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Formats and Editions
1. A
2. Penitentiary Blues
3. A
4. Bad Luck and Trouble
5. A
6. Come and Go with Me
7. A
8. Trouble Stay 'Way from My Door
9. A
10. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
11. B
12. Goin' Back to Florida
13. B
14. Reminiscences of Blind Lemon
15. B
16. Fan It
17. B
18. Tell Me Baby 1
19. B
20. She's Mine
More Info:
Houston, Texas's favorite son Sam John Hopkins, better known as Lightnin', was recorded in 1959 by the legendary musicologist Samuel Charters, predating and predicting the folk-blues revival of the early '60s. Widely regarded as one of the finest acoustic blues albums ever, Lightnin' Hopkins, originally released in 1959 on Folkways Records, established it's hero as a legend. The very definition of essential.
