Alan Govenar (51 page)
Authors: Lightnin' Hopkins: His Life,Blues
Tags: #Biography, #Hopkins; Lightnin', #United States, #General, #Music, #Blues Musicians - United States, #Biography & Autobiography, #Blues, #Genres & Styles, #Composers & Musicians, #Blues Musicians
Soul Blues
was released in 1966.
September 28, 1964. Live at the American Folk Blues Festival, (possibly) Hamburg, Germany. Producer: Horst Lippmann
Vocal/acoustic-electric guitar with Willie Dixon, bass; Clifton James, drums.
| “Mojo Hand” | Hip-O Select CD 1003 |
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962â1966 was released in 2003.
Note: This various artists CD includes performances by Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, Lonnie Johnson, Memphis Slim, and others.
October 9, 1964. Live at the American Folk Blues Festival, Musikhalle, Hamburg, Germany. Producer: Horst Lippmann
Vocal/acoustic-electric guitar.
| “Ain't It a Pity” | Fontana (Germany) LP 885.411 |
| “Baby Please Don't Go” | Fontana (Germany) LP 885.411 |
The American Folk Blues Festivalâ1964
was released (in Germany only) in 1964.
Note: This various artists LP includes performances by Sonny Boy Williamson, Sunnyland Slim, Howlin' Wolf, Sleepy John Estes, and others.
December 2, 1964. Live, unknown location. New York, NY. Producer: Sam Charters
| Vocal/acoustic-electric guitar. | |
| “I Don't Want to do Nothing with You” | Prestige LP 7370 |
| “You Is One Black Rat” | Prestige LP 7370 |
| “Just Boogyin'” | Prestige LP 7370 |
| “Take Me Back” | Prestige LP 7370 |
| “I Was Down on Dowling Street” | Prestige LP 7370 |
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| “I Growed Up with the Blues” | Prestige LP 7370 |
| “My Family” | Prestige LP 7370 |
| “I Learn About the Blues” | Prestige LP 7370 |
| “I First Come to Houston” | Prestige LP 7370 |
| “I Meet Texas Alexander” | Prestige LP 7370 |
| “There Were Hard Times” | Prestige LP 7370 |
| “I Make My First Record and Get My Name” | Prestige LP 7370 |
| “My Thoughts on the Blues” | Prestige LP 7370 |
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| My Life in the Blues (a double LP) was released July 1965. |
1964. Live at the Bird Lounge, 2305 S. Shepherd, Houston, TX.
Vocal/acoustic-electric guitar, “Curly Lee” (Billy Bizor), vocal/harmonica*.
| “I Heard My Children Crying” | Guest Star LP 1459 |
| “Leave Jike Mary Alone” | Guest Star LP 1459 |
| “You Treat Po' Lightning Wrong” | Guest Star LP 1459 |
| “I'm Gonna Meet My Babe Somewhere” | Guest Star LP 1459 |
| “There's Good Rockin' Tonight” | Guest Star LP 1459 |
| “Don't Treat That Man âWay You Treat Me” | Guest Star LP 1459 |
| “Little Rose”* | Collectables LP/CD 5206 |
| “With You on My Mind” | Collectables LP/CD 5206 |
| “Sam Talking to the Group” | Collectables LP/CD 5206 |
| “Sam and Curley Talking” | Collectables LP/CD 5206 |
| “Possum Hunt”* | Collectables LP/CD 5206 |
| “Sam Talking and Strumming” | Collectables LP/CD 5206 |
| “Love Me or Leave Me” | Collectables LP/CD 5206 |
| “Load the Train”* | Koch CD 9850 |
| “Baby Don't Tear My Clothes” | Koch CD 9850 |
| Live at the Bird Lounge was released c.1964. |
c. December 1964. Houston, TX. Producer: Aubrey Mayhew
Vocal/electric guitar.
