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| | The Complete Aladdin Recordings | | | Music Artist : | | Lightnin' Hopkins | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Capitol | | Release Date : | | 1991-11-19 | | Discs : | | 2 | | Store Price : | | $11.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $11.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Katie Mae
2. Feel So Bad
3. Backwater Blues (That Mean Old Twister)
4. I Can't Stay Here in Your Town
5. Can't Do Like You Used To
6. West Coast Blues
7. Short Haired Woman
8. L.A. Blues
9. Big Mama Jump
10. Down Baby
11. Let Me Play With Your Poodle
12. Fast Mail Rambler
13. Thinkin' and Worryin'
14. Can't Get That Woman off My Mind
15. Woman, Woman
16. Picture on the Wall
17. You're Not Goin' to Worry My Life Anymore
18. You're Gonna Miss Me
19. Sugar on My Mind
20. Nightmare Blues
21. Someday Baby
22. Come Back Baby
Disc 21. Lightnin's Boogie
2. Baby You're Not Going to Make a Fool Out of Me
3. Daddy Will Be Home One Day
4. Moon Rise Blues
5. Howling Wolf
6. Morning Blues
7. Have to Let You Go
8. Mama's Baby Child
9. Mistreated Blues
10. My California
11. Honey Babe
12. So Long
13. See See Rider
14. Unpredictable Woman
15. I Just Don't Care
16. Drinkin' Woman
17. Abilene
18. Shotgun
19. Rolling and Rolling
20. Tell It Like It Is
21. Miss Loretta
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Great collection, but too clean
Submitted on: 2007-01-30 |
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| I love the assembly of songs, but to me they all seem too clean, too tame, and too "studio" ...versions of songs which he did better on other recordings. I have it and I'll keep it, but there are better sessions out there. |
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 From the Cotton Patch to the Big City
Submitted on: 2001-12-08 |
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| Learning at the knee of legendary Bluesman Mance Lipscomb, Sam "Lightnin" Hopkins blazed an incendiary trail through the urban Texas landscape. These early tracks show the base upon which he built through the 60's and 70's. His concerts were often legendary, including one unforgettable night when he played at the University of Houston, on the same night as Abbie Hoffman was giving a speech across town at Rice University, at a far more ballyhooed event. I know for a fact, because I saw them, and I was one, that most campus politicos chose to attend to Lightnin' instead of Abbie. Us Texans do know our roots. Unforgettable moments of his concerts included such nicities as his swigging from a half-pint of Bourbon, and playing for as long as the tips came in. Late in the evening, his foot would become loose and begin pounding out the rhythm of the bass lines which his drop-thumb played. And a sly grin would sneak across his life-worn face. This was when he would impart his greatest wisdom to us.
He's a legend who has been missed. |
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From a man who loves the blues:
Submitted on: 2001-09-02 |
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| Many bluesmen have come and gone, but certain ones seem to have been around forever. Their music predates the fancy new singers, and while those new guys rise and fall, the old bluesmen stay the same, unchanged by time and just as beautiful and appealing as ever before. Lightnin' Hopkins is one of those classic blues singers. Like Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker, and all the rest, Hopkins is one of the founders of the blues - whoever plays the blues today is merely standing on the shoulders of these legends. This collection of Lightnin' Hopkins recordings is truly worth investing in. The quality of the music cannot be contested, and the enjoyment of listening to them cannot be underestimated. And you can't beat the price! Where else can you get over 40 classic blues tunes for this price? If you enjoy classic blues: get this album, sit back, and watch the world around you slow down for a while. |
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An Overlooked Founding Father.
Submitted on: 2001-07-20 |
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| There is a lot of John Lee Hooker here, and a lot of other stuff as well... There early stuff has the wonderful gritty feel of Hooker's early pieces like "Teachin the Blues," but then the two start to part company. Lightnin' has an endearing high pitch vocal style that immediately seems wrong for a classic blues musician, but grows on the listener until you cannot imagine the music any other way. The later recordings make use of fun upright piano and slightly rocky tempos. Not as earthy as Hooker, not as blue as Muddy, not as orchestrated as B.B., Lightnin has nicely balanced sound that may not always stictly qualify as blues. Please note: this is a two-disc set! For $12! Ka-Ching. |
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Blues as personal as a hushed conversation
Submitted on: 2000-05-12 |
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| Sam Hopkins was a throwback - a vanishing breed, the troubador, the street musician...and his music was/is intensely personal. Lightning's lyrics and delivery combined with his guitar licks and irregular measures are unique. It's not music to boogie to although I have; it's music to reflect on, to enjoy Lightning's wry humour and observations. Rough around the edges but that's part of its appeal. Most fans will tell you that he was like no other. |
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