Lightnin' Hopkins_ His Life and Blues - Alan Govenar [161]
“Just Out of Louisiana” Verve CD 517 514
“Get Out Your Pencil” [spoken] Verve CD 517 514
“I Forgot to Pull My Shoes Off” Verve CD 517 514
“Turn Me On”* Verve CD 517 514
“Candy Kitchen”** + Verve CD 517 514
It’s a Sin to be Rich was released in 1993.
The Legacy of the Blues Vol. 12
1974. Houston, TX. Producer: Sam Charters
Vocal/electric guitar/electric bottleneck guitar* with Ira James, harmonica; Carl “Rusty” Myers or Ozell Roberts, bass/guitar; Larry “Bones” McCall, drums.
“Please Help Poor Me”* Sonet (Sweden/UK) LP 672
“Way Out in Abilene” Sonet (Sweden/UK) LP 672
“Don’t You Call That Boogie” Sonet (Sweden/UK) LP 672
“Swing in the Backyard” Sonet (Sweden/UK) LP 672
“The Hearse Is Backed Up to the Door”* Sonet (Sweden/UK) LP 672
“That Meat’s a Little Too High” Sonet (Sweden/UK) LP 672
“Let Them Little Things be True” Sonet (Sweden/UK) LP 672
“I Been Burning Bad Gasoline” Sonet (Sweden/UK) LP 672
“Don’t You Mess with My Woman” Sonet (Sweden/UK) LP 672
“Water Fallin’ Boogie” Sonet (Sweden/UK) LP 672
The Legacy of the Blues Vol. 12 was released (initially in Sweden and the United Kingdom only) in 1975.
Various Artists—New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 1976
April 11, 1976. Live at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, New Orleans Fairgrounds, New Orleans, LA.
Vocal/guitar with Big Will Harvey, bass; unknown, drums.
“Mojo Hand” Island (UK) LP 9424
“Baby Please Don’t Go” Island (UK) LP 9424
“All Night Long” Island (UK) LP 9424
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 1976 was released in 1977.
Note: This various artists LP features Lee Dorsey, Ernie K-Doe, Professor Longhair, Irma Thomas, and others.
The Rising Sun Collection, Vol. 9
June 23, 1977. Live at the Rising Sun Celebrity Jazz Club, Montreal, Canada.
Vocal/electric guitar with Phillip Bowler, bass; Walter Perkins, drums.
“Trouble in Mind” Just a Memory (Canada) CD 009-2
“Have Mercy” Just a Memory (Canada) CD 009-2
“Cook My Breakfast” Just a Memory (Canada) CD 009-2
“It’s Hard to Love a Woman” Just a Memory (Canada) CD 009-2
“Get Up/Katie Mae” Just a Memory (Canada) CD 009-2
“Goin’ to Louisiana” Just a Memory (Canada) CD 009-2
“Forgot What to Say” Just a Memory (Canada) CD 009-2
“Lightnin’s Boogie” Just a Memory (Canada) CD 009-2
“Coming Back Home” Just a Memory (Canada) CD 009-2
“Early in the Morning Blues” Just a Memory (Canada) CD 009-2
“My Babe Don’t Stand No Cheatin’” Just a Memory (Canada) CD 009-2
“Rock Me Baby” Just a Memory (Canada) CD 009-2
The Rising Sun Collection Vol. 9 was released in 1996.
Various Artists—Mighty Crazy
Probably June 19, 1978. “The Juneteenth Blues Spectacular,” Miller Outdoor Theater, Houston, TX. Producer: Tom Usselmann
Vocal/electric guitar with unknown bass, drums.
“I Love My Biscuits” Catfish (UK) CD 225
“Key to the Highway” Catfish (UK) CD 225
“Come In” Catfish (UK) CD 225
“Messin’ Around” Catfish (UK) CD 225
“Mighty Crazy” Catfish (UK) CD 225
“Lightnin’ Does It” Catfish (UK) CD 225
“Lawd Have Mercy” Catfish (UK) CD 225
“Catfish Blues” Catfish (UK) CD 225
Mighty Crazy was released in 2002.
Note: This is a split CD between Hopkins and Big Mama Thornton. Although there is no date or location listed, a former Catfish Records producer recalled that it had been recorded for one of the annual Juneteenth Blues Spectaculars in Houston by Tom Usselmann, owner of the Lunar #2 label. The most probable year in which it was recorded is 1978, as it was the only time Lightnin’ appeared with Big Mama Thornton and Juke Boy Bonner at the festival. Usselmann released a posthumous LP of Bonner recorded at that year’s festival.
Various Artists—The Rising Sun Collection
July 22, 1980. Live at the Rising Sun Celebrity Jazz Fest, Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts, Montreal, Canada.
Vocal/electric guitar with Louisiana Red, guitar; Johnny “Big Moose” Walker, piano; unknown, bass; Styve Homnick, drums.
“Lightnin’s Blues” Just a Memory (Canada) CD 0011
“Blues Ain’t Nothin’ But a Feelin’” Just a Memory (Canada) CD 0011
“Trouble in Mind” Just a Memory (Canada) CD 0011