source: cover of  Blue Goose 2011 photographer's name not given

Shirley Griffith b. April 26, 1907 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 The Blues of J. T. Adams and Shirley Griffith indiana ave. blues - Walkin' Blues # - Match Box Blues *   @ youtube - 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 The Blues of 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 = re-released on Dust-to-Digital DTD-08 (2007) notes by Arthur Rosenbaum Bluesville BVLP 1087 Bluesville discography 3 1973 Shirley Griffith: Mississippi Blues - 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 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) Scrapper Blackwell discography Pete Franklin discography Yank Rachell discography 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 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 Rachel & 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 3: 76 (4) Fair and Tender Maidens Lomax, Mary 2:08 Sound Clip for Fair and Tender Maidens from Art of Field Recording, Volume II (4 CD Box) 77 (4) The Bird's Song Sandage, Virgil 1:07 Sound Clip for The Bird's Song from Art of Field Recording, Volume II (4 CD Box) 78 (4) The Elfin Knight Underhill, Anna Sandage 2:37 Sound Clip for The Elfin Knight from Art of Field Recording, Volume II (4 CD Box) 79 (4) Gypsy Davy Gilliam, Stan 1:19 Sound Clip for Gypsy Davy from Art of Field Recording, Volume II (4 CD Box) 80 (4) Black Jack Davy Lomax, Mary 2:05 Sound Clip for Black Jack Davy from Art of Field Recording, Volume II (4 CD Box) 81 (4) Black Jack Davy Rhodes, Ray 1:09 Sound Clip for Black Jack Davy from Art of Field Recording, Volume II (4 CD Box) 82 (4) The Battle of Stone River Parks, Oscar 3:57 Sound Clip for The Battle of Stone River from Art of Field Recording, Volume II (4 CD Box) 83 (4) Froggy Went A-Courting Phillips Wonders 1:44 Sound Clip for Froggy Went A-Courting from Art of Field Recording, Volume II (4 CD Box) 84 (4) The Factory Girl Heekin, Mary 2:41 Sound Clip for The Factory Girl from Art of Field Recording, Volume II (4 CD Box) 85 (4) I'm a Noble Soldier Cook, Jim 1:50 Sound Clip for I'm a Noble Soldier from Art of Field Recording, Volume II (4 CD Box) 86 (4) The Young Man's Lament Underhill, Anna Sandage 2:36 Sound Clip for The Young Man's Lament from Art of Field Recording, Volume II (4 CD Box) 87 (4) The Butcher's Boy Smelser, Vern 1:46 Sound Clip for The Butcher's Boy from Art of Field Recording, Volume II (4 CD Box) 88 (4) Lady Lye Gilbert, Ollie 2:24 Sound Clip for Lady Lye from Art of Field Recording, Volume II (4 CD Box) 89 (4) Lullabies Gilliam, Stan :45 Sound Clip for Lullabies from Art of Field Recording, Volume II (4 CD Box) 90 (4) Utah Carl Gilbert, Ollie 6:09 Sound Clip for Utah Carl from Art of Field Recording, Volume II (4 CD Box) 91 (4) Billy Button Moore, Mary Ruth 2:11 Sound Clip for Billy Button from Art of Field Recording, Volume II (4 CD Box) 92 (4) Ring Plays Ellison, Oneitha & Group 4:31 Sound Clip for Ring Plays from Art of Field Recording, Volume II (4 CD Box) 93 (4) Mohawk Love Song Lazore, Misterr & Missus 1:57 Sound Clip for Mohawk Love Song from Art of Field Recording, Volume II (4 CD Box) 94 (4) Shenandoah Gerrard, Alice 1:43 Sound Clip for Shenandoah from Art of Field Recording, Volume II (4 CD Box) 95 (4) Two Little Boys Brown, Greg [16] & Lala 3:34 Sound Clip for Two Little Boys from Art of Field Recording, Volume II (4 CD Box) 96 (4) Down in the Arkansas Lomax, Mary 1:32 Sound Clip for Down in the Arkansas from Art of Field Recording, Volume II (4 CD Box) 97 (4) I'll Drink and Be Jolly Loggins, Bonnie 1:13 Sound Clip for I'll Drink and Be Jolly from Art of Field Recording, Volume II (4 CD Box) 98 (4) We'll March Around the Wall Barnes, Brady "Doc" 1:32 Sound Clip for We'll March Around the Wall from Art of Field Recording, Volume II (4 CD Box) 99 (4) John Came Home Smelser, Vern 3:09 Sound Clip for John Came Home from Art of Field Recording, Volume II (4 CD Box) 100 (4) The Farm Out West Kimmett, Margaret 2:09 Sound Clip for The Farm Out West from Art of Field Recording, Volume II (4 CD Box) 101 (4) Frankie and Johnny Rhodes, Ray 1:55 Sound Clip for Frankie and Johnny from Art of Field Recording, Volume II (4 CD Box) 102 (4) The Farmer's Son Reedy, Della Mae 2:11 Sound Clip for The Farmer's Son from Art of Field Recording, Volume II (4 CD Box) 103 (4) The Famous Wedding Thacker, Maude 1:28 Sound Clip for The Famous Wedding from Art of Field Recording, Volume II (4 CD Box) 104 (4) Sail Away, Lady/Greenback [Medley] Gilliam, Stan 1:42 Sound Clip for Sail Away, Lady/Greenback [Medley] from Art of Field Recording, Volume II (4 CD Box) 105 (4) The Lame Soldier Parks, Sudie 2:31 Sound Clip for The Lame Soldier from Art of Field Recording, Volume II (4 CD Box) 106 (4) Pearl Bryan Parks, Oscar 3:54 Sound Clip for Pearl Bryan from Art of Field Recording, Volume II (4 CD Box) 107 (4) Sing, Sing, What'll I Sing? Loggins, Bonnie James 'Yank' Rachell & Shirley Griffith - - Mandolin Stomp (instr) (aka Mandolin Jump) [] [Flyright LP 523] [] rec. June 17, 1964; Yank Rachell, voc/sp, mand; Shirley Griffith, g Yank Rachell discography 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 Yank Rachell discography 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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