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Lightnin' Hopkins - The Acoustic Years [CD]

The Acoustic Years
Lightnin' Hopkins
CD Rel Date: 1983-07-16
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In 1959 Sam Charters wrote in a letter, "I've found and recorded the legendary Lightnin' Hopkins... It took nearly every cent I had... He's the best, without much question; so I'm not going to record anyone else. I think you should get this out as quickly as possible. No matter what has to be delayed. He's pretty hot at this moment, and after we listened to the playback we both agreed he'd never sung better. "Charters was intent on Lightnin' singing to an acoustic guitar. Lightnin's electric guitar was in pawn but in any case, Charters dismissed it in favour of an acoustic in poor condition and requiring a set of strings. Lightnin', needed the money, so didn't argue the point. Later, Charters added, "He sang until he became so tense emotionally that it was impossible to talk to him. He drank steadily but he seemed to play more brilliantly and sing with even greater intensity... "That session, and later 1960 sessions featuring Lightnin' on acoustic guitar form the material for this collection. Music making, whatever the genre, doesn't get much more intense or masterly than this.

Tracklist:

  1. Penitentiary Blues
  2. Bad Luck and Trouble
  3. Come Go Home with Me
  4. Trouble Stay 'Way from My Door
  5. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
  6. Goin' Back to Florida
  7. Reminiscences of Blind Lemon
  8. Fan It
  9. Tell Me, Baby 1
  10. She's Mine 1
  11. Til the Gin Gets Here 1
  12. So Long Baby 1
  13. Bunion Stew 1
  14. You Got to Work to Get Your Pay 1
  15. Go Down Ol' Hannah 1
  16. Santa Fe Blues 1
  17. Hear My Black Dog Bark 1
  18. Long Time 1
  19. Rainy Day Blues 2
  20. Worryin' My Mind 2
  21. Baby! 2
  22. Long Gone Like a Turkey Through the Corn 2
  23. See See Rider 2
  24. Prison Blues Come Down on Me 2
  25. That Mean Old Twister (Backwater Blues) 2
  26. Gonna Pull a Party 2
  27. Bluebird Bluebird 2
  28. Get Off My Toe 2
  29. Short Haired Woman 3
  30. Mama and Papa Hopkins 3
  31. When the Saints Go Marching in 3
  32. In the Evening When the Sun Goes Down 3
  33. The Foot Race Is on 3
  34. Bottle Up and Go 3
  35. That Gambling Life 3
  36. 75 Highway 3
  37. Trouble in Mind 3
  38. First Meeting 3
  39. How Long Have It Been Since You Been Home 4
  40. Big Black Cadillac Blues 4
  41. Coffee House Blues 4
  42. Stool Pigeon Blues 4
  43. Ball of Twine 4
  44. Rocky Mountain 4
  45. Got to Move Your Baby 4
  46. So Sorry to Leave You 4
  47. Take a Trip with Me 4
  48. Last Night Blues 4
  49. Lightnin's Stroke 5
  50. Hard to Love a Woman 5
  51. Conversation Blues 5
  52. Automoblie Blues 5
  53. You Better Watch Yourself 5
  54. Mean Old Frisco 5
  55. Shinin' Moon 5
  56. Come Back Baby 5
  57. Thinkin' 'Bout An Old Friend 5
  58. The Walkin' Blues 5
  59. Back to New Orleans 6
  60. Katie Mae 6
  61. Down There Baby 6
  62. Rainy Highway 6
  63. When My First Wife Quit Me 6
  64. Walk on 6
  65. Lightnin's Guitar Boogie 6
  66. I've Had My Fun If I Don't Get Well No More 6
  67. Mister Charlie 6
  68. Mighty Crazy 6
  69. Wonder Why 7
  70. Black Cat 7
  71. The Trouble Blues 7
  72. Your Own Fault, Baby, to Treat Me the Way You Do 7
  73. Lightnin's Piano Boogie 7
  74. Take It Easy 7
  75. Come Go Home with Me

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