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četvrtak, 09.01.2014.

Lightnin' Hopkins - Hootin' The Blues

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 32:37
Size: 74.7 MB
Styles: Acoustic Texas blues
Year: 1965/1994
Art: Front

[8:01] 1. Blues Is A Feeling
[3:35] 2. Me And Ray Charles
[3:21] 3. In The Evening
[2:27] 4. Ain't It Crazy
[4:34] 5. Last Night I Lost The Best Friend I Ever Had
[2:58] 6. Everything
[5:10] 7. I Work Down On The Chain Gang
[2:28] 8. Meet Me In The Bottom


The most important part of Lightnin' Hopkins' career was spent in juke joints in Houston, but during the early 1960s, he also became a star along the folk circuit, playing clubs that catered mostly to college students eager to hear authentic acoustic blues. Several of those shows were recorded over the years to capitalize, and while the albums don't have the same importance as Hopkins' classic blues sides of the 1940s and 1950s, they do show another side of the man, and one he seemed to take to very naturally. Hootin' The Blues is one of Hopkins' better folk club concerts, capturing him in an intense performance on acoustic guitar, rapping (in the sense of talking) about the blues and what it means as he introduces some powerful songs: "Blues Is a Feeling," "In the Evenin'," and "Meet Me in the Bottom," among others. The best moment, though, is his reinvention of Ray Charles' "What'd I Say" as an acoustic guitar number (trust me, it works), which displays the kind of fingering that must've made a young Eric Clapton want to sit down and cry. ~Bruce Eder


Hootin' The Blues

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nedjelja, 20.10.2013.

The Hopkins Brothers - Texas Country Blues

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 63:57
Size: 146.4 MB
Styles: Country blues
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[4:18] 1. See About My Brother John Henry
[2:01] 2. Hot Blooded Woman
[5:59] 3. Black Hannah
[4:45] 4. I Want To Go Fishing
[4:22] 5. Doin' Little Heiffer
[4:51] 6. Hey Baby Hey
[3:04] 7. Saddle Up My Grey Mare
[3:27] 8. Tell Me, Tell Me
[3:58] 9. Little Girl
[3:43] 10. I Got A Brother In Waxahachie
[2:18] 11. Match Box Blues
[3:14] 12. Home With Mama
[4:08] 13. Come Down To My House
[4:21] 14. Grosebeck Blues
[1:17] 15. The Dice Game
[3:46] 16. I Walked From Dallas
[4:15] 17. Two Brothers Playing (Going Back To Baden-Baden)


“Lightning Hopkins is well-known to fans of country blues, but this casual recording places his music in an entirely more interesting context. Rather than presenting Hopkins as an 'artist,' above and apart from his audience, this disc affords us the chance to hear Lightning and his brothers as equals; an unrehearsed family get together which happened to include some three-way music making. Mostly recorded in 1964, when these men were all 60-ish, some cuts are understandably a bit rough. But it also reminds us of a time when music-making was a social activity, a means of amusement as well as entertainment, a chance to show off a little, a way to tell some tall tales, a way to have fun. The directness of many of these songs indicates that they are improvised (`See About My Brother John Henry,' 'I Got a Brother in Waxahachie,' `I Want to Go Fishing,' 'Home With Mama'), but that's part of the appeal. All three brothers are talented: Lightning's success and the others' obscurity also offers some lessons about luck and fate.”

A few of these selections were originally issued on ARH LP 1022, all others previously unissued.

Sam “Lightning” Hopkins - guitar and vocals; Joel Hopkins - guitar and vocals; John Henry Hopkins - guitar and vocals.

Recorded at a Hopkins family reunion on Sunday, Feb. 16, 1964, by Chris Strachwitz in Waxahachie, Texas, except # 11, 12, & 17 which were recorded in Houston, Texas March 17, 1965.

Texas Country Blues

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ponedjeljak, 30.09.2013.

