California Mudslide (and Earthquake) explained

California Mudslide (and Earthquake)
Type:	Album
Artist:	Lightnin' Hopkins
Cover:	Carolina Mudslide (and Earthquake).jpg
Released:	1969
Recorded:	1969
Studio:	Vault Studios, Hollywood, CA
Genre:	Blues
Length:	35:55
Label:	Vault
Producer:	Bruce Bromberg
Chronology:	Lightnin' Hopkins
Prev Title:	The Great Electric Show and Dance
Prev Year:	1969
Next Title:	Lightnin'!
Next Year:	1969

California Mudslide (and Earthquake), also reissued as Los Angeles Blues, is an album by the blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins, recorded in California in 1969 and released on the Vault label.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

AllMusic's Steve Legget called a CD compilation of the tracks "a pretty decent record," writing: "Sometimes you can just grab a handful of stuff and throw it at the wall and it magically sticks there in a pleasing pattern. One suspects that's the case here". The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings wrote: "In 'California Mudslide' Lightnin' adapts an old Texas flood blues to apply to recent heavy rains in the Golden State, but several other pieces have been dredged from deep in his repertoire and hardly altered".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins

1. "California Mudslide" – 4:02
2. "Rosie Mae" – 2:59
3. "Los Angeles Blues" – 4:46
4. "Easy on Your Heels" – 2:40
5. "New Santa Fe" – 3:09
6. "Jesus, Will You Come by Here" – 2:14
7. "No Education" – 3:25
8. "Antoinette's Blues" – 3:27
9. "Change My Way of Living" – 3:37
10. "Los Angeles Boogie" – 2:11
11. "Call on My Baby" – 3:25

Personnel

Performance

• Lightnin' Hopkins – guitar, vocals

Production

• Bruce Bromberg – producer

Notes and References

1. https://www.wirz.de/music/hopkins.htm Wirz' American Music: Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins discography
2. https://www.bsnpubs.com/la/vault/vault.html Both Sides Now: Vault Album Discography
3. Book: Russell, Tony. Smith, Chris. The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. 2006. Penguin. London. 978-0-140-51384-4. 282.