Shirley Griffith was an American blues singer and guitarist, mainly based in Indianapolis.
During the 1920s, his friend and mentor Tommy Johnson gave him further guitar instruction and offered to help him get started in a music career, but, by Griffith’s own account, he was too “wild and reckless” in those days.
Griffith later settled in Indianapolis, where he lived for the rest of his life, working in automotive factories.
In 1935, Carr offered to take Griffith to New York for a recording session, but Carr died suddenly, and the trip was never made.
Griffith re-emerged as a musician in the 1960s to record with J. T. Adams and play at festivals with Yank Rachell.
