Four Classic Albums (Sings The Blues / Lightnin' Hopkins / Blues In My Bottle / Walkin' This Road By Myself)
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Lightnin' Hopkins
Four Classic Albums (Sings The Blues / Lightnin' Hopkins / Blues In My Bottle / Walkin' This Road By Myself)
[ Avid Roots / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Friday 7 July 2017
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It is not surprising that in an extraordinary musical career that lasted over 50 years, Sam Lightnin' Hopkins became the most recorded of all the legendary bluesmen. Primarily a country blues singer and guitarist from the old tradition that included Robert Johnson, Blind Blake, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Charlie Patton, to name but a few, Lightnin' outlasted them all to become quite literally a living legend when the blues revival hit the US and UK in the 1950s and '60s. He had met Blind Lemon Jefferson at the age of 8 which became a defining moment in his life, and went on to become his accompanist for a while. Just think of that for a moment? The history and the stories the man must have carried around inside his head! Lightnin' had been trying to break into the recording business from the late 1930s but it wasn't until the mid-1940s that he was discovered singing and playing in the streets in Houston and was signed to Aladdin Records of Los Angeles. Houston was to become his home base from then on. But of course, Lightnin' had to earn money, life was very tough, especially for a black man in the USA. He became a prolific recording artist over the years and was one of the spearhead artists during the folk/ blues revival of the early 1960s. Our four fine selections include his album "Lightnin' Hopkins" which saw Lightnin' return to his roots with just a guitar and voice. Our album includes the rare, and lengthy original essay booklet written by legendary blues writer Samuel Charters and re-tells a fascinating story of his search to find Lightnin' amongst his perhaps rightly suspicious associates and family before finally tracking the great man down. What followed was music playing by Lightnin' as he used to be heard, just by himself with his guitar, the results as you will hear, are stunning.
Tracks:
CD1
1. Sis' Boogie (Sings The Blues)
2. Come Back Baby (Sings The Blues)
3. Daddy Will You Be Home One Day (Sings The Blues)
4. Baby You're Not Going To Make A Fool Out Of Me (Sings The Blues)
5. Morning Blues (Sings The Blues)
6. Have To Let You Go (Sings The Blues)
7. Let Me Play With Your Poodle (Sings The Blues)
8. Down Baby (Sings The Blues)
9. Fast Mail Rambler (Sings The Blues)
10. Thinkin' And Worryin' (Sings The Blues)
11. Picture On The Wall (Sings The Blues)
12. You're Not Goin' To Worry My Life Anymore (Sings The Blues)
13. Penitentiary Blues (Lightnin' Hopkins)
14. Bad Luck And Trouble (Lightnin' Hopkins)
15. Come Go Home With Me (Lightnin' Hopkins)
16. Trouble Stay 'Way From My Door (Lightnin' Hopkins)
17. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (Lightnin' Hopkins)
18. Goin' Back To Florida (Lightnin' Hopkins)
19. Reminiscences of Blind Lemon (Lightnin' Hopkins)
20. Fan It (Lightnin' Hopkins)
21. Tell Me Baby (Lightnin' Hopkins)
22. She's Mine (Lightnin' Hopkins)
CD2
1. Buddy Brown's Blues (Blues In My Bottle)
2. Wine Spodee-O Dee (Blues In My Bottle)
3. Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On (Blues In My Bottle)
4. DC-7 (Blues In My Bottle)
5. Death Bells (Blues In My Bottle)
6. Goin' To Dallas To See My Pony Run (Blues In My Bottle)
7. Jailhouse Blues (Blues In My Bottle)
8. Blues In The Bottle (Blues In My Bottle)
9. Beans, Beans, Beans (Blues In My Bottle)
10. Catfish Blues (Blues In My Bottle)
11. My Grandpa Is Old Too (Blues In My Bottle)
12. Walkin' This Road By Myself (Walkin' This Road By Myself)
13. Black Gal (Walkin' This Road By Myself)
14. How Many More Years I Got To Let You Dog Me Round (Walkin' This Road By Myself)
15. Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes (Walkin' This Road By Myself)
16. Worried Life Blues (Walkin' This Road By Myself)
17. Happy Blues For John Glenn (Walkin' This Road By Myself)
18. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (Walkin' This Road By Myself)
19. The Devil Jumped The Black Man (Walkin' This Road By Myself)
20. Coffee Blues (Walkin' This Road By Myself)
21. Black Cadillac (Walkin' This Road By Myself)
