L A T T I E   M U R R E L L; source: L+R 42.034; photographer: Axel Küstner
Lattie Murrell, Somerville, Tennessee, September 1978
(source: L+R 42.034; photographer: Axel Küstner)

Lattie
Murrell

Lattie "The Wolf" Murrell
sometimes misspelled "Lottie Murrell" or "Lottie Merle"
date and location of birth unknown [?]
in the 1970/80s resident in Somerville, Tennessee
date and location of death unknown [?]

discography

This discography is a non-commercial labor-of-love and is in no way associated with any business firm.
All I know about the resp. artist's / label's musical output is shown on this page. To purchase out-of-print records I recommend an ebay, gemm or google search. And - sorry for that - I have not the time to answer any e-mails asking me about further information, let alone duplicating out-of-print recordings I happen to own.

Stefan Wirz   www.wirz.de

Lattie Murrell 45 rpm / LPs / CDs
#year
of release
titlelabel # / notes
11972Southern Comfort Country

Lottie Merle [sic}
- When A Gal Cross The Bottom #
- Spoonful #
- Blues For Mattie Mae #
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl #
Perry Tillis
- Kennedy Moan
- Soon One Morning
- Too Close
- Motherless Children

David Johnson
- Train Imitation
- Let The Nation Be Free
William Floyd
- Why Did I Have To Leave Cairo
- Every Time I Need You Baby
Memphis Piano Red
- Dupree Blues
Lum Guffin
- Minglewood Blues
Joe Townsend
- Take Your Burdens To The Lord
Lincoln Jackson
- What You Want Your Daddy To Do


# rec. June-September 1971 in Sommerville, TN by Bengt Olsson; Lattie Murrell. voc, g

Flyright LP 501

Flyright discography

21975Lottie Merle

- Howlin' In The Moonlight
- Catfish

rec. June-September 1971 in Sommerville, TN by Bengt Olsson; Lattie Murrell. voc, g



Flyright 45.001

Flyright discography

31979Old Country Blues

Lattie Merle
- When A Gal Cross The Bottom [different version to that on Flyright LP 501] {}
Dewey Corley
- Fool's Blues
Perry Tillis
- Tell Me Why You Like Roosevelt
Lum Guffin
- Old Country Blues #
Lincoln Jackson
- Loping Blues
Walter Miller
- Hop's Boogie
Lum Guffin, John Mitchell & McKenzie
- Sally Got A Big Leg *

Perry Tillis
- The Man From Galilee
Ashley Thompson
- Sweet Peace
Walter Miller
- Sherman's Blues
Perry Tillis
- God Don't Like It
Othar Broadnax
- Don't The Peaches Look Mellow
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



Flyright FLY 537

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41981Living Country Blues USA Vol. 4
Tennessee Blues


Hammie Nixon & Walter Cooper
- Someday Baby

Lottie Murrell
- I Got A Gal Cross The Bottom #
Hammie Nixon
- Louise Blues
Memphis Piano Red
- Cow Cow Blues
- Goin' To Chicago
Charlie Sangster
- She's Taylor [sic] Made
Memphis Piano Red
- Mr. Freddy

Memphis Piano Red
- Hangover
Hammie Nixon
- Viola Lee Blues
Memphis Piano Red
- Good Patuni

Lottie Murrell
- Rollin' And Tumblin' #
Charlie Sangster & Hammie Nixon
- Moanin' The Blues
Memphis Piano Red
- Mother-In-Law Blues
Hammie Nixon & Walter Cooper
- Soon One Mornin'


# rec. November 5, 1980 in Somerville, Tennessee by Siegfried Christmann and Axel Küstner; Lattie Murrell, voc, g

= on Evidence 3 CD set (1999)

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L+R 42.034

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some tracks reissued on CD
Evidence ECD 26105-2 (1999)
Living Country Blues
- An Anthology

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= L+R LRCD 712829 (2008)

L+R discography

51982Living Country Blues USA Vol. 10
Country Boogie


Lottie Murrell
- Spoonful #   @ youtube
Napoleon Strickland
- That's The Boogie
Guitar Slim
- Lovin' Blues
James "Son" Thomas
- Mama Don't 'Low No Guitar Playin' Here
Othar Turner & the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band
- Bouncin' Ball
Lonnie Pitchford
- One String Boogie

Bowling Green John & Harmonica Phil Wiggins
- Burn Your Bridges
Memphis Piano Red
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
Archie Edwards
- Sellin' That Stuff
Lonnie Pitchford
- Shake Your Moneymaker
Cora Fluker
- Shotgun Boogie
Arzo Youngblood
- Swing, Swing
Cedell "Big G" Davis
- You Got To Do The Boogie Woogie


# rec. November 5, 1980 in Somerville, Tennessee by Siegfried Christmann and Axel Küstner; Lattie Murrell, voc, g

= on Evidence 3 CD set (1999)

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L+R 42.040

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some tracks reissued on CD
Evidence ECD 26105-2 (1999)
Living Country Blues
- An Anthology

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= L+R LRCD 712225 (2008)

