Alan Govenar (50 page)
Authors: Lightnin' Hopkins: His Life,Blues
Tags: #Biography, #Hopkins; Lightnin', #United States, #General, #Music, #Blues Musicians - United States, #Biography & Autobiography, #Blues, #Genres & Styles, #Composers & Musicians, #Blues Musicians
Vocal/organ with Barbara Dane, vocal
| “Jesus, Won't You Come by Here” | Arhoolie LP 1022 |
February 16, 1964. Waxahachie, TX.
Producer: Chris Strachwitz
Vocal/acoustic guitar with John Henry Hopkins, vocal/acoustic guitar/solo vocal*; Joel Hopkins, vocal/acoustic guitar/solo vocal**.
| “Hot Blooded Woman Blues” | Arhoolie LP 1022 |
| “See About My Brother John Henry” | Arhoolie LP 1022 |
| “Black Hannah” | Arhoolie LP 1022 |
| “I Walked from Dallas”** | Arhoolie LP 1022 |
| “Tell Me, Tell Me”* | Arhoolie CD 340 |
| “Little Girl” | Arhoolie CD 340 |
| “I Got a Brother Up in Waxahachie” | Arhoolie CD 340 |
| “Come Down to My House” | Arhoolie CD 340 |
| “Grosebeck Blues” | Arhoolie CD 340 |
| “The Dice Game” (speech) | Arhoolie CD 340 |
| “I Want to Go Fishing” | Arhoolie CD 340 |
| “Doin' Little Heifer”* | Arhoolie CD 340 |
| “Hey Baby Hey” | Arhoolie CD 340 |
| “Saddle Up My Gray Mare”* | Arhoolie CD 340 |
| “Little Letter”* | unissued |
| “Mary” | unissued |
| “Hey Mr. Buzzard”** | unissued |
| “Mama, Don't Treat Your Daughter Mean” | unissued |
| “Good Times Here, Better Down the Road” | unissued |
June 18, 1964. Live at the Cabale Club, Berkeley, CA. Producer: Chris Strachwitz
Vocal/acoustic guitar with Barbara Dane, vocal/acoustic guitar.
| “Sometimes (I Believe) She Loves Me” | Arhoolie LP 1022 |
| “You Got Another Man” | Arhoolie LP 1022 |
| “I'm Going Back, Baby (Back Behind the Sun)” | Arhoolie LP 1022 |
| “Mother Earth” | Arhoolie LP 1022 |
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| “Baby, Shake That Thing” | Arhoolie CD 451 |
| “It's a Lonesome Od Town” | Arhoolie CD 451 |
| âDon't Push Me (âTil You Find Out What I Want)” | Arhoolie CD 451 |
| “Let Me be Your Rag Doll” | Arhoolie CD 451 |
| “Mama Told Papa” | Arhoolie CD 451 |
March 17, 1965. Houston, TX. Producer: Chris Strachwitz
Vocal/acoustic guitar with Joel Hopkins, acoustic guitar.
| “Going Back to Baden-Baden” | Arhoolie LP 1022 |
Lightning HopkinsâWith His Brothers Joel and John Henry/With Barbara Dane was released in 1966.
November 26, 1961. Berkeley, CA. Producer: Chris Strachwitz
Vocal/organ*/piano**.
| “My Baby's Gone”* | Arhoolie LP 1087 |
| “Candy Kitchen”** | Arhoolie LP 1087 |
May 20, 1969. Berkeley, CA. Producer: Chris Strachwitz
Vocal/electric guitar with Francis Clay, drums. Add Jeff Carp, harmonica; Johnny “Big Moose” Walker, piano; Paul Asbell, guitar; Chester “Gino” Skaggs, bass on *.
| “Mojo Hand” | Arhoolie LP 1087 |
| “Rock Me Baby”* | Arhoolie LP 1087 |
| “Hello Central” | Arhoolie LP 1087 |
| “Ain't It Crazy” | Arhoolie LP 1087 |
| “My Starter Won't Start This Morning” | Arhoolie LP 1087 |
| “One Kind Favor I Ask of You” | Arhoolie LP 1087 |
| “Little Girl” | Arhoolie LP 1087 |
| “Baby Please Don't Go” | Arhoolie LP 1087 |
| “My Baby's Gone” | Arhoolie CD 390 |
| “Come on Baby” | Arhoolie CD 390 |
Po' Lightnin'
was released in 1983.
