Alan Govenar (52 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
Vocal/guitar with Francis Clay, drums.
| “Last Night” | Arhoolie LP 1030 |
| “Going to Louisiana (Mojo Hand)” | Arhoolie LP 1030 |
| “Black Cadillac” | Arhoolie LP 1030 |
| “Short Haired Woman” | Arhoolie LP 1030 |
| “Lightnin's Boogie” | Arhoolie LP 1030 |
| “If You Don't Want Me” | Arhoolie CD 484 |
| “I Feel So Good” | Arhoolie CD 484 |
The Second Annual Berkeley Blues Festival, Concert and Dance was released in 1967.
Note: This various artists LP includes performances by Mance Lipscomb and Clifton Chenier.
December 18, 1967. 3124 Gray, Apt. 14 (Hopkins's apartment), Houston, TX. Producer: Chris Strachwitz.
Vocal/electric guitar; electric bottleneck guitar*.
| “Tom Moore Blues” | Arhoolie LP 1034 |
| “Watch My Fingers” | Arhoolie LP 1034 |
| “Little Antoinette” | Arhoolie LP 1034 |
| “Love Is Like a Hydrant” | Arhoolie LP 1034 |
| “Cut Me Out Baby” | Arhoolie LP 1034 |
| “Take a Walk” | Arhoolie LP 1034 |
| “Slavery” | Arhoolie LP 1034 |
| “I Would If I Could”* | Arhoolie LP 1034 |
| “Bud Russell Blues” | Arhoolie LP 1034 |
| “At Home Blues” | Arhoolie LP 1034 |
| “Gin Bottle Blues” | Arhoolie CD 403 |
| “I'm Leaving You Now” | Arhoolie CD 403 |
| Texas Blues Man was released in 1968. |
January 3 and 4, 1968. International Artists Studios, 5628 Brock St., Houston, TX. Producer: Lelan Rogers
Vocal/electric guitar with Elmore Nixon, piano*; Billy Bizor, harmonica/vocal**; Earl “Duke” Davis, bass; Danny Thomas, drums.
| “Mr. Charlie Pt. 1” | International Artists LP 6 |
| “Mr. Charlie Pt. 2” | International Artists LP 6; (45) 127 |
| “Give Me Time to Think” | International Artists LP 6 |
| “Mr. Dittas' Grocery Store” | International Artists LP 6 |
| “Open Up Your Door”* | International Artists LP 6 |
| “Cooking's Done” | International Artists LP 6 |
| “Got Her Letter This Morning” | International Artists LP 6 |
| “Rain Falling” | International Artists LP 6 |
| “Mini Skirt”* | International Artists LP 6 |
| “Fox Chase”** | International Artists (45) 127 |
| “Black Ghost” | International Artists LP 13 |
| “Interview” | International Artists LP 13 |
Free Form Patterns
was released in 1968.
Note: First pressings of Free Form Patterns have a lettered cover with liner notes by Lelan Rogers; Lightnin's name is misspelled “Lightin'” throughout. The rarer second pressings have a painted portrait cover, unattributed liner notes, and corrected spellings.
The flipside of International Artists (45) 127 is credited to Billy Bizor.
January 17, 1968. ACA Recording Studio, 1017 Westheimer, Houston, TX. Producer: Don Logan
Vocal/electric guitar with George “Wild Child” Butler, harmonica; Elmore Nixon, piano; Lawrence Evans, bass; unknown drums.
| “Uncle Stan, the Hip Hit Record Man” | Jewel LP 5001, (45) 825 |
| “Long Way from Home” | Jewel LP 5001 |
| “I'm Tired of Trouble” | Jewel LP 5001 |
| “Vietnam War Pts. 1 & 2” | Jewel LP 5001 |
| “Lightnin' Strikes One More Time” | Jewel LP 5001 |
| “Walkin' Blues” | Jewel LP 5001 |
| “Talkin' Some Sense” | Jewel LP 5001 |
| “Lonesome Lightnin'” | Jewel LP 5001 |
| “My Suggestion” | Jewel LP 5001 |
| “You're Gonna Miss Me” | Jewel LP 5001 |
| “The Purple Puppy” | Jewel LP 5001 |
| “Racetrack” | Westside (UK) CD 228 |
| “My Money Is What You Want” | Westside (UK) CD 228 |
| Talkin' Some Sense was released in 1968. |
April 11 and 12, 1968. ACA Recording Studio, 1017 Westheimer, Houston, TX. Producer: Roy Ames
Vocal/electric guitar with Cedric Haywood, piano; Lawrence Evans, bass; Ben Turner, drums.
