Down Home Blues (Lightnin' Hopkins album) explained

Down Home Blues
Type:	Album
Artist:	Lightnin' Hopkins
Cover:	Down Home Blues (Lightnin' Hopkins album).jpg
Released:	1964
Recorded:	May 4, 1964
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre:	Blues
Length:	39:00
Label:	Bluesville
Producer:	Samuel Charters
Chronology:	Lightnin' Hopkins
Prev Title:	The Swarthmore Concert
Prev Year:	1993
Next Title:	Soul Blues
Next Year:	1965

Down Home Blues is an album by blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins recorded in 1964 and released on the Bluesville label.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings said "Gaskin and Lovelle's parts were probably added at overdub sessions. On Down Home Blues only "I Was Standing on 75 Highway" is Lightnin' at full strength".^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins

1. "Lets Go Sit On the Lawn" – 4:10
2. "I Woke Up This Morning" – 5:50
3. "I Got Tired" – 4:30
4. "I Like to Boogie" – 3:50
5. "I Asked the Bossman" – 6:40
6. "I'm Taking a Devil of a Chance" – 3:50
7. "Just a Wristwatch on My Arm" – 3:30
8. "I Was Standing on 75 Highway" – 5:10
9. "Get It Straight" – 1:30

Personnel

Performance

• Lightnin' Hopkins – guitar, vocals
• Leonard Gaskin – bass (tracks 1, 2, 8 & 9)
• Herbie Lovelle – drums (tracks 1, 2, 8 & 9)

Production

• Samuel Charters – producer
• Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Notes and References

1. https://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-bluesville-1000-series/#bvlp-1086 Jazzdisco: Prestige Records Catalog: Bluesville 1000 series
2. https://www.bsnpubs.com/fantasy/bluesville/bluesville.html Both Sides Now: Prestige/Bluesville Album Discography
3. https://www.wirz.de/music/hopkins.htm Wirz' American Music: Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins discography
4. O'Brien, T. J. Lightnin' Album of the Week: Week 25 February 26, 2011 accessed November 8, 2018
5. Book: Russell, Tony. Smith, Chris. The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. 2006. Penguin. London. 978-0-140-51384-4. 280.