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63. “Mojo Hand,” Billboard, Vol. 73, No. 3, p. 40.
64. Chris Strachwitz, May 21, 2009.
65. Art D’Lugoff, interview by Alan Govenar, August 2008.
66. Nat Hentoff, liner notes to Lightnin’ in New York, Candid LP 8010.
67. Benson, January 30, 2002.
68. Billboard, March 31, 1958.
69. Lightnin’ Hopkins Strums the Blues, Score LP 4022.
70. Lightnin’ and The Blues, Herald LP 1012.
71. Charles Edward Smith, “Lightnin’ Strikes Thrice,” Saturday Review, December 3, 1960, p. 60.
72. McCormick, Mack. “Lightnin’ Hopkins: Blues.” Jazz Review [USA] 3:1 (January 1960): 14–17. Reprinted in Jazz Panorama, edited by M. T. Williams, pp. 311–318. New York: Crowell-Collier, 1962.
73. Nat Hentoff, liner Notes to Lightning Hopkins: The Last of the Great Blues Singers, Time LP 70004.
74. Hentoff, Time LP 70004.
75. Agreement between Prestige Records, Inc. and Sam Lightning Hopkins, May 19, 1961. Courtesy Prestige Music Archives/Concord Music Group, Inc.
76. Joe Kessler, interview by Alan Govenar, September 3, 2009.
77. Carroll Peery, interview by Alan Govenar, May 22, 2009.
78. Ibid.
79. Ibid.
80. Ibid.
81. Lola Cullum’s name is misspelled “Cullen” on the labels, undoubtedly the source for the confusion over her name that Mike Leadbitter reported on in Blues Unlimited magazine and his book Nothing But the Blues. See Leadbitter, Nothing But the Blues, (London: Hanover Books, 1971) p. 170. Leadbitter also alleged that Lola Cullum had briefly been a talent scout for Quinn in Gold Star’s heyday. Leadbitter, Nothing But the Blues (London: Hanover Books, 1971) p.172.
82. Quinn and Cullum didn’t record enough songs for an album, so the Lightnin’ Strikes LP had to be filled out with two songs from a completely different, electric session that Lightnin’ had made for the local Ivory label.
83. Chris Strachwitz, interview by Alan Govenar, July 18, 2008.
84. Ibid.
85. Ibid.
86. Contract between Chris A. Strachwitz and L. Sam Hopkins, November 26, 1961.
87. Chris Strachwitz, interview by Alan Govenar, October 2, 2008. Strachwitz did not release any Lightnin’ 45s until 1965, when he issued “Mama’s Flight,” backed by “My Woman” with drummer Harold “Frenchie” Joseph (Arhoolie 45-508) and “Come On Baby” and “Money Taker.”
88. Chris Strachwitz, July 18, 2008.
89. “Meet You at the Chicken Shack” and “Ice Storm Blues” appeared on Arhoolie LP 1011, and “Candy Wagon,” on Arhoolie 1018, but Lightnin’s version of “Down Home Blues” was never released.
90. Sam Charters, “Po’ Lightnin’: Some Thoughts about Lightnin’ Hopkins,” booklet in Lightnin’ Hopkins: The Complete Prestige/Bluesville Recordings, Fantasy, 1991, p. 25.
91. Ibid.
92. “Good Morning Little School Girl” had been a Don and Bob hit, but Lightnin’ was no doubt more familiar with Sonny Boy Williamson’s 1937 version.
93. Charters, p. 27.
94. Ibid.
95. Lorine Washington, interview by Alan Govenar, March 14, 2008.
96. Mabel Milton, interview by Alan Govenar, March 15, 2008.
97. Lightnin’ Hopkins, interview by Barbara Dane on KPFK-FM, Los Angeles, CA, July 8, 1960.
98. McCormick, January 23, 2006.
99. Letter from Sam Charters to Mack McCormick, September 30, 1963; Letter from M. Richard Asher to Mack McCormick, October 16, 1963; Letter from M. Richard Asher to Mack McCormick, October 28, 1963; Letter from Mack McCormick to Mr. Asher, stamped Received November 1, 1963; Letter from Samuel Charters to Mack McCormick, November 7, 1963; Letter to from Sam Charters to Mack McCormick, November 12, 1963; Letter from Samuel Charters to Mack McCormick, November 18, 1963; Letter from Sam Charters to Mack McCormick, November 20, 1963.
100. Letter from Samuel B. Charters to John W. Moore, January 24, 1964. In Houston, Bill Holford’s ACA studio merged with Gold Star for a brief period in 1965–66.
101. Bill Belmont, interview by Alan Govenar, May 21, 2009.
102. Undated letter form Mack McCormick to Sam Charters.
103. Letter from Samuel Charters to Mr. McCormick, February 27, 1964.
104. Undated letter from Mack McCormick