| “Born in the Bottom” | Home Cooking LP 102 |
| “Mojo Hand” | Home Cooking LP 102 |
| “Feel Like Balling the Jack” | Home Cooking LP 102 |
| “A Man Like Me Is Hard to Find” | Home Cooking LP 102 |
| “Go Ahead” | Home Cooking LP 102 |
| “I Wonder Where She Can Be Tonight?” | Home Cooking LP 102 |
| “Old Man” | Home Cooking LP 102 |
| “Crying for Bread” | Home Cooking LP 102 |
| “Rainy Day in Houston” | Rattlesnake(Germany) LP 55001 |
| “Stinking Foot” | Rattlesnake(Germany) LP 55001 |
| “I Got a Letter This Morning” | Collectables CD 5262 |
| “How Does It” | Collectables CD 5262 |
| “Lonesome Life” | Collectables CD 5262 |
| “Pine Gum Boogie” | Collectables CD 5262 |
| “Wake Up the Dead” | Collectables CD 5262 |
| “Walking and Walking” | Collectables CD 5262 |
| “Shake That Thing” | Amhearst CD 662033 |
Lightnin' Hopkins Strikes Again! was released in 1975.
April 11 and 12, 1968. ACA Recording Studio, 1017 Westheimer, Houston, TX. Producer: Roy Ames
Vocal/electric guitar with Cedric Haywood, piano; Lawrence Evans, bass; Ben Turner, drums.
| “December 7, 1941” | Avco Embassy LP 33006 |
| “Mojo Hand” | Avco Embassy LP 33006 |
Soul ⦠In The Beginning was released in 1970.
Note: This various artists LP includes Clifton Chenier, T-Bone Walker, Billy Bizor, Calvin Johnson, and Johnny Winter.
April 15, 1968. ACA Recording Studio, 1017 Westheimer, Houston, TX. Producer: Roy Ames
Vocal/electric guitar with Billy Bizor, harmonica; Elmore Nixon, piano; “Duck” Davis, guitar; Harold Chevalier, bass; Ben Turner, drums.
| “Vietnam War” | Home Cooking LP 111 |
| “You Just Got to Miss Me” | Home Cooking LP 111 |
Blowing My Blues Away
was released in 1988.
1969. ACA Recording Studio, 1017 Westheimer, Houston, TX. Producer: Don Logan
Vocal/electric and acoustic guitar, with unknown fuzz guitar (probably overdubbed), harmonica, piano, bass and drums.
| “You're Too Fast” | Jewel LP 5002; (45) 809 |
| “Love Me This Morning” | Jewel LP 5002; (45) 819 |
| “I'm Comin' Home” | Jewel LP 5002; (45) 809 |
| “Ride in Your New Automobile” | Jewel LP 5002; (45) 803 |
| “Breakfast Time” | Jewel LP 5002; (45) 807 |
| “Lovin' Arms” | Jewel LP 5002; (45) 803 |
| “Rock Me Mama” | Jewel LP 5002; (45) 819 |
| “Mr. Charlie Pt. 1” | Jewel LP 5002; (45) 816 |
| “Mr. Charlie Pt. 2” | Jewel LP 5002; (45) 816 |
| “Play with Your Poodle” | Jewel LP 5002; (45) 807 |
| “Little School Girl” | Capricorn CD 42014 |
| “My Daddy Was a Preacher” | Capricorn CD 42014 |
| “A Death in the Family” | Capricorn CD 42014 |
| “I Hate I Got Married” | Westside(UK) CD 228 |
| “Jail House Blues” | Westside(UK) CD 228 |
| “Katie Mae” | Westside(UK) CD 228 |
| “Sail on Little Girl” | Westside(UK) CD 228 |
| “West Texas Blues” | Westside(UK) CD 228 |
| “Walk Me” | Westside(UK) CD 228 |
| “Little Boy Blue” | Westside(UK) CD 228 |
| “Pneumonia Blues” | Westside(UK) CD 228 |
| “Huntin' in the Morning” | Westside(UK) CD 228 |
| “Letter to My Back Door Friend” | Westside(UK) CD 228 |
| “Bass Player's Go Go” | unissued |
The Great Electric Show and Dance was released in 1970.
