LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS: Four Classic Albums(LIGHTNIN’ AND THE BLUES / COUNTRY BLUES / LIGHTNIN’ IN NEW YORK / MOJO HAND) (2 CDS)

AVID Roots continues with its Four Classic Roots album series with a re-mastered 2CD release by Lightnin’ Hopkins, complete with original artwork and liner notes.“Lightnin’ And The Blues”; “Country Blues”; “Lightnin’ In New York” and “Mojo Hand”A Blues man the like of which they write “they don’t make ‘em like that anymore”. Born in Texas in 1912, Sam Lightnin’ Hopkins began his musical journey into the blues at the age of 8 when he met the legendary and mysterious Blues man, Blind Lemon Jefferson at a local church social. So began a kind of informal apprenticeship when Hopkins accompanied Jefferson to many of his musical engagements soaking up as much as he could from the great man. By his teens he had hooked up with his cousin, another blues man, Texas Alexander with whom he travelled and worked until being discovered in 1946. Re-christened Lightnin’ in partnership with pianist Wilson Smith, re-christened Thunder, the pair became Aladdin recording artists. The career of Lightnin’ Hopkins then followed much the same path as many fellow blues men. Success of sorts in the 1940’s and 1950’s before then slipping into obscurity only to be re-discovered during the Blues/Folk revival in the 1960’s. He would go on to become the most recorded bluesman in history and was voted in Rolling Stone magazine Top 100, as the 71st greatest guitarist of all time.CD11-12: ‘Lightnin’ And The Blues’1. Nothin’ But The Blues2. Don’t Think You’re Pretty3. Lightnin’s Boogie4. Life I Used To Live5. Sick Feelin’ Blues6. Evil Hearted Woman7. Blues For My Cookie8. Sittin’ Down Thinkin’9. My Baby’s Gone10. Lonesome In Your House11. Lightnin’s Special12. My Little Kewpie Doll13-27: ‘Country Blues’13. Long Time14. Rainy Day Blues15. Baby!16. Long Gone Like A Turkey Thru The Corn17. Prison Blues Come Down On Me18. Backwater Blues (This Mean Old Twister)19. Gonna Pull A Party20. Bluebird, Bluebird21. See See Rider22. Worrying My Mind23. ‘Till The Gin Gets Here24. Bunion Stew25. You Got To Work To Get You Pay26. Go Down Old Hannah27. Hear My Black Dog BarkCD21-8: ‘Lightnin’ In New York’1. Take It Easy2. Mighty Crazy3. Your Own Fault, Baby, To Treat Me The Way You Do4. I’ve Had My Fun If I Don’t Get Well No More5. The Trouble Blues6. Lightnin’s Piano Boogie7. Wonder Why8. Mister Charlie9-17: ‘Mojo Hand’9. Mojo Hand10. Coffee For Mama11. Awful Dream12. Black Mare Trot13. Have You Ever Loved A Woman14. Glory Bee15. Sometimes She Will16. Shine On, Moon!17. Santa