| “This Time We're Gonna Try” | Pickwick LP 3013 |
| “Christmastime Is Coming” | Pickwick LP 3013 |
| “Come on Baby, Let's Work Awhile” | Pickwick LP 3013 |
| “The Jet” | Pickwick LP 3013 |
| “I Don't Need You Woman” | Pickwick LP 3013 |
| “I Wish I Was a Baby” | Pickwick LP 3013 |
| “The Crazy Song” | Pickwick LP 3013 |
| “Lightnin's Love” | Pickwick LP 3013 |
| “Take It If You Want It” | Pickwick LP 3013 |
| “How Have You Been?” | Pickwick LP 3013 |
| Probably from this session: | |
| “From Man to Man” | Collectables LP/CD 5203 |
| “Little Boy Blue” | Collectables LP/CD 5203 |
| “That Man from New York City” | Collectables LP/CD 5203 |
| “I Got a Letter” | Collectables LP/CD 5204 |
| “Gonna Move Off This Street” | Collectables LP/CD 5204 |
| “How Can You Love Me and Another Man, Too” | Collectables LP/CD 5204 |
| “Chicken Minnie” | Collectables LP/CD 5205 |
| The King of the Blues was released in August 1965. |
March 18, 1965. Houston, TX. Producer: Chris Strachwitz
Vocal/guitar with Harold “Frenchie” Joseph, drums.
| “Gabriel” | Arhoolie LP 1039 |
| “Money Taker” | Arhoolie LP 1039; (45) 513 |
| “Come on Baby” | Arhoolie LP 1039; (45) 513 |
| “Prison Blues” | Arhoolie LP 1039 |
| “Mama's Fight” | Arhoolie LP 1039; (45) 508 |
| “My Woman” | Arhoolie LP 1039; (45) 508 |
Ball and Chain
was released in 1969.
Note: This various artists LP also includes Big Mama Thornton and Larry Williams.
“Prison Blues” only appears on later pressings of this LP; it is excluded from first pressings.
July 24, 1965. Live at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI.
Vocal/electric guitar with Sam Lay, drums.
| “Cotton Field Blues” | Vanguard LP 77/78 |
| “Shake That Thing” | Vanguard LP 77/78 |
Great Bluesmen/Newport
was released in 1976.
Note: This various artists double LP includes Son House, Skip James, John Lee Hooker, Mississippi John Hurt, and others.
July 24, 1965. Live at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI.
Vocal/electric guitar.
| “The Woman I'm Loving, She's Taken My Appetite” | Vanguard CD 2-77005 |
| “Come On, Baby” | Vanguard CD 2-77005 |
| “Baby Please Don't Go” | Vanguard CD 2-77005 |
Note: This various artists CD includes Son House, Bukka White, Skip James, Muddy Waters, Mississippi John Hurt, and others.
Blues With a Feeling
was released in 1993.
July 24, 1965. Live at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI.
Vocal/electric guitar with Sam Lay, drums*.
| “Where Can I Find My Baby?” | Vanguard CD 79715 |
| “Baby Please Don't Go” | Vanguard CD 79715 |
| “Mojo Hand” | Vanguard CD 79715 |
| “Trouble in Mind” | Vanguard CD 79715 |
| “The Woman I'm Loving, She's Taken My Appetite” | Vanguard CD 79715 |
| “Come on Baby” | Vanguard CD 79715 |
| “Cotton Patch Blues” | Vanguard CD 79715 |
| “Instrumental”* | Vanguard CD 79715 |
| “Jealous of My Wife”* | Vanguard CD 79715 |
| “Every Day About This Time”* | Vanguard CD 79715 |
| “Shake That Thing”* | Vanguard CD 79715 |
Note: Vanguard CD 79715 purports to reissue the complete Newport performance. However, “Cotton Patch Blues,” while the same song as “Cotton Field Blues” on the Great Bluesmen/Newport LP, is a completely different performance, with no drummer present.
Live at Newport
was released in 2002.
October 4 and 5, 1965. Los Angeles, CA.
