Buck Griffin
Albert C. "Buck" Griffin ( born February 23, 1923 in Corsicana, Texas, † February 14, 2009 in Sayre, Oklahoma ) was an American country and rockabilly musician who began his career in the 1950s.
- 2.1 Singles
- 2.2 albums
- 3.1 Notes and references
- 3.2 External links
Life
Childhood and youth
Buck Griffin grew up in Oklahoma and Missouri. Nicknamed "Buck" (English for goat or donkey) he received from his father. At twelve, he learned to play guitar, a few years later, he founded his first band to perform at school events. After school, he worked in the oil fields in Kansas, where he appeared in Honky Tonks. At the same time he got his own nightly radio program on radio station WKY.
Career
After the death of country stars Hank Williams, who influenced strongly Griffin, he met Joe Leonard, the owner of a radio station in Gainesville, Texas, as well as the Lin Records. Griffin signed with him and in 1954 he became its first two albums, I Do not Make No Nevermind and Meadowlark Boogie, in the studio of the radio station WFAA in Dallas on. However, these remained largely unnoticed by the public. His next plates but were successful and Griffin made this possible with stars like Red Foley and Marty Robbins occur. In his radio singles were briefly among the most played singles. As a songwriter, but Griffin was far more successful. His Let's Elope Baby was taken successfully by Rockabillystars as Wade Ray and Janis Martin. After an appearance in the Big D Jamboree Griffin was taken from the MGM Records. There he developed towards the rockabilly and published today classics such as the Stutterin dad. In addition, he has performed with the late country star Conway Twitty.
1960, the contract ran out at the MGM Records; then he took on some minor plates for various small labels. Until the late 1970s, he published title, after which he sat down to rest. In his last years, Griffin had increasingly struggling with health problems.
Buck Griffin died on 14 February 2009 at the age of 85 in a hospital in Sayre, Oklahoma.
Discography
Singles
- Broken Heart With Alimony