Double Blues

The Complete Aladdin Recordings Forty-three tracks of the seminal bluesman's recordings for Aladdin in the 1940s, The Complete Aladdin Recordings is a must-hear. Performing alone with his guitar or with sparse accompaniment--usually pianist Wilson "Thunder" Smith--Lightnin' dishes out the best of Texas country-...	Lightnin' Hopkins When I listen to this recording again many years later, I still have the same sense of excitement I felt that day when I sat in his shadowy room with the bottle of gin on the floor, and the sounds of other people in the house drifting through the door. Through the blues revival ...	Swarthmore Concert	The Complete Prestige/Bluesville Recordings No Description AvailableNo Track Information AvailableMedia Type: CDArtist: HOPKINS,LIGHTNIN'Title: COMPLETE PRESTIGE/BLUESVILLE RStreet Release Date: 10/17/1991	Blues Masters: The Very Best of Lightnin' Hopkins Another day, another Lightnin' Hopkins collection. It's only to be expected for a musician whose career lasted six decades, and whose recorded output was so profuse (often for several labels simultaneously) that the neophyte is hard pressed to determine which of the many albums, ...
Lightnin' and the Blues: The Herald Sessions Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins belongs on the Mount Rushmore of great blues artists. You'll get a strong sense of why upon listening to the 16 tracks (including four unearthed specially for the CD) that the fortyish Texan made for Herald Records in 1954, about the time his African Ameri...	Blues N	Goin' Away	Skin Deep It’s erroneous to characterize this 2008 Buddy Guy release, his first in three years, as a comeback, since he’s never been gone. But between a spotlight stealing performance in Martin Scorsese’s Rolling Stones concert flick Shine a Light in the same year an...	The Original Delta Blues This Columbia Legacy reissue of the 1965 release is one of the few recordings available of one of the blues' founding fathers. It contains some of his best songs, which have unsurprisingly become classics of the Delta blues genre: "Death Letter," "Preachin' Blues," "Levee Camp Mo...

Lightnin' at his best!
This is a lotta Lightnin', a compilation of 2 albums recorded in 1964, with a running time of 76 minutes. I have been a fan of Lightnin' Hopkins for 40 years and have many of his recordings. The first 7 songs are are from the album Down Home Blues, which in my opinion is Lightnin's finest work ever. These cuts are really well recorded and showcase Lightnin' at his laid back best. The sound is very clear and showcases his incredible dynamics, going from fast & intense to whisper quiet. His stories and vocal inflections are just so right-on; my neck hairs still stand up when I hear it, 40 years after hearing it for the first time. His guitar playing is a treasure, going from rhythmic boogie to chilling single notes, with the best of his signature flourishes and flurries. Standing on 75 Highway and other slower songs have a heart rending intensity. This is the real deal!! Blues does not get any better than these 7 cuts!! Cuts 8-17 are from the Soul Blues record. Though these cuts lack the absolute magic of the first 7, they are still fine Lightnin'. Some of these (My Babe, for example) show off some of his flashier guitar work and show that he was one of the all time great blues guitarists and a foremost proponent of the Texas style. Some great story songs here too. If you are new to the blues, this CD will be a fine introduction. If you are a seasoned blues fan and collector, you would be remiss not to have this one! I could listen to just those first 7 songs for days!

This Lightnin Disc ROCKS, it rolls, and it JUKES!!!
I'm a serious Sam Hopkins fanatic having over 20 of his discs in my collection, this by far is my favorite. It was stolen from my car recently and I was greatly aggrivated, hence coming to Amazon to purchase. Mr. Hopkins was virtuoso guitarist, an underrated vocalist, and a folk poet's poet! If you don't like this disc, you just don't like music.

Chock some up for po' lightnin: this disc is excellent
I own about a dozen lightnin albums--this is my favorite, both because of the number of tracks but the quality of lightnin's improvisation. He is subtly backed, still allowing his own lyrical, distinctly 'texan' sound to shine through.Both boogies and ballads give this disc a comprehensive sampling of lightnin's style and subject. Whether he sings of women, god, gambling, travelling, or death, his music is harrowing.The liner notes are quite good, also. Check out "I'm Gonna Build Me a Heaven of My Own" and "Lonsome Graveyard." Two of his best songs ever recorded. Whether he sounds transcendental or satiric, lightnin is the king of texas blues. Buy this disc immediately.