Rex Griffin

Alsie Griffin, *12-08-1912 Gadsden AL, +07-10-1958
By Tony Russell (in Country Discography 1921-42), Michel Ruppli, Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
25 March 1935 Chicago, IL – Rex Griffin (Johnny Mottlow [banjo])
001 C 9867 WHY SHOULD I CARE IF YOU’RE LONELY Decca 5118/ BCD-15911
002 C 9868 BLUE EYES LULLABY 5089/ BCD-15911
003 C 9869 JUST FOR THE OLD TIMES SAKE 5147/ BCD-15911
004 C 9870 LOVE CALL YODEL 5088/ BCD-15911
25 March 1935 Chicago, IL – Rex Griffin (Johnny Mottlow [banjo])
005 C 9871 I DON’T LOVE ANYBODY BUT YOU 5089/ BCD-15911
006 C 9872 THE TRAIL TO HOME SWEET HOME 5088/ BCD-15911
007 C 9873 LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART 5147/ BCD-15911
008 C 9874 MEAN WOMAN BLUES 5118/ BCD-15911
009 C 9875 DIXIELAND SWEETHEART unissued/ BCD-15911
010 C 9876 DOWN IN ALABAMA unissued/BCD-15911
2 March 1936 Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans, LA – Rex Griffin (solo)
011 NO-60600 EVERYBODY TRYIN‘ TO BE MY BABY 5294/ BCD-15911
012 NO-60601 IF YOU CALL THAT GONE, GOOD BYE 5250/ BCD-15911
013 NO-60602 THE YODELIN‘ COWBOY’S LAST SONG 5395 Minerva M-14064/ BCD-15911
014 NO-60603 I LOVE YOU NELLIE 5250/ BCD-15911
015 NO-60604 I’M JUST PASSING THROUGH 5202/ BCD-15911
016 NO-60605 I’M READY TO REFORM 5294/ BCD-15911
017 NO-60606 THE WALKING BLUES 5227/ BCD-15911
018 NO-60607 AN OLD FADED PHOTOGRAPH 5269/ BCD-15911
019 NO-60608 SITTING ON THE OLD SETTEE 5202/ BCD-15911
020 NO-60609 SWEET MAMA HURRY HOME 5395/ BCD-15911
19 March 1936 Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans, LA – Rex Griffin (? [gt])
021 NO-60830 WOULD YOU LEAVE ME ALONE, LITTLE DARLING 5227/ BCD-15911
022 NO-60831 THE LAST LOVE CALL YODEL 5269/ BCD-15911
13 May 1937 Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th St., New York City - Rex Griffin
023 62194 THE LAST LETTER 5383 Minerva M-14106 Coral 64007/ BCD-15911
024 62195 OVER THE RIVER 5383 Minerva M-14107/ BCD-15911
25 September 1939 Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th St., New York City - Rex Griffin (Ted Brooks [gt/harm vcl], Smitty Smith [bass])
025 66650 ANSWER TO THE LAST LETTER 5745 Minerva M-14106/ BCD-15911
026 66651 MY HILLBILLY BABY 5770/ BCD-15911
027 66652 I THINK I’LL GIVE UP (IT¢S ALL OVER NOW) 5814/ BCD-15911
028 66653 BEYOND THE LAST MILE 5764/ BCD-15911
029 66654 JUST PARTNERS 5745 Minerva M-14107/ BCD-15911
030 66655 THE LOVESICK BLUES 5770 Coral 64007/ BCD-15911
031 66656 I LOVE YOU AS BEFORE 5814/ BCD-15911
032 66657 I’LL NEVER TELL YOU THAT I LOVE YOU 5786/ BCD-15911
033 66658 NOBODY WANTS TO BE MY BABY 5786/ BCD-15911
034 66659 MAYBE YOU’LL THINK ABOUT ME 5798/ BCD-15911
035 66660 YOU GOT TO GO TO WORK 5798/ BCD-15911
036 66661 AN OLD ROSE AND A CURL 5764./ BCD-15911
1944 [transcriptions] unknown – Rex Griffin
03601 EVERYBODY¢S TRYING TO BE MAY BABY BCD-15911
03602 I DON¢T LOVE ANYBODY BUT YOU BCD-15911
03603 I¢M JUST PASSING THROUGH BCD-15911
03604 LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART BCD-15911
03605 I¢M READY TO REFORM BCD-15911
03606 JUST FOR OLD TIME'S SAKE BCD-15911
03607 THE WALKIN' BLUES BCD-15911
03608 AN OLD FADED PHOTOGRAPH BCD-15911
03609 THE TRAIL TO HOME SWEET HOME BCD-15911
03610 NOBODY WANTS TO BE MY BABY BCD-15911
03611 MEAN WOMAN BLUES BCD-15911
03612 WHY SHOULD I CARE OF YOU'RE LONESOME AND BLUE BCD-15911
03613 I LOVE YOU NELLIE BCD-15911
03614 YUM YUM BLUES BCD-15911
03615 TOODLE DOO SWEET MAMA BCD-15911
03616 TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE BCD-15911
03617 THAT OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE BCD-15911
03618 BLUE EYES LULLABY BCD-15911
03619 THE YODELIN' COWBOY'S LAST SONG BCD-15911
03620 LOVE CALL YODEL BCD-15911
ca. February 1947 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewester Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Rex Griffin
037 K2397 HOW CAN I BE SURE King 584/ BCD-15911
038 K2398/D775 I‘M CRYING INSIDE DeLuxe 5061/ BCD-15911
039 K2399 I DON’T MEAN TO BE MEAN King 594/ BCD-15911
040 K2400/D776 DON’T YOU KNOW ME ANYMORE Federal 45-10009
041 K2401/D777 A THOUSEND TIMES OR MORE DeLuxe 5061/ BCD-15911
042 K2402 HEART TO HEART Federal 45-10009
043 K2403 I'M FREE AS THE BREEZE King 584/ BCD-15911
044 K2404 I LOST AGAIN King 594/ BCD-15911

