Texas Blues Man Explained

Texas Blues Man
Type:	Album
Artist:	Lightnin' Hopkins
Cover:	Texas Blues Man.jpg
Released:	1968
Recorded:	December 18, 1967
Studio:	Houston, TX
Genre:	Blues
Length:	37:56
Label:	Arhoolie
Producer:	Chris Strachwitz
Chronology:	Lightnin' Hopkins
Prev Title:	Something Blue
Prev Year:	1967
Next Title:	Talkin' Some Sense
Next Year:	1968

Texas Blues Man is an album by the blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins, recorded in Texas in late 1967 and released on the Arhoolie label.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings wrote that the album contains "powerful performances with a resonant electric guitar filling the studio," but that "it was no more than an average Hopkins album."^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins

1. "Tom Moore Blues" – 5:01
2. "Watch My Fingers" – 2:48
3. "Little Antoinette" – 3:38
4. "Love Like a Hydrant" – 3:58
5. "Cut Me Out Baby" – 3:27
6. "Take a Walk" – 2:37
7. "Slavery" – 5:29
8. "I Would If I Could" – 3:19
9. "Bud Russell Blues" – 4:32
10. "At Home Blues" – 3:07

Personnel

Performance

• Lightnin' Hopkins – guitar, vocals

Production

• Chris Strachwitz – producer

Notes and References

1. https://www.wirz.de/music/hopkins.htm Wirz' American Music: Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins discography
2. https://www.flysfo.com/museum/exhibitions/24102/detail?num=3 Down-Home Music: The Story of Arhoolie Records
3. Book: Russell, Tony. Smith, Chris. The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. 2006. Penguin. London. 978-0-140-51384-4. 281.