The Griffin Brothers

Located in Washington, DC, around Jimmy and Ernest ‘Buddy’ Griffin from Norfolk, Virginia, the Griffin Brothers Orchestra comprised Jimmy on trombone, Buddy on piano, Wilbur Dyer and Virgil Wilson on saxophone, with Jimmy Reeves and Emmett ‘Nab’ Shields on bass and drums. Introduced to Randy Hardwood in 1950, the music group began documenting for his label Dot Information; their biggest strikes were the music of the vocalists Margie Time – ‘Street-Walkin’ Daddy’ and ‘Small Red Rooster’, amongst others – and Tommy Dark brown – ‘Tra-La-La’ and ‘Weepin’ & Cryin’’. Throughout a tour from the south in Apr 1950, Jimmy and Pal had been asked to take part in the Roy Dark brown program for DeLuxe that led to his biggest strike, ‘Hard Good luck Blues’. Nevertheless, they returned with their very own band, which right now included Noble ‘Thin Guy’ W on tenor saxophone, and documented with Dot Information until they split in 1954. The brothers each produced their very own solo recordings for Dot following the break up, and consequently, Jimmy visited Atco Information in NY, while Buddy got some achievement in Chicago for the Chess Information label with vocalist Claudia Swann.