''Free Form Patterns'' (also released as ''Reflections'') is an album by the blues musician

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backed by the rhythm section of

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, recorded in Texas in 1968 and released on the

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Reception

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's Al Campbell stated: "While not as revolutionary as John Lee Hooker's sessions with Canned Heat, ''Free Form Patterns'' steers clear of the late-'60s psychedelic trappings that screwed up such similar sessions as ''

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''. No one tried to bend Hopkins to fit a foreign musical approach on ''Free Form Patterns''; he made the music bend to him". ''

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'' observed that "''Free Form Patterns'' isn't some hippy hybrid, it's a pure blues album – actually, scrub that; it's a pure Lightnin’ Hopkins album".Record Collector Review
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'' wrote: "Despite these interpolations it's a rather lacklustre affair".

Track listing

All compositions by Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins except where noted # "Mr. Charlie" – 7:02 # "Give Me Time to Think" – 3:49 # "Fox Chase" ( Billy Bizor, Marty Rubenstein) – 2:53 # "Mr. Ditta's Grocery Store" – 5:30 # "Open Up Your Door" – 3:54 # "Baby Child" (Bizor, Rubenstein) – 3:35 # "Cooking's Done" – 3:48 # "Got Her Letter This Morning" – 4:57 # "Rain Falling" – 4:33 # "Mini Skirt" – 3:10

Personnel

Performance

– electric guitar, vocals *Duke Davis – bass *

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– drums * Billy Bizor – harmonica and vocals

Production

* Lelan Rogers – producer *Jim Duff –

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References

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