Friday, October 18, 2024

Lightnin' Hopkins


 




















Artist:  Lightnin' Hopkins

Birth Name:  Sam John Hopkins

Born:  March 15, 1912.  Centerville, Texas, USA

Died:  January 30, 1982 (Aged 69).  Houston, Texas, USA

Genre:  Blues, Electric Blues, Country Blues, Texas Blues, Acoustic Texas Blues, Electric Texas Blues, Blues Revival, Regional Blues

Occupation:  Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter

Instruments:  Guitar, Piano, Organ, Vocals


Lightnin' Hopkins was an American Country Blues Singer, Songwriter and Guitarist and occasional Pianist from Centerville, Texas.  In 2010, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked him No. 71 on its list of the 100 Greatest Guitarist of All Time.  He was a notable influence on  Townes Van Zamdt, Hank Williams, Jr. and a generation of Blues Musicians like Steve Ray Vaughan, whose Grammy winning song "Rude Mood", was directly inspired by the Texas's song "Hopkins' Sky Hop".















Title:  Last Night Blue (2024)

Genre:  Blues, Electric Blues, Country Blues, Texas Blues, Acoustic Texas Blues, Electric Texas Blues, Blues Revival, Regional Blues

Label:  Blues Joint

Rating:   *****


Format:  LP


Tracks:


Side A:


 1.  Rocky Mountain (4:58)

 2.  Got To Move Your Baby (4:02)

 3.  So Sorry To Leave You (4:21)

 4.  Take A Trip With Me (5:06)

 5.  Worred Life Blues (2:56) *

 6.  Good Morning Little School Girl (3:07) *


Side B:


 1. Last Night Blues (5:17)

 2.  Lightnin's Stoke (4:56)

 3.  Hard To Love A Woman (4:02)

 4.  Conversation Blues (3:51)

 5.  Walkin' This Road By Myself (4:52) *


Personnel:


Lightnin' Hopkins:  Vocals, Guitar

Sonny Terry:  Harmonica, Vocals on Track B4

Leonard Gaskin:  Bass

Belton Evans:  Drums


Bonus Tracks:  *


Lightnin' Hopkins:  Vocals, Guitar

Billy Bizor:  Harmonica, Vocals on Track B5

Buster Pickens:  Piano on Track A5

Donald Cooks: Bass on Track A5

Spider Kilpatrick:   Drums on Tracks:  A5, B5


Last Night Blue is an album by Lightnin' Hopkins with Sonny Terry, originally released in 1961 by Bluesville, remastered and reissued on September 13, 2024 by Blues Joint, featuring Sonny Terry, plus 3 Bonus Tracks.  180 Gram Virgin Vinyl.








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