Lightnin Hopkins Broken Hearted Blues (blues)(flac)[rogercc][h33t]

LIGHTNIN’ HOPKINS BROKEN HEARTED BLUES
Label Audio Fidelity
Year of Original Release 2003
Format:Flac



Sam Hopkins, who died in 1982, left behind a staggering collection of country and urban blues as personal and topical as any artist of his time. He recorded solo acoustic; he recorded with small backing groups of anywhere from one to four players, some playing acoustic instruments, some playing electric. He talked some of his blues; he sang most of them. In narrative and ambience, his acoustic sides reflect the country life and attitudes he stayed close to from the cradle to the grave; his band sides burn with the fierce energy of rock & roll, as if the artist were acknowledging the quickening pace of society around him. From his songs you sense the man: witty, acerbic, truculent, deep feeling, confident, loyal, giving, somewhat sentimental, sensitive, engaged in the world, and if not misogynistic, certainly quick with his put-downs of the distaff side.

Personnel: Lightnin' Hopkins (vocals, guitar); Donald Cooks (bass).
Recorded between 1950 & 1952.



Track List
1.Hello Central - (Give Me 209)
2.Mary Contrary
3.Bald Headed Woman
4.One Kind Favor (See That My Grave Is Kept Clean)
5.I Wonder Why
6.Tap Dance Boogie
7.Down to the River
8.New Short-Haired Women
9.Broken Hearted Blues
10.New York Boogie
11.Long Way From Texas
12.Mad as I Can Be - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
13.I'm Beggin' You
14.Why Did You Get Mad at Me?
15.Home in the Woods
16.Praying Ground Blues
17.Back Home Boogie
18.My Heart to Weep - (with studio chatter)
19.Everybody's Down on Me
20.New Worried Life Blues - (previously unreleased)
21.I'll Never Forget the Day - (First Modern Release)