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Though he had been performing since the 1920s, Texas bluesman Lightnin' Hopkins was a fresh face to the majority of the young folk audiences of the 1960s. On the verge of drifting into obscurity, the singer had been rediscovered by enthusiast Mack McCormick and promoted to college crowds as a singer/guitarist in the folk-blues mold. What followed was a series of albums cut both solo and with session musicians for a variety of labels. How Many More Years I Got was one of the earliest. The players here are extremely loose, betraying a casual interest in the task at hand. They sound like a group of borrowed session men, but were in fact a small combo familiar both with each other and Hopkins himself. Bassist Donald Cooks, pianist Buster Pickens, drummer "Spider" Kilpatrick, and Hopkins' harp-playing cousin, Billy Bizor, all played on a number of the guitarist's dates during the early '60s. Hopkins was apparently reluctant to do second takes, however, and these recordings show it. The singer leads the group with his relaxed lines and Kilpatrick follows, further defining the tempo with the light, stiff patter of his drums. Bizor occasionally plays the role of catalyst, though his moans, hollers, and vocal/harmonica dialogues do little to increase the interest of his partners. Things pick up slightly during the album's second half, though even then the performances hardly approach the level of Hopkins' solo sides from the period, let alone his best work.
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Texas-born Lightnin’ Hopkins is the personification of country blues. He worked primarily as a street singer in Houston until 1960, when he began making concert appearances throughout the United States. The material in this package, originally released in three long-unavailable Bluesville albums, presents a pivotal Hopkins session, recorded in February 1962 in Houston, in its entirety for the first time.
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This album put blues in most finished yet raw feel of the Mississippi Blues. Lightnin Hopkins is pure and he has a way of you feel you are sitting right next to him, while he is sing of making money from a fox hunt. Thank you amazon for keeping the bolt of Lightnin alive.
track list:
01. How Many More Years I Got [0:03:02.52]
02. Walkin' This Road By Myself [0:04:53.63]
03. The Devil Jumped the Black Man [0:04:14.32]
04. My Baby Don't Stand No Cheatin' [0:02:08.48]
05. Black Cadillac [0:03:42.30]
06. You Is One Black Rat [0:02:32.40]
07. The Fox Chase [0:03:22.05]
08. Mojo Hand [0:03:23.72]
09. Mama Blues [0:05:18.58]
10. My Black Name [0:04:00.55]
11. Prison Farm Blues [0:04:36.10]
12. Ida Mae [0:05:30.62]
13. I Got A Leak In This Old Building [0:05:22.65]
14. Happy Blues For John Glenn [0:05:23.48]
15. Worried Life Blues [0:02:58.15]
16. Sinner's Prayer [0:03:48.60]
17. Angel Child [0:03:37.15]
18. Pneumonia Blues [0:03:33.17]
19. Have You Ever Been Mistreated [0:04:04.55]
Personnel:
Lightnin' Hopkins (vocals, guitar)
Billy Bizor (vocals, harmonica)
Buster Pickens (piano)
Donald Cooks (bass)
Spider Kilpatrick (drums)
Recorded at A.C.A. Studios, Houston, Texas
February 17, 1962 (1-10)
February 20, 1962 (11-19)
Selections
# 1-3, 5, 14-15
originally released as "Walking This Road By Myself" (Bluesville 1057)
# 4, 6-9, 13, 16-19 as "Lightnin' & Co." (Bluesville 1061)
# 10-12 as "Smokes Like Lightnin'" (Bluesville 1070)
Includes original release liner notes by Mack McCormick.
Digital Remastering, 1989 - Kirk Felton, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley
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