Note: Don Logan has confirmed that this album was recorded at ACA in Houston, not Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, as has long been written. The Westside CD reissue further confirms this location since ACA engineer Bill Holford can be heard announcing most takes.
A fourth album for Jewel is alleged to have been recorded; no information is available.
May 1969. Los Angeles, CA. Producer: Bruce Bromberg
Vocal/electric guitar/piano*/organ** with John Howard, bass+; Bill Brown, drums+.
| “California Mudslide” | Vault LP 129 |
| “Rosie Mae” | Vault LP 129 |
| “Los Angeles Blues”* | Vault LP 129 |
| “Easy on Your Heels”+ | Vault LP 129; (45) 965 |
| “New Santa Fe” | Vault LP 129 |
| “Jesus, Would You Come by Here”** | Vault LP 129 |
| “No Education” | Vault LP 129; (45) 965 |
| “Antoinette's Blues”* | Vault LP 129 |
| “Change My Way of Livin'” | Vault LP 129 |
| “Los Angeles Boogie”** | Vault LP 129 |
| “Call on My Baby” | Vault LP 129 |
California Mudslide (And Earthquake) was released c.1969.
May 20, 1969. Berkeley, CA. Producer: Chris Strachwitz
Vocal/guitar with Francis Clay, drums. Add Jeff Carp, harmonica; Johnny “Big Moose” Walker, piano; Paul Asbell, guitar; Chester “Gino” Skaggs, bass on *.
| “Hold Up Your Hand” | Poppy LP 60002 |
| “My Starter Won't Start This Morning” | Poppy LP 60002 |
| “What'd I Say” | Poppy LP 60002 |
| “One Kind Favor” | Poppy LP 60002 |
| “Baby Please Don't Go” | Poppy LP 60002 |
| “Trouble in Mind” | Poppy LP 60002 |
| “Annie's Blues” | Poppy LP 60002 |
| “Baby” | Poppy LP 60002 |
| “Little and Low” | Poppy LP 60002 |
| “I Hear You Callin'” | Poppy LP 60002 |
| “Mojo Hand Pt. 1” | Poppy LP 60002 |
| “Mojo Hand Pt. 2” | Poppy LP 60002 |
| “Have You Ever Had a Woman” | Poppy LP 60002 |
| “Ain't It Crazy” | Poppy LP 60002 |
| “Black and Evil” | Poppy LP 60002 |
| “Rock Me Baby”* | Poppy LP 60002 |
| “Hello Central” | Poppy LP 60002 |
| “Back Door Friend”* | Poppy LP 60002 |
| “Little Girl, Little Girl” | Poppy LP 60002 |
| “It's Better Down the Road” | Poppy LP 60002 |
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| “Lightnin' Declares” | Tomato CD 2098 |
| “Last Night I Lost the Best Friend I Ever Had” | Tomato CD 2098 |
| “Baby, Please Lend Me Your Love” | Tomato CD 2098 |
| âShort Haired Woman (speech)” | Tomato CD 2098 |
| âShort Haired Woman” | Tomato CD 2098 |
| âCigar (speech)” | Tomato CD 2098 |
| “Pneumonia Blues” | Tomato CD 2098 |
| “What'd I Say”* | Tomato CD 2098 |
| âKatie Mae”* | Tomato CD 2098 |
| âBlack Cadillac” | Tomato CD 2098 |
| “One for the Gamblin'” | Tomato CD 2098 |
| “I Gave Up Card Playin' (speech)” | Tomato CD 2098 |
| “I Once Was a Gambler” | Tomato CD 2098 |
| “Where Did You Stay Last Night?” | Tomato CD 2098 |
| “Careless Love” | Tomato CD 2098 |
| “Black Lightnin' (speech)” | Tomato CD 2098 |
| “Lightnin' Slow Blues” | Tomato CD 2098 |
