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Country Blues (CD)

By: Lightnin' Hopkins (Artist)
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DISC 1 for Country Blues (CD) Album By Lightnin' Hopkins (Artist)
1   Long Time
2   Rainy Day Blues
3   Baby!
4   Longgone Like a Turkey Thru the Corn (Long John)
5   Prison Blues Come Down On Me
6   Backwater Blues (That Mean Old Twister)
7   Gonna Pull a Party
8   Bluebird, Bluebird
9   See See Rider
10   Worrying My Mind
11   Till the Gin Gets Here
12   Bunion Stew
13   You Got To Work To Get Your Pay
14   Go Down Old Hannah
15   Hear My Black Dog Bark
 
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Review

Down Beat (1/98, p.55) - 4 stars (out of 5) - "As idiosyncratic a guitar stylist who ever played blues....all the material...is packed with Hopkins' primitive power..."
Dirty Linen (6-7/96, p.73) - "...The remastered versions [of COUNTRY BLUES] sound marvelous..."
Sing Out! (4-5-6/96, pp.144-145) - "...Hopkins is at the top of his form throughout, which is to say that this is as good as postwar acoustic blues got....among the essential discs for any serious blues collection."

Title Note

Personnel: Lightnin' Hopkins (vocals, guitar); Luke "Long Gone" Miles (vocals).

Recorded in 1960. Includes liner notes by Mark McCormick.

COUNTRY BLUES shows Hopkins to be a minstrel in the grand tradition, taking experiences from his everyday life and incorporating them into his homespun narratives, often making up a song on the spot to suit the occasion. The songs run the gamut of human emotions. "Rainy Day Blues" proves that existential angst isn't just the territory of Eastern European playwrights. "Bluebird, Bluebird" is a powerful, one-verse vignette of loneliness, with Hopkins entreating the title's bird to send a message to his loved one. Hopkins's guitar bursts with effervescence on "Gonna Pull A Party," an impromptu cut that finds Lightnin' acting out the scene of a wild party; interacting with imaginary guests even after telling the listener that there's no one present but "me, Long Gone (Miles, Hopkins's protege), and Mack (McCormick, engineer for the session)".

Long Gone contributes strong vocal accompaniment to "Baby!," a tale of lost love that features one of Hopkins's most exquisitely forlorn performances. Lightnin's guitar is unleashed to fine effect on COUNTRY BLUES, with instrumentals like "Long Time" and "Till the Gin Gets Here," firmly establishing his credentials as the king of the bent note. The force and execution of his playing is remarkable in its cogency and lyricism.

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