Blue Lightnin' Explained

Blue Lightnin'
Type:	Album
Artist:	Lightnin' Hopkins
Cover:	Blue Lightnin'.jpg
Released:	1967
Recorded:	1965
Studio:	Robin Hood Studios, Tyler, TX
Genre:	Blues
Length:	34:07
Label:	Jewel Records
Producer:	Stan Lewis
Chronology:	Lightnin' Hopkins
Prev Title:	The King of the Blues
Prev Year:	1965
Next Title:	Live at Newport
Next Year:	2002

Blue Lightnin' is an album by blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins recorded in Texas in 1965 and released on Stan Lewis' Jewel Records label in 1967.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

AllMusic reviewer Bill Dahl stated: "After a slew of albums aimed primarily at the folk-blues audience that resuscitated his flagging career during the early '60s, Lightnin' Hopkins attempted to regain his original fan base with these unpretentious 1965 sessions for Stan Lewis' Jewel logo. Pretty convincingly, too,".

Track listing

All compositions credited to Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins and Stan Lewis except where noted

1. "Found My Baby Crying" – 3:55
2. "Move on Out, Part One" – 2:59
3. "Back Door Friend" – 3:56
4. "Fishing Clothes" – 3:37
5. "Morning Blues" – 4:36
6. "Gambler's Blues" – 3:58
7. "Wig Wearing Woman" – 3:42
8. "Lonesome Dog Blues" (Hopkins) – 2:38
9. "Last Affair" (Hopkins) – 2:56
10. "Move on Out, Part Two" – 3:00

Personnel

Performance

• Lightnin' Hopkins – guitar, vocals

Production

• Stan Lewis – producer

Notes and References

1. https://www.wirz.de/music/hopkins.htm Wirz' American Music: Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins discography
2. https://www.bsnpubs.com/gulfcoast/jewelblues.html Both Sides Now: Jewel Album Discography, Part 1: LP-5000 Blues Series