Texas Blues Man
1968 studio album by Lightnin' Hopkins
| Texas Blues Man | ||||
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| Studio album by Lightnin' Hopkins | ||||
| Released | 1968 | |||
| Recorded | December 18, 1967 | |||
| Studio | Houston, TX | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 37:56 | |||
| Label | Arhoolie F 1034 | |||
| Producer | Chris Strachwitz | |||
| Lightnin' Hopkins chronology | ||||
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Texas Blues Man is an album by the blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins, recorded in Texas in late 1967 and released on the Arhoolie label.[1][2]
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [4] |
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings wrote that the album contains "powerful performances with a resonant electric guitar filling the studio," but that "it was no more than an average Hopkins album."[4]
Track listing
All compositions by Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins
- "Tom Moore Blues" – 5:01
- "Watch My Fingers" – 2:48
- "Little Antoinette" – 3:38
- "Love Like a Hydrant" – 3:58
- "Cut Me Out Baby" – 3:27
- "Take a Walk" – 2:37
- "Slavery" – 5:29
- "I Would If I Could" – 3:19
- "Bud Russell Blues" – 4:32
- "At Home Blues" – 3:07
Personnel
Performance
- Lightnin' Hopkins – guitar, vocals
Production
- Chris Strachwitz – producer
References
- ^ Wirz' American Music: Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins discography accessed November 12, 2018
- ^ Down-Home Music: The Story of Arhoolie Records accessed November 12, 2018
- ^ Lightnin' Hopkins: Texas Blues – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
- ^ a b Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. London: Penguin. p. 281. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
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Lightnin' Hopkins
- Lightnin' Hopkins (1959)
- Country Blues (1959)
- Autobiography in Blues (1960)
- Down South Summit Meetin' (1960)
- Last Night Blues (1961)
- Lightnin' (1961)
- Lightnin' in New York (1961)
- Blues in My Bottle (1961)
- Mojo Hand (1962)
- Lightnin' Sam Hopkins (1962)
- Walkin' This Road by Myself (1962)
- Lightnin' and Co. (1962)
- Lightnin' Strikes (1962)
- Blues Hoot (1963)
- Smokes Like Lightning (1963)
- Goin' Away (1963)
- Hootin' the Blues (1964)
- Down Home Blues (1964)
- Soul Blues (1965)
- My Life in the Blues (1965)
- The King of the Blues (1965)
- Lightning Hopkins with His Brothers Joel and John Henry / with Barbara Dane (1966)
- Lightnin' Strikes (1966)
- Blue Lightnin' (1967)
- Something Blue (1967)
- Texas Blues Man (1968)
- Free Form Patterns (1968)
- Talkin' Some Sense (1968)
- The Great Electric Show and Dance (1969)
- California Mudslide (and Earthquake) (1969)
- Lightnin'! (1969)
- Lightning Hopkins in Berkeley (1972)
- The Swarthmore Concert (1993)
- Live at Newport (2002)
- In the Key of Lightnin' (2002)
- Lightnin' Hopkins Strums the Blues (1958)
- Last of the Great Blues Singers (1960)
- Lightnin' and the Blues (1960)
- Lightning Hopkins Sings the Blues (1961)
- Early Recordings (1965)
- Early Recordings Vol. 2 (1971)
- Po' Lightnin' (1983)
- Mojo Hand: The Life and Music of Lightnin' Hopkins