L+R discography

6199?On The Road Again

- When A Gal Cross The Bottom - Lattie Murrell
- Railroad Blues - Lum Guffin (g)
- Spoonful - Lattie Murrell
- Blues For Mattie Mae - Lattie Murrell
- Johnny Wilson - Lum Guffin (voc, g)
- On The Road Again - Lum Guffin (voc, g)
- 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)
- Denomination Blues - Perry Tillis
- Take Your Burdens To The Lord - Joe Townsend
- Moaning And Groaning Blues - Lum Guffin (voc, g)
- 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 FLYCD 58

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71999Living Country Blues: An Anthology

disc 1:   Mississippi Moan
- Catfish Blues (James Thomas)
- Bye Bye Blues (Arzo Youngblood)
- Gonna Cut You Loose (Eddie Cusic)
- You Gonna Take Sick And Die (Boyd Rivers)
- Maggie Campbell Blues (Bill Webb)
- Sittin' on Top Of The World (Sam Chatmon)
- Move Daniel (Cora Fluker)
- My Babe (Othar Turner)
- Boogie Chillen (Lonnie Pitchford)
- Bull Cow Blues (James Thomas)
- Stop And Listen Blues (Sam Chatmon)
- Swing, Swing (Arzo Youngblood)
- Jazz Boogie Woogie (Stonewall Mays)
- Jesus On The Mainline (Boyd Rivers)
- Shake Your Money Maker (Lonnie Pitchford)
- Rock Me Mama (James Thomas / Cleveland Jones)
- Big Road Blues (Bill Webb)
- My Daddy Was A Jockey (Sam Chatmon)
- That's The Boogie (Napoleon Strickland)
- Vicksburg Blues (Sam Chatmon)
- Mississippi Moan (Walter Brown)
- When I Lay Down My Burden (Othar Turner & the Rising Star Fife & Drum Band
)

disc 2:   Lonesome Road Blues (East Coast)
- Lonesome Road Blues (Guitar Frank)
- Baby Please Give Me A Break (Archie Edwards)
- Road Is Rough And Rocky (Archie Edwards)
- Come On In My Kitchen (Guitar Slim)
- Bye And Bye, I'm Going To See The King (Flora Molton & The Truth Band)
- Chimney Hill Breakdown (Guitar Frank)
- Railroad Bill (Guitar Frank)
- Chicken Can't Roost Too High For Me (John Cephas)
- Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad (John Cephas, / Phil Wiggins)
- Do Lord Remember Me (Archie Edwards)
- Jelly Roll Baker (Guitar Frank)
- I'm Feelin' Lonesome (Guitar Slim)
- My Old Schoolmates (Archie Edwards)
- Lonesome Home Blues (Guitar Slim)
- T For Texas (Archie Edwards)
- Diggin' My Potatoes (Guitar Frank)

disc 3:   You Got To Move (Tennessee, Arkansas & More)
- Vacation In Heaven (Flora Molton & The Truth Band)
- Granny, Will Your Dog Bite? (Othar Turner & the Rising Star Fife & Drum Band)
- I Laid And I Wondered (James Thomas / Cleveland Jones)
- I Can't Stand It (Flora Molton & The Truth Band)
- Mr. Freddie Blues (Memphis Piano Red)
- Corine, Corrina (Hammie Nixon)

- Rollin' And Tumblin' (Lottie Murrell)
- She's Tailor Made (Charlie Sangster)
- Hounds (Sam Shields)
- You Got To Move (Boyd Rivers)
- Let Me Play With Your Poodle (CeDell Davis)
- Viola Lee Blues (Hammie Nixon)
- Joe's Prison Camp Holler (Joe Savage)
- When The Saints Go Marchin' In (Othar Turner & the Rising Star Fife & Drum Band)

- Spoonful (Lottie Murrell)
- You Got To Do The Boogie Woogie (CeDell Davis)
- Trouble Late Last Night (Lottie Murrell)   @ youtube
- Dry Bones In The Valley (Cora Fluker)
- I Got A Gal 'Cross The Bottom (Lottie Murrell)
- Soon One Mornin' (Hammie Nixon)
- Levee Camp Holler (Walter Brown)
- Precious Lord (Boyd Rivers)

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Evidence ECD 26105-2

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with 48 page booklet

photos by Axel Küstner
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L+R discography

82010Wolf's At The Door
Lost Recordings From The Spirits Of The South

- Johnny Wilson - Lum Guffin
- Sherman's Blues - Walter Miller
- Somewhere To Lay My Head - Bishop Perry Tillis
- Jesus Has Never Left Me Alone - Leo 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   @ youtube
- 40 Days And 40 Nights - David Johnson & Guitar Sam
- Moan - Lonnie Fuqua
- The Soul Of A Man - David Johnson


rec. by Bengt Olsson

Sutro Park 180 Gram vinyl


Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, pp. 335-336
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

source of left column picture: Evidence ECD 26105-2; photographer: Axel Küstner

 

L A T T I E   M U R R E L L; source: Evidence ECD 26105-2; photographer: Axel Küstner
Lattie Murrell and girlfriend Liza Mae, Somerville, Tennessee, September 1978
(source: Evidence ECD 26105-2; photographer: Axel Küstner)

 

L A T T I E   M U R R E L L; source: Evidence ECD 26105-2; photographer: Axel Küstner
Lattie Murrell and girlfriend Liza Mae, Somerville, Tennessee, September 1978
(source: Evidence ECD 26105-2; photographer: Axel Küstner)

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