Note: The 1969 portion of this LP had been previously released on the Lightnin'! LP on Poppy (see below).
November 26, 1961. Berkeley, CA. Producer: Chris Strachwitz
Vocal/electric guitar with Geno Landry, bass; Victor Leonard, drums.
| “Hurricanes Carla and Esther” | Arhoolie LP 1017 |
| “I'm Feeling Bad” | Arhoolie LP 1017 |
Texas Blues Volume 2
was released in 1968.
Note: This various artists LP includes Mance Lipscomb, Mercy Dee, Billy Bizor, Alex Moore, Smokey Hogg, and others.
November 26, 1961. Berkeley, CA. Producer: Chris Strachwitz
Vocal/electric guitar.
| “Wine Drinkin' Woman” | Arhoolie LP 1012 |
Blues and Trouble Vol. 2 was released in 1963.
Note: This various artists LP includes Lil' Son Jackson, Mercy Dee, Robert Shaw, and others.
December 2, 1961. Berkeley, CA. Producer: Chris Strachwitz
Vocal/acoustic guitar.
| “Hello (Austria)” | Document (Austria) LP 577 |
Note: This was a private acetate made for a fan in Austria, not intended for public release.
January 1962; February 17, 1962; February 20, 1962. ACA Recording Studio, 3619 Fannin,
Houston, TX. Producer: Mack McCormick
Vocal/electric guitar with (collectively) Edwin “Buster” Pickens, piano; Donald Cooks, bass; Joe “Spider” Kilpatrick, drums
| “T Model Blues” | Bluesville LP 1070 |
| “You Cook All Right” | Bluesville LP 1070 |
| “Jackstropper Blues” | Bluesville LP 1070 |
| “Never Miss Your Water” | Bluesville LP 1070 |
| “Let's Do the Susie Q” | Bluesville LP 1070 |
| “Smokes Like Lightning” | Bluesville LP 1070 |
| “My Black Name” | Bluesville LP 1070 |
| “Ida Mae” | Bluesville LP 1070 |
| “Prison Farm Blues” | Bluesville LP 1070 |
Smokes Like Lightnin'
was released in 1963.
January 23, 1962. ACA Recording Studio, 3619 Fannin St., Houston, TX. Producer: Mack McCormick.
Vocal/piano with Joe “Spider” Kilpatrick, drums.
| “Candy Wagon” | Arhoolie LP 1018 |
Bad Luck ân' Trouble
was released in 1965.
Note: This various artists LP includes Clifton Chenier, Bukka White, Mercy Dee, K. C. Douglas, and others.
February 17, 1962; February 20, 1962. ACA Recording Studio, 3619 Fannin St., Houston, TX. Producer: Mack McCormick
Vocal/electric guitar with (collectively) Billy Bizor, vocal/harmonica*; Edwin “Buster” Pickens, piano; Donald Cooks, bass; Joe “Spider” Kilpatrick, drums.
| “My Baby Don't Stand No Cheating” | Bluesville LP 1061; (45) 825 |
| “You Is One Black Rat” | Bluesville LP 1061 |
| “The Fox Chase”* | Bluesville LP 1061 |
| “Mojo Hand” | Bluesville LP 1061 |
| “Mama Blues”* | Bluesville LP 1061 |
| “Sinner's Prayer” | Bluesville LP 1061; (45) 822 |
| “Angel Child” | Bluesville LP 1061; (45) 822 |
| “I Got a Leak in This Old Building” | Bluesville LP 1061 |
| “Pneumonia Blues” | Bluesville LP 1061 |
| “Have You Ever Been Mistreated” | Bluesville LP 1061 |
Lightnin' and Co.
was released c.1962.
May 17, 1962. Live at the Second Fret, Philadelphia, PA.
Vocal/acoustic-electric guitar.
| “Blues Is a Feeling” | Prestige Folklore LP 14021 |
| “Me and Ray Charles” | Prestige Folklore LP 14021 |
| “In the Evening” | Prestige Folklore LP 14021 |
| “Ain't It Crazy” | Prestige Folklore LP 14021 |
| “Last Night I Lost the Best Friend I Ever Had” | Prestige Folklore LP 14021 |
| “Everything” | Prestige Folklore LP 14021 |
| “I Work Down on the Chain Gang” | Prestige Folklore LP 14021 |
| “Meet Me in the Bottom” | Prestige Folklore LP 14021 |
Hootin' the Blues
was released in January 1964.