Lightnin' Hopkins - The Complete Aladdin Recordings (2-disc set)

Digitally remastered by Ron McMaster (Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood, THE COMPLETE ALADDIN RECORDINGS collects all 43 of Lightnin' Hopkins' tracks for Aladdin, a Los Angeles-based label that was the first to record the legendary Texas bluesman. One might be amazed at how fully developed Hopkins' art appears here, until one realizes that he was already 35 years old and a fully developed musician in 1947, when the first of these sessions took place. From the very first cut, the now standard "Katie May," Hopkins' confidence and mastery are apparent throughout this essential two-disc set. Hopkins recorded four sessions for Aladdin, two with a small ensemble and two later sessions as a solo performer. The ensemble recordings, which fill the first half of the first disc, are raw, gritty, and sensual: in other words, rock & roll for adults. "Short Haired Woman" and "Let Me Play With Your Poodle" are among the highlights. The latter portion of this set features Hopkins alone, a setting that shows off both his guitar prowess and his haunting vocals. "Shotgun" and "Abeline" are among the R&B hits recorded at these sessions. This set is a must for blues devotees. Newcomers to the genre might prefer MOJO HAND, a career retrospective on Rhino Records. Recoded in Los Angeles, California & Houston, Texas in 1946-1948. Live Recording Personnel: Lightnin' Hopkins (vocals, guitar, piano). Liner Note Author: Pete Welding. Recording information: Commercial Studios, Houston, TX (11/09/1946-02/25/1948); Quinn Studio, Houston, TX (11/09/1946-02/25/1948); Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA (11/09/1946-02/25/1948); Radio Records, L. A., CA (11/09/1946-02/25/1948). Personnel includes: Lightnin' Hopkins (vocals, guitar); Wilson "Thunder" Smith (vocals, piano).

Album: The Complete Aladdin Recordings (Disc 1)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 59:26
Size: 138.7 MB
Styles: Acoustic Texas blues
Year: 1991
Art: Front

[3:01] 1. Katie Mae Blues
[2:10] 2. Feel So Bad
[3:11] 3. (Blues) That Mean Old Twister
[2:50] 4. Rocky Mountain Blues/I Can't Stay Here In Your Town
[2:34] 5. Can't Do Like You Used To
[2:40] 6. West Coast Blues
[2:26] 7. Short Haired Woman
[2:55] 8. L.A. Blues
[2:42] 9. Big Mama Jump (Little Mama Blues)
[2:17] 10. Down Baby
[2:34] 11. Let Me Play With Your Poodle
[2:49] 12. Fast Mail Rambler
[2:54] 13. Thinkin' And Worryin'
[2:39] 14. Can't Get That Woman Off My Mind
[2:46] 15. Woman, Woman (Change Your Way)
[2:52] 16. Picture On The Wall
[2:52] 17. You're Not Goin' To Worry My Life Anymore
[2:21] 18. You're Gonna Miss Me
[2:44] 19. Sugar On My Mind
[2:40] 20. Nightmare Blues
[2:40] 21. Someday Baby
[2:39] 22. Come Back Baby

The Complete Aladdin Recordings (Disc 1)


Album: The Complete Aladdin Recordings (Disc 2)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 56:49
Size: 132.6 MB
Styles: Acoustic Texas blues
Year: 1991
Art: Front

[2:20] 1. Lightnin's Boogie
[2:34] 2. Baby You're Not Going To Make A Fool Out Of Me
[2:30] 3. Daddy Will Be Home One Day
[2:58] 4. Moon Rise Blues
[2:46] 5. Howling Wolf Blues
[2:48] 6. Morning Blues
[2:41] 7. Have To Let You Go
[2:46] 8. Mama's Baby Child
[2:41] 9. Mistreated Blues
[2:36] 10. My California
[2:36] 11. Honey Babe
[2:48] 12. So Long
[2:37] 13. See See Rider
[3:00] 14. Unpredictable Woman
[2:49] 15. I Just Don't Care
[2:56] 16. Drinkin' Woman
[2:28] 17. Abilene
[2:41] 18. Shotgun Blues
[2:44] 19. Rollin' And Rollin'
[2:40] 20. Tell It Like It Is
[2:41] 21. Miss Loretta

The Complete Aladdin Recordings (Disc 2)

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