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 LP 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 - In The Evening # - "A" Jump - Oh Mama How I Love You # - Kansas City * - Bright Street Jump - Done Changed The Lock On My Door # - Blind Lemon's Blues * - Naptown Boogie rec. 1961 in Indianapolis by Arthur Rosenbaum; Shirley Griffith, voc, g; J. T. Adams, voc, g # Shirley Griffith, voc * J. T. Adams, voc notes by Arthur Rosenbaum Bluesville BVLP 1077 Bluesville discography 2 1965 Shirley Griffith: Saturday Blues - Meet Me In The Bottom - River Line Blues - Shirley's Jump - Take Me Back to Mama - Saturday Blues - Left Alone Blues - Big Road Blues - Bye Bye Blues - Hard Pill To Swallow - Maggie Campbell Blues - My Baby's Gone rec. c. July 1961 in Indianapolis 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 - Cool Kind Papa From New Orleans - One Room Coubtry Shack - Bad Luck Blues - Bye Bye Blues - King Of Spades - Maggie Campbell Blues - Flying Eagle Blues rec. around 1972 ín Indianapolis by Nick Perls; Shirley Griffith, voc, g notes by Stephen Calt [having 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 # - Indianapolis Jump # - Big Road Blues # Yank Rachell & Shirley Griffith - Mandolin Jump [] J.T. Adams & Shirley Griffith - Kill It Kid * - I Don't Feel Welcome # - The Hop Joint * - 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. # September 1960 / [] June 17, 1964 / * June 1, 1966 in Indianapolis by Art Rosenbaum; Shirley Griffith, voc, g; J. T. Adams, voc, g Flyright LP 523 Flyright discography 5 1999 The Bluesville Years Vol. 9 "Down the Country Way" J.T. Adams And Shirley Griffith - Match Box Blues - O Mama How I Love You 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 fantasyjazz.com Bluesville discography 6 11/2006 Art Of Field Recording Sampler CD Shirley Griffith - Big Road Blues Dust-to-Digital DTD-06 dust-digital.com 7 11/2007 Art Of Field Recording Vol. I 50 Years Of Traditional American Music Documented By Art Rosenbaum James 'Yank' Rachell & Shirley Griffith - Peach Orchard Mama - Mandolin Stomp Shirley Griffith - River Line Blues - Maggie Campbell Blues 4 CD set 96 page book Dust-to-Digital DTD-08 dust-digital.com 8 1/2009 Art Of Field Recording Vol. II 50 Years Of Traditional American Music Documented By Art Rosenbaum Shirley Griffith - Big Road Blues 4 CD set 96 page book Dust-to-Digital DTD-12 dust-digital.com Sources / Further reading: - own record collection - 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 (J.T. Adams) & 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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