Arthur Griswold
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Toledo, Ohio, USA blues guitar player & vocalist (born 1939 - died 2003). Brother and band-mate of Roman Griswold, who grew up as one of 13 children in a family of sharecroppers near Pine Bluff, Ark. His musical career had humble beginnings. He started plucking out melodies as a boy on a wire nailed to the wall, changing the pitch using a glass bottle. At 14, he bought his first guitar for $14 and played blues throughout his teenage years in Little Rock. He planned to relocate to Detroit in 1957, but stopped in Toledo to visit relatives. He ended up sharing the stage with Little Walter, the renowned harmonica player, and decided to set down roots there. He played the blues for several years with his sister Gladys, and brother Roman. The three siblings played in the house band at Hines Farm during the late 1950s and early 1960s, when the famous blues club in Swanton Township drew acts like B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, and Freddie King. Mr. Griswold owned several bars in Toledo during the 1960s. In the 1970s, he and Roman played all over the area as The Griswolds. They both sang and Roman played piano. Other musicians rotated in and out of the band over the years.