June 4, 1963. Gold Star Studio, 5628 Brock St., Houston, TX. Overdub session: June 21, 1963. Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Vocal/acoustic guitar with (overdubbed) Leonard Gaskin, bass; Herbie Lovelle, drums.
| “Business You're Doin'” | Bluesville LP 1073; (45) 823 |
| “Wake Up Old Lady” | Bluesville LP 1073; (45) 823 |
| “Goin' Away” | Bluesville LP 1073; (45) 824 |
| “You Better Stop Here” | Bluesville LP 1073; (45) 824 |
| “Stranger Blues” | Bluesville LP 1073 |
| “Don't Embarrass Me, Baby” | Bluesville LP 1073 |
| “Little Sister's Boogie” | Bluesville LP 1073 |
| “I'm Wit' It” | Bluesville LP 1073 |
Goin' Away
was released in 1963.
c.1963. Gold Star Studio, 5628 Brock St., Houston, TX.
Vocal/acoustic guitar.
| “Trouble in Mind” | Jester LP |
Look, It's Us!
was released c.1963.
Note: This various artists LP (a promotional album for the Jester Club in Houston) includes Guy Clark, Scott and Vivian Holtzman, Frank Davis, and Kay (K.T.) Oslin.
April 6, 1964. Live at Swarthmore College, Philadelphia, PA.
Vocal/acoustic-electric guitar.
| “Baby Please Don't Go” | Prestige CD 7-4406 |
| “My Black Cadillac” | Prestige CD 7-4406 |
| “It's Crazy” | Prestige CD 7-4406 |
| “Mojo Hand” | Prestige CD 7-4406 |
| “My Babe” | Prestige CD 7-4406 |
| “Short Haired Woman” | Prestige CD 7-4406 |
| “Mean Old Frisco” | Prestige CD 7-4406 |
| “Trouble in Mind” | Prestige CD 7-4406 |
| “The Twister” | Prestige CD 7-4406 |
| “Green Onions” | Prestige CD 7-4406 |
| “Sun Goin' Down” | Prestige CD 7-4406 |
| “Come Go Home with Me” | Prestige CD 7-4406 |
| “I'm a Stranger” | Prestige CD 7-4406 |
Live at Swarthmore College was released in 1992.
May 4, 1964. Gold Star Studio, 5628 Brock St., Houston, TX. Overdub session: Date unknown, Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Vocal/electric guitar/electric bottleneck guitar* with (overdubbed) Leonard Gaskin, bass; Herbie Lovelle, drums.
| “Let's Go Sit on the Lawn” | Bluesville LP 1086; (45) 326 |
| “I Woke Up This Morning”* | Bluesville LP 1086 |
| “I Got Tired” | Bluesville LP 1086 |
| “I Like to Boogie” | Bluesville LP 1086; (45) 326 |
| “I Asked the Bossman” | Bluesville LP 1086 |
| “I'm Taking the Devil of a Chance” | Bluesville LP 1086 |
| “Just a Wristwatch on My Arm” | Bluesville LP 1086 |
| “I Was Standing on 75 Highway” | Bluesville LP 1086 |
| “Get It Straight” | Bluesville LP 1086 |
Down Home Blues
was released in 1964.
May 4 and 5, 1964. Gold Star Studio, 5628 Brock St., Houston, TX. Overdub session: Date unknown, Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Vocal/acoustic-electric guitar with (overdubbed) Leonard Gaskin, bass; Herbie Lovelle, drums.
| “The Howling Wolf” | Prestige LP 7377 |
| “Darling Do You Remember Me” | Prestige LP 7377 |
| “I'm a Crawling Blacksnake” | Prestige LP 7377 |
| “I'm Gonna Build Me a Heaven of My Own (Pts. 1 & 2)” | Prestige LP 7377; (45) 405 |
| “My Babe” | Prestige LP 7377 |
| “Too Many Drivers” | Prestige LP 7377 |
| “Rocky Mountain Blues” | Prestige LP 7377 |
| “I Mean Goodbye” | Prestige LP 7377 |
| “Black Ghost Blues” | Prestige LP 7377 |
| “Lonesome Graveyard” | Prestige LP 7377 |