Lightnin' Hopkins_ His Life and Blues - Alan Govenar [152]
Lightnin’—The Blues of Lightnin’ Hopkins
November 9, 1960. Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Producer: Kenneth Goldstein
Vocal/acoustic guitar with Leonard Gaskin, bass; Belton Evans, drums.
“Automobile Blues” Bluesville LP 1019
“You Better Watch Yourself” Bluesville LP 1019
“Thinkin’ About an Old Friend” Bluesville LP 1019
“The Walkin’ Blues” Bluesville LP 1019; (45) 821
“Back to New Orleans” Bluesville LP 1019; (45) 817
“Katie Mae” Bluesville LP 1019; (45) 825
“Down There Baby” Bluesville LP 1019
“Mean Old Frisco” Bluesville LP 1019
“Shinin’ Moon” Bluesville LP 1019
“Come Back Baby” Bluesville LP 1019
Lightnin’—The Blues of Lightnin’ Hopkins was released in 1961. It was reissued c.1964.
Mojo Hand
November 1960. New York, NY. Producer: Bobby Robinson
Vocal/acoustic guitar/piano*; Delmar Donnell, drums; unknown bass; unknown female vocal**.
“Mojo Hand” Fire LP 104; (45) 1034
“Glory Be” Fire LP 104; (45) 1034
“Have You Ever Loved a Woman”* Fire LP 104; (45) Sphere Sound 701
“Santa Claus” Fire LP 104
“Black Mare (Trot)” Fire LP 104
“Coffee for Mama” Fire LP 104
“Awful Dream” Fire LP 104
“Sometimes She Will” Fire LP 104
“Shine on Moon” Fire LP 104
“How Long Has the Train Been Gone” (45) Sphere Sound 701
‘Bring Me My Shotgun” Krazy Kat (UK) LP 7410
“Just Picking” Krazy Kat (UK) LP 7410
“Last Night” Krazy Kat (UK) LP 7410
‘Shake That Thing” Krazy Kat (UK) LP 7410
“Walk a Long Time” Krazy Kat (UK) LP 7410
“I’m Leaving with You Now”** Krazy Kat (UK) LP 7410
“Houston Bound” Relic CD 7058
“Baby I Don’t Care” Relic CD 7058
“Twixt and Between” unissued
Mojo Hand was released in 1962.
Lightnin’ in New York
November 15, 1960. Nola Penthouse Studio, New York, NY. Producer: Nat Hentoff
Vocal/acoustic guitar/piano*.
“Mister Charlie Pt. 1” Candid LP 8010; (45) 603
“Mister Charlie Pt. 2” Candid LP 8010; (45) 603
“I Have Had My Fun, If I Don’t Get Well No More” Candid LP 8010
“Mighty Crazy” Candid LP 8010
“Wonder Why” Candid LP 8010
“The Trouble Blues” Candid LP 8010
“Your Own Fault Baby to Treat Me the Way You Do”* Candid LP 8010
“Lightnin’s Piano Boogie”* Candid LP 8010
“Take It Easy”* Candid LP 8010
“Black Cat” Candid LP 8019
“Rainy Highway” Mosaic LP 139
“When My First Wife Quit Me” Mosaic LP 139
“Walk On” Mosaic LP 139
“Lightnin’s Guitar Boogie” Mosaic LP 139
“Come Go Home With Me”* Mosaic LP 139
Lightnin’ in New York was released in 1961.
The Mosaic reissue contains the complete Candid session, including five unissued titles, and was released as a limited-edition box set with Otis Spann’s complete Candid sessions.
Walking this Road by Myself
July 7, 1961; February 17, 1962; February 20, 1962. ACA Recording Studio, 3619 Fannin St.,
Houston, TX. Producer: Mack McCormick
Vocal/acoustic guitar with (collectively) Edwin “Buster” Pickens, piano; Billy Bizor, harmonica; Donald Cooks, bass; Joe “Spider” Kilpatrick, drums.
“Black Gal” Bluesville LP 1057
“Baby Don’t You Tear My Clothes” Bluesville LP 1057
“Good Morning Little Schoolgirl” Bluesville LP 1057
“Coffee Blues” Bluesville LP 1057
“How Many More Years I Got to Let You Dog Me Around” Bluesville LP 1057
“Black Cadillac” Bluesville LP 1057
“Walkin’ This Road by Myself” Bluesville LP 1057
“The Devil Jumped the Black Man” Bluesville LP 1057
“Worried Life Blues” Bluesville LP 1057
“Happy Blues for John Glenn” (Pts. 1 & 2 on 45) Bluesville LP 1057; (45) 820
Walking This Road By Myself was released in 1962.
Blues in My Bottle
July 26, 1961. ACA Recording Studio, 3619 Fannin St., Houston, TX. Producers: Mack McCormick and Kenneth Goldstein
Vocal/acoustic guitar.
“Buddy Brown’s Blues” Bluesville LP 1045
“Wine Spodee-O-Dee” Bluesville LP 1045
“Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On” Bluesville LP 1045; (45) 814
“Death Bells” Bluesville LP 1045; (45) 8