 source: Back cover of Flyright 503; photographer: Bengt Olsson (the guitar is a Gibson Melody Maker) |  Lum Guffin Columbus Guffin Jr. b. April 22, 1902 in Bartlett, Shelby County, Tennessee d. November 27, 1993 at home in Memphis, Tennessee buried at Prosperity Missionary Baptist Cemetery, Egypt, Tennessee discography |  Front cover of Mississippi MRP-056/Sutro Park SP-1031 woodcut by Trish Tripp |
| # | year of release | title / label / notes |
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| 1 | 1972 | Southern Comfort Country Lottie Merle [real name: Lattie Murrell] - When A Gal Cross The Bottom (3:21) [Flyright FLYCD 58] @ youtube Perry Tillis - Kennedy Moan [Flyright FLYCD 58] @ youtube David Johnson - Train Imitation William Floyd - Why Did I Have To Leave Cairo [Flyright FLYCD 58, Birdman-a-phone] @ youtube @ Spotify Lottie Merle - Spoonful [Flyright FLYCD 58, Birdman-a-phone] @ youtube @ Spotify Perry Tillis - Soon One Morning @ youtube Lottie Merle - Blues For Mattie Mae [Flyright FLYCD 58] @ youtube @ Spotify Memphis Piano Red - Dupree Blues @ youtube Lum Guffin & Bill Barth - Minglewood Blues # @ youtube Perry Tillis - Too Close [Birdman-a-phone] @youtube @ Spotify Lottie Merle - 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 [Birdman-a-phone] @ 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 Tennessee; Lum Guffin, voc, g; Bill Barth, g
notes (September 1972) by Bengt Olsson Bengt Olsson recordings 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
Bengt Olsson recordings discography |
| - titles ??? - discussion of left hand position on the guitar rec. 1974 by Stephan Michelson (a/k/a Delta X); Lum Guffin, voc, g, mand unissued | ||
| 3 | 1979 | Old Country Blues Lattie Merle [real name: Lattie Murrell] - When A Gal Cross The Bottom (alt tk) || [different version to that on Flyright LP 501/CD 58] [Sutro Park SP 1024L] Dewey Corley - Fool's Blues [Flyright CD 58] @ youtube @ Spotify Perry Tillis - Tell Me Why You Like Roosevelt [Flyright CD 58] @ youtube Lum Guffin - Old Country Blues # [Flyright CD 58] @ youtube Lincoln Jackson - Loping Blues [Flyright CD 58] @youtube @ Spotify Walter Miller - Hop's Boogie [Flyright CD 58] Lum Guffin, John Mitchell & McKenzie - Sally Got A Big Leg * [Flyright CD 58] @ youtube Perry Tillis - The Man From Galilee @ youtube Ashley Thompson - Sweet Peace [Flyright CD 58] @ youtube Walter Miller - Sherman's Blues [Flyright CD 58] @ youtube Perry Tillis - God Don't Like It @ youtube Othar Broadnax - Don't The Peaches Look Mellow [Flyright CD 58] @ youtube 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. 1971 "one Friday night at a bootlegger's house outside Somerville, Tennessee"; Lattie Murrell, voc, g # 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 # * Flyright FLYCD 58 Bengt Olsson recordings discography |
| 4 | 1979 | Way Back Yonder ... Original Country Blues Volume 1 Memphis & Brownsville, Tennessee (1976-1978) Charley Sangster - The Dirty Dozen (2:07) @ youtube @ Spotify - Peach Tree Blues (2:11) @ Spotify Hammie Nixon - Viola Lee Blues (2:55) @ youtube @ Spotify Walter Cooper - Baby Please Don't Go (2:26) @ youtube @ Spotify Hammie Nixon - Ida Mae (4:21) @ youtube @ Spotify Lum Guffin - Roll And Tumble Blues (4:36) # @ youtube @ Spotify - Casey Jones (3:06) # @ youtube @ Spotify Willie Borum - 61 Highway (2:44) @ youtube @ Spotify John (Memphis Piano Red) Williams - Cow Cow Blues (2:45) @ youtube @ Spotify - How Long Blues (4:16) @ youtube @ Spotify originally unissued track from same session: John (Memphis Piano Red) Williams - William's Boogie (3:29) @ youtube @ Spotify # rec. August 8, 1978 in Guffin's yard in Memphis, TN by Gianni Marcucci; Lum Guffin voc, g front cover photo (depicting Charley Sangster) by Gianni Marcucci
