Lightnin' Hopkins_ His Life and Blues - Alan Govenar [153]
“DC-7” Bluesville LP 1045
“Going to Dallas to See My Pony Run” Bluesville LP 1045
“Jailhouse Blues” Bluesville LP 1045
“Blues in My Bottle” Bluesville LP 1045
“Beans, Beans, Beans” Bluesville LP 1045
“Catfish Blues” Bluesville LP 1045
“My Grandpa Is Old Too” Bluesville LP 1045
Blues in My Bottle was released c.1961.
August 16, 1961. ACA Recording Studio, 3619 Fannin St., Houston, TX.
Vocal/electric guitar with Elmore Nixon, piano; Robert Ingram, drums; unknown bass.
“Got Me a Louisiana Woman” Ivory 91272; Vee-Jay LP 1044
“War Is Starting Again” Ivory 91272; Vee-Jay LP 1044
“The World’s in a Tangle (War Is Starting Again)” Magnum CD (UK) 093
“Good as Old Time Religion” Magnum CD (UK) 093
Note: “The World’s in a Tangle” (a retitling of “War Is Starting Again”) on Magnum CD 093 contains an extra verse, and does not fade out, as the Ivory single does.
Lightning Strikes
Probably 1961. Probably Gold Star Studio, 5628 Brock St., Houston, TX.
Vocal/acoustic guitar; separate session* (with electric guitar) with Elmore Nixon, piano; Robert Ingram, drums; unknown bass.
“Got Me a Louisiana Woman”* Vee-Jay LP 1044; (45) Ivory 91272
“Want to Come Home” Vee-Jay LP 1044; (45) Dart 152
“Please Don’t Quit Me” Vee-Jay LP 1044
“Devil Is Watching You” Vee-Jay LP 1044
“Rolling and Rolling” Vee-Jay LP 1044
“War Is Starting Again”* Vee-Jay LP 1044; (45) Ivory 91272
“Walkin’ Round in Circles” Vee-Jay LP 1044
“Mary Lou” Vee-Jay LP 1044; (45) Dart 152
“Heavy Snow” Vee-Jay LP 1044
“Coon Is Hard to Catch” Vee-Jay LP 1044
Lightning Strikes was released in 1962.
Note: Lightning Strikes was probably produced by H. W. “Pappy” Daily and/or Bill Quinn and Lola Cullum. Only the Dart single was initially issued (in 1961); Vee-Jay Records subsequently purchased the master tapes and released the entire session on this album, with the addition of the Ivory single, which was also released prior to the LP (see above).
Reverb was added to all songs on the Vee-Jay LP.
Lightnin’ Sam Hopkins
November 26, 1961; December 2, 1961; January 23, 1962. Berkeley, CA., and ACA Recording Studio, 3619 Fannin St., Houston, TX.
Producers: Chris Strachwitz and Mack McCormick (uncredited)
Vocal/electric guitar/piano with Gino Landry, bass; Victor Leonard, drums; Joe “Spider” Kilpatrick, drums*.
“Meet You at the Chicken Shack”* Arhoolie LP 1011
“Once Was a Gambler” Arhoolie LP 1011; (45) Joliet 205
“Speedin’ Boogie” Arhoolie LP 1011
“Ice Storm Blues”* Arhoolie LP 1011
“California Showers” Arhoolie LP 1011
“Burnin’ in L.A.” Arhoolie LP 1011
“Do the Boogie” Arhoolie LP 1011
“Bald Headed Woman” Arhoolie LP 1011
“Goin’ Out” Arhoolie LP 1011
Lightnin’ Sam Hopkins was released in November 1962.
Note: A listing of unissued songs from the Berkeley sessions for this LP is not available. Joliet 205 retitled “Once a Gambler.”
Lightning Hopkins—Side One with His Brothers Joel and John Henry/Side Two with Barbara Dane
November 26, 1961. Berkeley, CA. Producer: Chris Strachwitz.
Vocal/organ with Barbara Dane, vocal
“Jesus, Won’t You Come by Here” Arhoolie LP 1022
February 16, 1964. Waxahachie, TX.
Producer: Chris Strachwitz
Vocal/acoustic guitar with John Henry Hopkins, vocal/acoustic guitar/solo vocal*; Joel Hopkins, vocal/acoustic guitar/solo vocal**.
“Hot Blooded Woman Blues” Arhoolie LP 1022
“See About My Brother John Henry” Arhoolie LP 1022
“Black Hannah” Arhoolie LP 1022
“I Walked from Dallas”** Arhoolie LP 1022
“Tell Me, Tell Me”* Arhoolie CD 340
“Little Girl” Arhoolie CD 340
“I Got a Brother Up in Waxahachie” Arhoolie CD 340
“Come Down to My House” Arhoolie CD 340
“Grosebeck Blues” Arhoolie CD 340
“The Dice Game” (speech) Arhoolie CD 340
“I Want to Go Fishing” Arhoolie CD 340
“Doin’ Little Heifer”* Arhoolie CD 340
“Hey Baby Hey” Arhoolie CD 340
“Saddle Up My Gray Mare”* Arhoolie CD 340
“Little Letter”* unissued
“Mary” unissued
“Hey Mr. Buzzard”** unissued
“Mama, Don’t Treat Your Daughter Mean” unissued
“Good Times Here, Better Down the Road” unissued
June 18, 1964. Live at the Cabale Club, Berkeley, CA. Producer: