Buddy Griffin

The brother of Rex Griffin, Pal Griffin spent an excellent component of his career in the shadow of his older sibling. Younger Griffin originally started performing without the encouragement from Rex, experimenting Birmingham, Chattanooga, and Atlanta, frequently teamed up with fiddler Bobby Atchison, guitarist Doug Spivey, upcoming Hee Haw regular Archie Campbell, and guitarist Pete Cassell. Pal Griffin later became a member of his sibling in Dallas at KRLD’s Tx Round-Up inside a combo with Rex, Georgia Slim, and Patty and Patsy Clary (Buddy’s potential wife). Friend Griffin also performed many recording classes in the Dallas region, and produced his documenting debut in the past due ’40s within the Dude label with two tunes, “Misery” and “The Same Rip Twice,” acknowledged to Otis Western & His All-Star Cowboys, which demonstrated the strong impact of his old brother. Through the middle-’50s, when Rex Griffin’s carrying out career is at eclipse, Friend Griffin was still leading a music group and performing frequently, and also started documenting for the small Ekko label. Those edges had the poor fortune to seem just as rock and roll & move was beginning to hit inside a big method, and never experienced much opportunity for achievement. When he wasn’t using his own music group in the Dallas region, much of Friend Griffin’s musical activity focused around documenting demos of his brother’s tunes, including “Shuckin’ Corn,” “Don’t DISCUSS Your Like Affairs if you ask me,” and “The Gods of Like.” In the wake of Rex Griffin’s loss of life in 1958, Friend Griffin became the main guardian of his brother’s legacy.