notes by Gianni Marcucci
Albatros Records discography |
| 5 | 1979 | I Got The Blues This Morning Charley Sangster - Dreamed Eyes Woman - Kokomo Blues Lum Guffin - Louise (3:58) # - Baby Please Don't Go (2:10) # John Williams - Mr. Freddy Blues Charley Taylor - The Blues So Bad Eugene Powell - Greenville Boogie - I Got The Blues And I Can't Be Satisfied James Thomas - Mama Don't Allow - Bumble Bee Blues Lonzo Burkes - Louisiana Blues Eugene Powell - Big Fat Mama William Diamond - Stop Your Crying Sam Chatmon - Falling Out Eddie Cusic [name misspelled "Eddie Quesie"] - You Better Stop Arguing Over Me Wallace Johnson - After Hours Van Hunt - Mississippi River Blues Clay Pittman - I Got The Blues This Morning Asie Payton - Blind Man # rec. August 8, 1978 in Guffin's yard in Memphis, TN by Gianni Marcucci; Lum Guffin voc, g notes by Gianni Marcucci Albatros Records discography |
| 6 | 1997 | On The Road Again Country Blues 1969-1974 - When A Gal Cross The Bottom - Lattie Murrell [Flyright 501] - Railroad Blues - Lum Guffin (Germany) [Flyright 503] @ youtube - Spoonful - Lattie Murrell - Blues For Mattie Mae - Lattie Murrell - Johnny Wilson - Lum Guffin (voc, g) [2:31] [Flyright 537] [3:43] @ youtube - On The Road Again - Lum Guffin (voc, g) [Flyright LP 503] @ youtube - Loping Blues - Lincoln Jackson - Kennedy Moan - Perry Tillis - Tell Me Why You Like Roosevelt - Perry Tillis - Why Did I Have To Leave Cairo? - William Floyd Davis - Sweet Peace - Ashley Thompson - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Lattie Murrell - Old Country Blues - Lum Guffin (mandolin) [Flyright 537] @ youtube @ Spotify - Denomination Blues - Perry Tillis - Take Your Burdens To The Lord - Joe Townsend - Moaning And Groaning Blues - Lum Guffin (voc, g) [Flyright 503] @ youtube - Stuttgart, Arkansas - Walter Miller - Last Night - Dewey Corley - Sherman's Blues - Walter Miller - Fool's Blues - Dewey Corley - Hop's Boogie - Walter Miller - Don't The Peaches Look Mellow - Othar Broadnax - Sally Got A Big Leg - The Fife And Drum Band Of The United Sons And Daughters Of Zion Chapter 9 (Lum Guffin, fife) [Flyright 537] @ Spotify all tracks rec. by Bengt Olsson photos by Bengt Olsson notes by Bengt Olsson Bengt Olsson recordings discography |
| 7 | 2005 | Old Country Blues Vol. 1 - Stuttgart Arkansas - Walter Miller - Jack Of Diamonds - Lum Guffin [Flyright 503] @ youtube @ Spotify - Spoonful - Lattie Murrell - Too Close - Bishop Perry Tillis - Loping Blues - Lincoln Jackson - Take Your Burdens To The Lord - Joe Townsend - 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 - Denomination Blues - Bishop Perry Tillis - Fool's Blues - Dewey Corley - Why Did I Have To Leave Cairo? - William Davis Floyd - Sweet Peace - Ashley Thompson - Old Country Blues - Lum Guffin [Flyright 537] @ Spotify rec. by Bengt Olsson
Bengt Olsson recordings discography |
| 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 - Somewhere To Lay My Head - Bishop Perry Tillis - Jesus Has Never Left Me Alone - Cleo Williams & Howard Williams - Sweet Peace - Ashley Thompson - Take Your Burdens To The Lord - Joe Thownsend & Bill Barth - Stuttgart, Ark - Dewey Corley & Walter Miller - He's Calling Me - Bootlegger's Quartet - Wolf's At Your Door - Lattie Murrell - 40 Days And 40 Nights - David Johnson & Guitar Sam - Moan - Lonnie Fuqua - The Soul Of A Man - David Johnson field recordings produced during the late 60s/early 70s by Bengt Olsson artwork by Nathaniel Russell
