Lightnin' Hopkins - At The Bird Lounge - VINYL LP

Vinyl LP pressing. Musicologist Sam Charters recorded legendary, Texas country bluesman Sam InchLightnin'Inch Hopkins in 1959 before the revival of rural blues or country music. Nonetheless, this recording of Hopkins's first acoustic sessions was met with immediate critical acclaim and soon became recognized as a blues classic. This vinyl reissue is part of Folkways Records' 70th anniversary celebration series, revisiting some of the most iconic and influential albums released on the record tag, starting with Lightnin' Hopkins, Woody Guthrie and Jospeh Spence. Remastered from the original 1959 LP master tapes and presented in classic Folkways style with a tip-on jacket featuring original liner notes. Album Tracks 1. Penitentiary Blues 2. Bad Luck and Trouble 3. Come Go Home with Me 4. Trouble Stay 'Way from My Door 5. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean 1. Goin' Back to Florida 2. Reminiscences of Blind Lemon 3. Fan It 4. Tell Me, Baby 5. She's Mine

180 gram double vinyl LP pressing housed in a gatefold sleeve, includes digital download. On June 23, 1977, Sam 'Lightnin' Hopkins walked onto a small stage in a smoke & whisky filled club in Montreal and proceeded to lay down arguably his last great performance before his death 5 years later. Lightnin' Hopkins is considered one of the greatest blues guitarists and singers of all time and, according to the New York Times, Inchperhaps the greatest single influence on rock guitar players.Inch Remastered Rare recording from the Justin Time Essentials Collection. Album Tracks 1. Trouble in Mind 2. Mercy 3. Cook My Breakfast 4. Hard to Love a Woman 5. Get Up Off O' Yo' 6. Katie Mae 7. Goin' to Louisiana 8. Forgot What to Say 9. Lightnin's Boogie 10. I'm Coming Home 11. Early in the Morning Blues 12. My Babe 13. Rock Me Baby

Lightnin' Hopkins is a true folk singer. His songs are the heart of the South, the very essence of his people, their joys, their triumphs, their difficulties, their oppression. Lightnin's music, like that of any great artist, has a universal quality. When you hear it, it might be your sadness or your ecstasy that is being told - the feeling of all people, the qualities of all living, good and bad, lie in the easy cadences and pathos of Lightnin's expression. So long as folk music endures, so long will Lightnin' Hopkins be played. Strums the Blues is a compilation that was originally released in 1958 on the Score tag. It is a collection of his legendary early Aladdin 78' sides. These songs have been carefully remastered for this and cut by Warren Defever and Bill Skibbe. The cover art has been reimagined by modern-day folk artist Tim Kerr. Album Tracks 1. Katie May 2. My California 3. Honey Babe 4. Short Haired Woman 5. Little Mamma Blues 6. Shotgun 7. Rollin' and Rollin' 8. See See Rider 9. So Long 10. Mistreated