Mojo Hand Explained

Mojo Hand
Type:	Album
Artist:	Lightnin' Hopkins
Cover:	Mojo Hand.jpg
Released:	1962
Recorded:	November 1960
Studio:	New York City
Genre:	Blues
Length:	32:49
Label:	Fire
Producer:	Bobby Robinson
Chronology:	Lightnin' Hopkins
Prev Title:	Lightnin' in New York
Prev Year:	1961
Next Title:	Blues in My Bottle
Next Year:	1961

Mojo Hand is an album by the blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins, recorded in 1960 and released on the Fire label in 1962.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

AllMusic reviewer Tim Sheridan stated: "This album, recorded for Fire Records, is especially interesting because it casts Hopkins in a more R&B-flavored environment. This obvious effort to get a hit makes for some excellent blues; moody and powerful performances play throughout. There's even a charming novelty Christmas blues". The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings wrote that "Lightnin' is focussed and businesslike and delivers a strong and varied sequence of songs; the bassist and drummer unobtrusive but very much there".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions credited to Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins, M. Robinson and C. Lewis

1. "Mojo Hand" – 2:55
2. "Coffee for Mama" – 3:25
3. "Awful Dreams" – 4:50
4. "Black Mare Trot" – 3:55
5. "Have You Ever Loved a Woman" – 2:38
6. "Glory Be" – 4:25
7. "Sometimes She Will" – 2:30
8. "Shine On, Moon!" – 4:17
9. "Santa" – 3:44

Personnel

Performance

• Lightnin' Hopkins – guitar, vocals, piano
• Unknown musician – bass
• Delmar Donnell – drums

Production

• Bobby Robinson – producer

Notes and References

1. https://www.bsnpubs.com/nyc/robinson/fire.html Both Sides Now: Bobby Robinson's Labels - Album Discographies
2. O'Brien, T. J. Lightnin' Album of the Week: Week 11 – November 13, 2010 accessed November 8, 2018
3. Book: Russell, Tony. Smith, Chris. The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. 2006. Penguin. London. 978-0-140-51384-4. 279.