He is best known for his recordings, "Walkin' Blues" and "Bad Luck Blues".
Griffith was born in Brandon, Mississippi.
He died from heart disease in Indianapolis in June 1974, at the age of 66 Griffith was a Mississippi born bluesman who performed most of his life in Indianapolis.
This track, from 'Saturday Blues' LPs (1965) "is a two-line blues probably the earliest form of the Blues, Shirley and others boys in Jackson (MS) 'put it together' not a long time after the first World War.