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.