Vocal/electric guitar with Don Crawford, harmonica (overdubbed)*; Jimmy Bond, bass; Earl Palmer, drums.
| “Mojo Hand”* | Verve-Folkways LP 9022 |
| “Little Wail”* | Verve-Folkways LP 9022 |
| “Cotton” | Verve-Folkways LP 9022 |
| “Take Me Back (Baby)” | Verve-Folkways LP 9022 |
| “(Really) Nothin' But the Blues” | Verve-Folkways LP 9022 |
| “Hurricane Betsy”* | Verve-Folkways LP 9022 |
| “Guitar Lightnin'” | Verve-Folkways LP 9022 |
| “Woke Up This Morning” | Verve-Folkways LP 9022 |
| “Shake Yourself”* | Verve-Folkways LP 9022 |
| “Down Home Blues” | Saga(UK) LP 8001 |
| “Lightnin's Blues” | Saga(UK) LP 8001 |
| “Goin' to Louisiana” (alternate take of “Mojo Hand”) | Saga(UK) LP 8001 |
Lightnin' Strikes
was released in 1966.
Note: First pressings of this LP were released with a photo of Reverend Gary Davis on the cover.
October 4 and 5, 1965. Los Angeles, CA.
Vocal/electric guitar with Don Crawford, harmonica (overdubbed)*; Jimmy Bond, bass; Earl Palmer, drums; John “Streamline” Ewing, trombone **.
| “Shaggy Dad” [sic “Shaggy Dog”] | Verve-Folkways LP 3013 |
| “I'll Be Gone”** | Verve-Folkways LP 3013 |
| “Shining Moon” | Verve-Folkways LP 3013 |
| “Shake It Baby” | Verve-Folkways LP 3013 |
| “Goin' Back Home” | Verve-Folkways LP 3013 |
| “Good Times” | Verve-Folkways LP 3013 |
| “What'd I Say”* | Verve-Folkways LP 3013 |
| “Don't Wake Me” | Verve-Folkways LP 3013 |
| “Talk of the Town” | Verve-Folkways LP 3013 |
Lightnin' Hopkins
was released in 1967.
October 4 and 5, 1965. Los Angeles, CA.
Vocal/electric guitar with Don Crawford, harmonica (overdubbed)*; Jimmy Bond, bass; Earl Palmer, drums; John “Streamline” Ewing, trombone**.
| “Last Night” | Polydor(UK) LP 545019 |
| “Rain”** | Polydor(UK) LP 545019 |
| “Fugitive Blues” | Polydor(UK) LP 545019 |
| “G String Blues” | Polydor(UK) LP 545019 |
| “Grandma Told Grandpa” | Polydor(UK) LP 545019 |
| “Goin' to Dallas” | Polydor(UK) LP 545019 |
| “Keep Movin' On” | Polydor(UK) LP 545019 |
| “That's My Story” | Polydor(UK) LP 545019 |
| “Dillon's Store”** | Polydor(UK) LP 545019 |
That's My Story
was released (in the United Kingdom only) in 1970.
c.1965. Probably Robin Hood Brian Studio, Tyler, TX. Producer: Stan Lewis
Vocal/acoustic-electric guitar with Elmore Nixon, piano; unknown bass and drums.
| “Found My Baby Crying” | Jewel LP 5000; (45) 825 |
| “Move On Out, Pt. 1” | Jewel LP 5000 |
| “Back Door Friend” | Jewel LP 5000; (45) 788 |
| “Fishing Clothes” | Jewel LP 5000; (45) 788 |
| “Morning Blues” [a.k.a. “Moaning Blues”] | Jewel LP 5000 |
| “Gambler's Blues” | Jewel LP 5000 |
| “Wig Wearing Woman” | Jewel LP 5000; (45) 796 |
| “Move On Out, Pt. 2” | Jewel LP 5000; (45) 796 |
Blue Lightnin'
was released in 1967.
Note: The Blue Lightnin' LP contains two tracks from Modernâ“Lonesome Dog Blues” and “Last Affair.”
April 15, 1966. Live at the Berkeley Blues Festival, Berkeley, CA. Producer: Chris Strachwitz