180 Gram vinyl Bengt Olsson recordings discography |
| 9 | 10/2013 | Mott Willis & Others: Blues at home 13 recorded in Tennessee, Mississippi & Louisiana (1978-1982) William "Do-Boy" Diamond - Mississippi Flat (1:33) [previously unissued] William "Do-Boy" Diamond - Black Mattie (tk 3) (2:08) [previously unissued] Jacob Stuckey - It Must Have Been The Devil (tk 2) (1:13) Jacob Stuckey - It Must Have Been The Devil (tk 3) (2:03) Asie Payton - Catfish Blues No. 3 (tk 2) (3:48) Lum Guffin - Train I Ride 18 Coaches Long (2:00) # [previously unissued] @ youtube Lum Guffin - Baby Please Don't Go, No. 2 (tk 1) (1:15) # [previously unissued] @ youtube William "Do-Boy" Diamond - My Babe (1:20) [previously unissued] Roosevelt Holts - Maggie Campbell (2:24) [previously unissued] William "Do-Boy" Diamond - Shaggy Hound Blues (tk 2) (1:58) [previously unissued] Lum Guffin - Louise Blues (2:24) # [previously unissued] @ youtube Asie Payton - Blind Man (3:50) Memphis Willie Borum - 61 Highway Blues (2:47) # [Albatros VPA 8458] Mager Johnson - Catfish Blues No. 2 (3:04) Lum Guffin - Baby Please Don't Go, No. 2 (tk 2) (2:11) # [previously unissued] @ youtube Charlie Taylor - Untitled Blues (3:21) Walter Cooper - Baby Please Don't Go No. 3 (feat. Hammie Nixon) (2:27) Asie Payton - My Babe No. 2 (1:43) Lum Guffin - Rolling And Tumbling (4:36) # [Albatros VPA 8458] @ youtube Mott Willis - Baby Please Don't Go (2:13) [Albatros VPA 8460] Memphis Willie Borum - Army Blues (1:58) # [previously unissued] Lum Guffin - Catfish Blues (2:42) # [previously unissued] @ youtube Mager Johnson - Traveling Man Blues (2:09) Lum Guffin - Casey Jones (3:06) # [Albatros VPA 8458] @ youtube Charlie Taylor - I Got The Blues So Bad (1:46) Asie Payton - Dust My Broom (1:37) Jacob Stuckey - It Must Have Been The Devil (tk 4) (1:49) Roosevelt Holts - Let's Talk It All Over Again (3:00) [previously unissued] Roosevelt Holts - Big Road Blues (2:34) [Albatros VPA 8460] Roosevelt Holts - Little Bitty Woman (3:45) [previously unissued] Clay Pittman - I Got The Blues This Morning (1:23) Walter Cooper - Peach Tree Blues (feat. Hammie Nixon) (3:35) all tracks rec., ed. and prod. by Giambattista Marcucci # rec. August 8, 1978 in Guffin's yard in Memphis, TN by Gianni Marcucci; Lum Guffin voc, g front cover photo by Giambattista Marcucci: Mott Willis on his porch, Crystal Springs, Mississippi, 1978
notes by Giambattista Marcucci |
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Sources / Further reading: - own record collection - Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, pp. 106-107 - Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 240 - Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 392 - "Admin": On the Trail of Lum Guffin, Bartlett's Elusive Bluesman - eBay auctions - diverse internet resources thanks to Max Hoeffner, Snežana Lazarević, Ray Templeton, Carl Michael Sample, Michael Duer, Conny Aidanpää, John Shaw and Chelsea Colby Guffin for additional info / scans
 Lum Guffin in his yard in Memphis, TN, August 8, 1978 source: Broschure accompanying Albatros ALB 13, p. 9; photographer: Gianni Marcucci (sitting on the right is Seaward Guffin Sr., the guitar is a Silvertone Stratotone 1420) |