 |  discography of Bengt Olsson b. May 27, 1949 in Helsingborg, Sweden d. January 19, 2008 in Malmö, Sweden recordings | |  Bengt Olsson in front of his shop "Gray's" in Malmö, Sweden, c. 1998/99 photo courtesy of Scott Barretta |
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| 1 | 1972 | Southern Comfort Country Lottie Merle [real name: Lattie Murrell] - When A Gal Cross The Bottom Perry Tillis - Kennedy Moan @youtube David Johnson - Train Imitation William Floyd - Why Did I Have To Leave Cairo @ youtube @ Spotify Lottie Merle [real name: Lattie Murrell] - Spoonful @ youtube @ Spotify Perry Tillis - Soon One Morning @ youtube Lottie Merle [real name: Lattie Murrell] - Blues For Mattie Mae @ youtube @ Spotify Memphis Piano Red - Dupree Blues Lum Guffin & Bill Barth - Minglewood Blues @ youtube Perry Tillis - Too Close @youtube @ Spotify Lottie Merle [real name: Lattie Murrell] - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl @ youtube David Johnson - Let The Nation Be Free William Floyd - Every Time I Need You Baby Joe Townsend & Bill Barth - Take Your Burdens To The Lord @ youtube @ Spotify Perry Tillis - Motherless Children Lincoln Jackson - What You Want Your Daddy To Do all tracks rec. by Bengt Olsson rec. June-September 1971 in Somerville, TN; Lattie Murrell, voc, g rec. June-September 1971 in Tennessee; Lum Guffin, voc, g rec. June-September 1971 in Memphis, TN; Memphis Piano Red, voc, p
notes by Bengt Olsson Flyright Records discography |
| 2 | 1973 | Lum Guffin: Walking Victrola Flyright LP 503 / Flyright FLYCD 58 track sequence: - Railroad Blues # - Mean Old Frisco - Key To The Highway - Jack Of Diamonds @ youtube @ Spotify - Moaning & Groaning Blues # - Make Me A Pallet On The Floor - St. Louis Blues - My Little Machine - Johnny Wilson [2:31] # [3:43] @ youtube - On The Road Again # - Dust My Broom * Mississippi MRP-056 / Sutro Park SP-1031 track sequence: - Jack O Diamonds - Moanin And Groanin Blues - Railroad Blues - Key To The Highway - On The Road Again - Johnny Wilson - Menglewood Blues - Mean Old Frisco - St. Louis Blues - My Little Machine - Make Me A Pallet On The Floor - Old Time Piece rec. 1973 by Bengt Olsson; Lum Guffin, voc, g acc. by Bill Barth, g on some tracks and * slide g Mississippi MRP-056 / Sutro Park SP-1031 cover woodcut by Trish Tripp
notes by Bill Barth # Flyright FLYCD 58
Flyright Records discography |
| 3 | 1975 | LOTTIE MERLE [real name: Lattie Murrell] - Howlin' In The Moonlight @ youtube - Catfish @ youtube rec. June-September 1971 in Somerville, TN by Bengt Olsson; Lattie Murrell, voc, g
Flyright Records discography |
| 4 | 1979 | Old Country Blues Lattie Merle [real name: Lattie Murrell] - When A Gal Cross The Bottom [different version to that on Flyright LP 501] [re-released on Flyright CD 58 ???] Dewey Corley - Fool's Blues [re-released on Flyright CD 58] @ Spotify Perry Tillis - Tell Me Why You Like Roosevelt [re-released on Flyright CD 58] Lum Guffin - Old Country Blues # [re-released on Flyright CD 58] Lincoln Jackson - Loping Blues [re-released on Flyright CD 58] @youtube Walter Miller - Hop's Boogie [re-released on Flyright CD 58] Lum Guffin, John Mitchell & McKenzie - Sally Got A Big Leg * [re-released on Flyright CD 58] Perry Tillis - The Man From Galilee Ashley Thompson - Sweet Peace [re-released on Flyright CD 58] Walter Miller - Sherman's Blues [re-released on Flyright CD 58] Perry Tillis - God Don't Like It Othar Broadnax - Don't The Peaches Look Mellow [re-released on Flyright CD 58] Lincoln Jackson - Big Fat Mama unknown - Getting That Stuff Lum Guffin, Hallie Massey & Plez Rivers - Do You Know Him [] field recordings 1969-1974 in Tennessee and Alabama by Bengt Olsson # rec. 1974; Lum Guffin, mandolin; Bill Barth, g * rec. 1974; Lum Guffin, fife; John Mitchell, bass dr; McKenzie, snare dr [] rec. 1974; Lum Guffin, fife; Hallie Massey, voc, bass dr; Plez (Williamson) Rivers [notes: "father of Homesick James"], snare dr
notes by Bengt Olsson some tracks on Flyright FLYCD 58 Flyright Records discography |
| 5 | 1997 | On The Road Again Country Blues 1969-1974 - When A Gal Cross The Bottom - Lattie Murrell [Flyright LP 501 or 537 ?] - Railroad Blues - Lum Guffin (Germany) [Flyright LP 503] - Spoonful - Lattie Murrell [Flyright LP 501] - Blues For Mattie Mae - Lattie Murrell [Flyright LP 501] @ youtube - Johnny Wilson - Lum Guffin (voc, g) [Flyright LP 503] [2:31] - On The Road Again - Lum Guffin (voc, g) [Flyright LP 503] - Loping Blues - Lincoln Jackson [Flyright LP 537] @youtube - Kennedy Moan - Perry Tillis [Flyright LP 501] - Tell Me Why You Like Roosevelt - Perry Tillis [Flyright LP 537] - Why Did I Have To Leave Cairo? - William Floyd Davis [Flyright LP 501] - Sweet Peace - Ashley Thompson [Flyright LP 537] - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Lattie Murrell [Flyright LP 501] - Old Country Blues - Lum Guffin (mandolin) [Flyright LP 537] - Denomination Blues - Perry Tillis [previously unreleased] - Take Your Burdens To The Lord - Joe Townsend [Flyright LP 501] - Moaning And Groaning Blues - Lum Guffin (voc, g) [Flyright LP 503] - Stuttgart, Arkansas - Walter Miller [previously unreleased] - Last Night - Dewey Corley [previously unreleased] - Sherman's Blues - Walter Miller [Flyright LP 537] - Fool's Blues - Dewey Corley [Flyright LP 537] @ Spotify - Hop's Boogie - Walter Miller [Flyright LP 537] - Don't The Peaches Look Mellow - Othar Broadnax [Flyright LP 537] - Sally Got A Big Leg - The Fife And Drum Band Of The United Sons And Daughters Of Zion Chapter 9 (Lum Guffin, fife) [Flyright LP 537] rec. by Bengt Olsson photos by Bengt Olsson
notes by Bengt Olsson Flyright Records discography |
This compilation [Old Country Blues Vol. 1] is the first in many releases that will showcase this library." (Birdman Records) | ||
| 6 | 2005 | Old Country Blues Vol. 1 - Stuttgart Arkansas - Walter Miller [Flyright FLYCD 58] @ Spotify - Jack Of Diamonds - Lum Guffin [Flyright 503] @ Spotify - Spoonful - Lattie Murrell [Flyright 501] @ Spotify - Too Close - Bishop Perry Tillis [Flyright 501] @ Spotify - Loping Blues - Lincoln Jackson [Flyright 537] @youtube - Take Your Burdens To The Lord - Joe Townsend [Flyright 501] @ Spotify - Sally Got A Big Leg - Fife And Drum Band Of The United Sons And Daughters Of Zion Chapter Nine [Flyright 537] @ Spotify - Blues For Mattie Mae - Lattie Murrell [Flyright 501] @ youtube - Denomination Blues - Bishop Perry Tillis [Flyright FLYCD 58] @ Spotify - Fool's Blues - Dewey Corley [Flyright 537] @ Spotify - Why Did I Have To Leave Cairo? - William Davis Floyd [Flyright 501] @ Spotify - Sweet Peace - Ashley Thompson [Flyright 537] @ Spotify - Old Country Blues - Lum Guffin [Flyright 537] @ Spotify rec. by Bengt Olsson