ALBUMS
Bear Family [GER] BCD-15911 Last Letter: Why Should I Care If You're Blue; Blue Eyes Lullaby; Just For Old Times Sake; Love Call Yodel; I Don't Love Anybody But You; Trail to Home Sweet Home; Let Me Call You Sweetheart Again; Mean Woman Blues; Dixieland Sweetheart; Down in Old Alabama; Everybody's Tryin' to Be My Baby; If You Call That Gone Goodbye; Yodeling Cowboy's Last Song; I Love Yo Nellie; I'm Just Passing Through; I'm Ready to Reform; Walkin' Blues; An Old Faded Photograph; Sittin' on the Old Settee; Sweet Mama Hurry Home; Would You Leave Me Alone, Little Darling; Last Love Call Yodel; Last Letter; Over the River; Answer to 'The Last Letter'; My Hillbilly Baby; I Think I'll Give up (It's All Over Now); Beyond the Last Mile; Just Partners; Lovesick Blues; I Love You as Before; I'll Never Tell You That I Love You; Nobody Wants to Be My Baby; Maybe You'll Think About Me; You Got to Go to Work; Old Rose and a Curl; Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby; I Don't Love Anybody But You; I'm Just Passing Through; Let Me Call You Sweetheart; I'm Ready to Reform; Just For Old Time's Sake; Walkin' Blues; An Old Faded Photograph; Trail to Home Sweet Home; Nobody Wants to Be My Baby; Mean Woman Blues; Why Should I Care If You're Blue; I Love You Nellie; Yum Yum Blues; Toodle-Oo Sweet Mama; Too Good to Be True; That Old Sweetheart of Mine; Blue Eyes Lullaby; Yodeling Cowboy's Last Song; Love Call Yodel; How Can I Be Sure I'm Crying Inside; I Don't Mean to Be Mean; A Thousand Times or More; I'm Free as the Breeze; I Lost Again; [Buddy Griffin:] Misery; Same Tear Twice; Last Letter; No Love, No Heartaches; If You Call That Gone Goodbye; You Got to Go to Work; Gods of Love; Shuckin' Corn; High and Dry; Don't Talk About You Love; Don't Hold Your Breath; My Carolina Mountain Home; Let Me Walk Along Beside You; Just Wait and See; Bartender's Girl; Red Rose, A Bouquet or a Roomful – 25-12-99 (3CD)

BACM [UK] CD D 651 The Lovesick Blues: Everybody’s Tryin’ To Be My Baby; I’m Ready To Reform;  If You Call That Gone Goodbye; I Love You Nellie; An Old Faded Photograph; Last Love Call Yodel; Would You Leave Me Alone Little Darlin’; Walkin’ Blues; An Old Rose And A Curl; Beyond The Last Mile; My Hill Billy Baby; The Lovesick Blues; Just Partners; The Last Letter; Answer To The Last Letter; Over The River; Sweet Mama Hurry Home; Yodeling Cowboy’s Last Song; I Love You As Before; I Think I’ll Give Up It’s All Over; You Got To Go To Work; Maybe You’ll Think About Me; I’m Just Passin’ Through; Sittin’ On The Old Settee; Love Call Yodel; Trail To Home Sweet Home – 12-19

SINGLES
Decca (1935-39)
5088 Love Call Yodel / Trail To Home Sweet Home - 04-35
5089 I Don't Love Anybody But You / Blue Eyes Lullaby - 04-35
5118 Why Should I Care If You're Lonely / Mean Woman Blues - 07-35
5147 Just For Old Times Sake / Let Me Call You Sweetheart Again - 10-35
5202 I'm Just Passing Through / Setting On The Old Settee - 04-36
5227 Walking Blues / Would You Leave Me Alone - 06-36
5250 I Love You, Nellie / If You Call That Gone Good - 08-36
5269 Old Faded Photograph / Last Love Call Yodel - 10-36
5294 Everybody Tryin' To Be My Baby / I'm Ready To Reform - 11-36
5383 The Last Letter / Over The River - 06-37
5395 Yodeling Cowboy's Last Song / Sweet Mama, Hurry Home - 07-37
5745 Answer To Last Letter / Just Partners - 11-39
5764 An Old Rose And A Curl / Beyond The Last Mile - 12-39
5770 Lovesick Blues / My Hill Billy Baby - 12-39
5786 I'll Never Tell You / Nobody Wants To Be My Baby - 01-40
5798 You Got To Go To Work / Maybe You'll Think Bout Me - 02-40
5814 I Think I'll Give Up / I Love You As Before - 03-40
64007 The Last Letter / Lovesick Blues - 49 (reissue, released on Coral)
King (1946-?)
584 How Can I Be Sure / I'm Free As The Breeze – 47
594 I Lost Again / I Don't Mean To Be Mean – 47
5061 I'm Crying Inside / A Thousand Times Or More – 49 (released on Deluxe)
45-10009 Don't You Know Me Anymore / Heart To Heart - 51 (released on Federal)