''Blue Lightnin is an album by blues musician
Lightnin' Hopkins
Samuel John "Lightnin'" Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982) was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist from Centerville, Texas. In 2010, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine ranked him No. 71 on its li ...
recorded in Texas in 1965 and released on
Stan Lewis'
Jewel Records label in 1967.
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Reception
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reviewer Bill Dahl stated: "After a slew of albums aimed primarily at the folk-blues audience that resuscitated his flagging career during the early '60s, Lightnin' Hopkins attempted to regain his original fan base with these unpretentious 1965 sessions for Stan Lewis' Jewel logo. Pretty convincingly, too,".
Track listing
All compositions credited to Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins and Stan Lewis except where noted
# "Found My Baby Crying" – 3:55
# "Move on Out, Part One" – 2:59
# "Back Door Friend" – 3:56
# "Fishing Clothes" – 3:37
# "Morning Blues" – 4:36
# "Gambler's Blues" – 3:58
# "Wig Wearing Woman" – 3:42
# "Lonesome Dog Blues" (Hopkins) – 2:38
# "Last Affair" (Hopkins) – 2:56
# "Move on Out, Part Two" – 3:00
Personnel
Performance
*Lightnin' Hopkins
Samuel John "Lightnin'" Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982) was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist from Centerville, Texas. In 2010, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine ranked him No. 71 on its li ...
– guitar, vocals
Production
* Stan Lewis – producer
References
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Lightnin' Hopkins albums
1967 albums
Jewel Records (Shreveport record label) albums