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| 7 | 2006 | Bishop Perry Tillis - God Don't Like It [Flyright 537] - Too Close [Flyright 501] @youtube - Kennedy Moan [Flyright 501] @youtube - Look Out Liar [previously unreleased] - That's All (Denomination Blues) [Flyright FLYCD 58] @youtube - Soon One Morning [Flyright 501] - Nobody's Fault But Mine [previously unreleased] @youtube - What Is This [previously unreleased] - Tell Me Why You Like Roosevelt [Flyright 537] - Rich Girl, Poor Girl [previously unreleased] - Do You Know The Man (aka The Man From Galilee) [Flyright 537] @youtube rec. by Bengt Olsson
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| 8 | 2010 | Wolf's At The Door @ youtube (full album)Lost Recordings From The Spirits Of The South - Johnny Wilson - Lum Guffin [3:43] [Flyright 503] @ youtube - Sherman's Blues - Walter Miller [Flyright 537] - Somewhere To Lay My Head - Bishop Perry Tillis [previously unreleased] - Jesus Has Never Left Me Alone - Cleo Williams & Howard Williams [previously unreleased] @youtube - Sweet Peace - Ashley Thompson [Flyright 537] @ youtube - Take Your Burdens To The Lord - Joe Townsend & Bill Barth [Flyright 501] @ youtube - Stuttgart, Ark - Dewey Corley & Walter Miller [previously unreleased] @ youtube - He's Calling Me - Bootlegger's Quartet [previously unreleased] - Wolf's At Your Door - Lattie Murrell [previously unreleased] @ youtube - 40 Days And 40 Nights - David Johnson & Guitar Sam @ youtube - Moan - Lonnie Fuqua [previously unreleased] - The Soul Of A Man - David Johnson [previously unreleased] field recordings produced during the late 60s/early 70s by Bengt Olsson artwork by Nathaniel Russell
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| 9 | 1/2014 | Live At The Bootleggers Featuring Lattie Murrell and William Floyd Davis - When A Gal Cross The Bottom - Lattie Murrell [Flyright LP 501] - Spoonful - Lattie Murrell [Flyright LP 501] - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Lattie Murrell [Flyright LP 501] - Howlin' In The Moonlight - Lattie Murrell [Flyright 45.001] - Blues For Mattie Mae - Lattie Murrell [Flyright LP 501] - Lookin' Down The Road - William Floyd Davis [previously unissued] - The Capt'n - William Floyd Davis [previously unissued] - Why Did I Have To Leave Cairo - William Floyd Davis [Flyright FLYCD 58] - Catfish Blues - Lattie Murrell [Flyright 45.001] - Rock Me Baby - Bootlegger with Bill Barth [previously unissued] - Getting That Stuff - Bootlegger [Flyright FLY 537?] - Bottle Up And Go - Bootlegger Quartet with Bill Barth [Birdman BMR 036] - He's Callin' Me - Bootlegger Quartet [Sutro Park SP 1003] - Cummins Prison Farm - Bootlegger [previously unissued] rec. 1971 live at a bootlegger's homebase in Fayette County, TN by Bengt Olsson illustrations by Cameron Forsley notes by Bengt Olsson |
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Sources / Further reading: - own record collection - eBay auctions - diverse internet resources thanks to Snežana Lazarević, Ulf Bergenblad and Scott Barretta for additional info / scans
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