown Dirty Ways - The Fives - Penal Farm Blues Bertha Lee Jones - Spanish Blues Scrapper Blackwell - Little Girl Blues - Cherry James Easly - Big Leg Woman rec. in Indianapolis, IN by Art Rosenbaum; photographs by Art Rosenbaum # rec. September 1960; Shirley Griffith, voc, g; J. T. Adams, g * rec. September 1960; J. T. Adams, g, sp; Shirley Griffith, sp [] rec. June 17, 1964; Yank Rachell, mand, sp; Shirley Griffith, g § rec. June 1, 1966; J. T. Adams, g; Shirley Griffith, g = 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 Flyright discography 5 1999 Down 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 Bluesville discography 6 11/2006 Art 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 dust-digital.com 7 11/2007 Art Of Field Recording Volume I 50 Years of Traditional American Music documented by Art Rosenbaum James 'Yank' Rachell & Shirley Griffith - Peach Orchard Mama [] - Mandolin Stomp (instr) (aka Mandolin Jump) [] [Flyright LP 523] Shirley Griffith - River Line Blues [Bluesville BVLP 1087] - Maggie Campbell Blues [Bluesville BVLP 1087] [] rec. June 17, 1964; Yank Rachell, voc/sp, mand; Shirley Griffith, g 4 CD set 96 page book Dust-to-Digital DTD-08 dust-digital.com 8 1/2009 Art 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 dust-digital.com 9 2010 Dixiefrog 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 Dixiefrog DFGCD8697 Sources / Further reading: - own record collection - 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 source of left column photo: front cover of Bluesville BVLP 1087 (photographer: Art Rosenbaum) thanks to Jennings Falcon for additional info   J.T. Adams and Shirley Griffith; from 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 (see picture above) photographer: Art Rosenbaum   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 photographer: Art Rosenbaum   Shirley Griffith source: back cover of Flyright LP 523 photographer: Art Rosenbaum

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