October 11, 2021

Lightning Hopkins: Texas Blues Man

Arhoolie Records – F1034
Arhoolie Records – F1034

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1968
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style:Texas Blues
[Tracklist]
A1 Tom Moore Blues (5:01)
A2 Watch My Fingers (2:48)
A3 Little Antoinette (3:38)
A4 Love Is Like a Hydrant (3:58)
A5 Cut Me Out Baby (3:27)
B1 Take a Walk (2:37)
B3 Slavery (5:29)
B4 I Would If I Could (3:19)
B5 Bud Russell Blues (4:32)
B6 At Home Blues (3:07)
[Credits]
Lightnin' Hopkins (guitar/vocals)
Recorder and Photographer: Chris Strachwitz, Designer: Wayne Pope
[Notes]
Recorded by Chris Strachwitz on portable equipment in Houston, 1967. The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings wrote that the album contains "powerful performances with a resonant electric guitar filling the studio," but that "it was no more than an average Hopkins album."

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