Lightnin' Hopkins

The Acoustic Years 1959-1960

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AllMusic Review by Steve Leggett

Although he had cut sides with the Aladdin, Modern, RPM, Gold Star, Jax, Mercury, and Decca labels in the 1940s and early '50s, Lightnin' Hopkins was back in his home base of Houston, Texas by 1959, all but forgotten. There he was rediscovered by folklorist Mack McCormick, who shifted Hopkins' image to that of an acoustic folk-blues performer, essentially igniting the flame for the rest of Hopkins' career. This four-disc set collects the acoustic sides the bluesman cut in his new incarnation (really just the same old Lightnin' with a slightly different marketing plan) in 1959 and 1960.

Track Listing - Disc 1

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time
1	Penitentiary Blues	Lightnin' Hopkins	2:56
2	Bad Luck and Trouble	Lightnin' Hopkins	3:49
3	Come Go Home with Me	Lightnin' Hopkins	3:55
4	Trouble Stay 'Way from My Door	Lightnin' Hopkins	4:09
5	See That My Grave Is Kept Clean	Lightnin' Hopkins	2:11
6	Goin' Back to Florida	Lightnin' Hopkins	3:13
7	Reminiscences of Blind Lemon	Lightnin' Hopkins	2:14
8	Fan It	Lightnin' Hopkins	2:46
9	Tell Me, Baby	Lightnin' Hopkins	2:34
10	She's Mine	Lightnin' Hopkins	4:17
11	Til the Gin Gets Here	Lightnin' Hopkins	1:04
12	So Long Baby	Lightnin' Hopkins	1:49
13	Bunion Stew	Lightnin' Hopkins	1:57
14	You Got to Work to Get Your Pay	Lightnin' Hopkins	2:33
15	Go Down Ol' Hannah	Lightnin' Hopkins	3:33
16	Santa Fe Blues	Lightnin' Hopkins	3:12
17	Hear My Black Dog Bark	Lightnin' Hopkins	3:51
18	Long Time	Lightnin' Hopkins	1:39
19	Rainy Day Blues	Lightnin' Hopkins	3:09
20	Worryin' My Mind	Lightnin' Hopkins	3:28
21	Baby!	Lightnin' Hopkins	3:07
22	Long Gone Like a Turkey Through the Corn	Lightnin' Hopkins	3:43
23	See See Rider	Lightnin' Hopkins	3:13
24	Prison Blues Come Down on Me	Lightnin' Hopkins	3:26

Track Listing - Disc 2

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time
1	That Mean Old Twister (Backwater Blues)	Lightnin' Hopkins	2:48
2	Gonna Pull a Party	Lightnin' Hopkins	3:40
3	Bluebird Bluebird	Lightnin' Hopkins	1:29
4	Get Off My Toe	Lightnin' Hopkins	5:01
5	Short Haired Woman	Lightnin' Hopkins	3:41
6	Mama and Papa Hopkins	Lightnin' Hopkins	4:45
7	When the Saints Go Marching In	Lightnin' Hopkins	2:46
8	In the Evening When the Sun Goes Down	Lightnin' Hopkins	4:15
9	The Foot Race Is On	Lightnin' Hopkins	2:45
10	Bottle Up and Go	Lightnin' Hopkins	3:45
11	That Gambling Life	Lightnin' Hopkins	4:54
12	75 Highway	Lightnin' Hopkins	4:13
13	Trouble in Mind	Lightnin' Hopkins	2:56
14	First Meeting	Lightnin' Hopkins	7:11
15	How Long Have It Been Since You Been Home	Lightnin' Hopkins	4:12
16	Big Black Cadillac Blues	Lightnin' Hopkins	7:00
17	Coffee House Blues	Lightnin' Hopkins	2:05
18	Stool Pigeon Blues	Lightnin' Hopkins	3:01
19	Ball of Twine	Lightnin' Hopkins	3:22

Track Listing - Disc 3

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time
1	Rocky Mountain	Lightnin' Hopkins	5:00
2	Got to Move Your Baby	Lightnin' Hopkins	4:03
3	So Sorry to Leave You	Lightnin' Hopkins	4:22
4	Take a Trip with Me	Lightnin' Hopkins	5:07
5	Last Night Blues	Lightnin' Hopkins	5:18
6	Lightnin's Stroke	Lightnin' Hopkins	4:57
7	Hard to Love a Woman	Lightnin' Hopkins	4:03
8	Conversation Blues	Lightnin' Hopkins	3:52
9	Automoblie Blues	Lightnin' Hopkins	4:33
10	You Better Watch Yourself	Lightnin' Hopkins	5:00
11	Mean Old Frisco	Lightnin' Hopkins	3:43
12	Shinin' Moon	Lightnin' Hopkins	4:08
13	Come Back Baby	Lightnin' Hopkins	3:28
14	Thinkin' 'Bout an Old Friend	Lightnin' Hopkins	5:07
15	The Walkin' Blues	Lightnin' Hopkins	3:25
16	Back to New Orleans	Lightnin' Hopkins	3:21
17	Katie Mae	Lightnin' Hopkins	4:03

Track Listing - Disc 4

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time
1	Down There Baby	Lightnin' Hopkins	4:09
2	Rainy Highway	Lightnin' Hopkins	3:12
3	When My First Wife Quit Me	Lightnin' Hopkins	3:27
4	Walk On	Lightnin' Hopkins	4:33
5	Lightnin's Guitar Boogie	Lightnin' Hopkins	4:07
6	I've Had My Fun If I Don't Get Well No More	Lightnin' Hopkins	3:58
7	Mister Charlie	Lightnin' Hopkins	7:32
8	Mighty Crazy	Lightnin' Hopkins	7:10
9	Wonder Why	Lightnin' Hopkins	6:18
10	Black Cat	Lightnin' Hopkins	6:27
11	The Trouble Blues	Lightnin' Hopkins	4:46
12	Your Own Fault, Baby, to Treat Me the Way You Do	Lightnin' Hopkins	4:49
13	Lightnin's Piano Boogie	Lightnin' Hopkins	2:32
14	Take It Easy	Lightnin' Hopkins	6:21
15	Come Go Home with Me	Lightnin' Hopkins	3:34

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