The Gold Star Sessions - Vol. 1

by Lightnin Hopkins

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1.	Short Haired Woman 02:49	buy track
2.	Baby Please Don't Go 02:53	buy track
3.	Going Home Blues (Going Back And Talk To Mama) 02:57	buy track
4.	Automobile Blues 02:50	buy track
5.	Big Mama Jump 02:36	buy track
6.	Loretta Blues 02:48	buy track
7.	Seems Funny Baby 03:04	buy track
8.	Thunder And Lighting Blues (Coolin' Board Blues) 02:44	buy track
9.	Grosebeck Blues 02:36	buy track
10.	Tim Moore's Farm 02:43	buy track
11.	Lightning Boogie 02:53	buy track
12.	Traveler's Blues 03:06	buy track
13.	Goodbye Blues 02:46	buy track
14.	Unkind Blues 03:00	buy track
15.	Fast Life Woman 02:49	buy track
16.	Zolo Go (Zydeco) 02:48	buy track
17.	You Don't Know 02:43	buy track
18.	Treat Me Kind 02:41	buy track
19.	Somebody Got To Go 02:48	buy track
20.	Death Bells 02:42	buy track
21.	Mad With You 02:32	buy track
22.	Airplane Blues 02:41	buy track
23.	Racetrack Blues 02:37	buy track
24.	Unsuccessful Blues 02:20	buy track

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Bluesman Sam “Lightnin’” Hopkins recorded a number of songs for Gold Star Records in Houston, TX between 1947 and 1950. The recordings were eventually licensed to Arhoolie Records for re-release in 1990. According to one source, Hopkins acquired his nickname based in part on his lightning fast finger work on his guitar and that the piano player on one of his early recording sessions was nicknamed “Thunder.” This collection includes his version of Mance Lipscomb’s classic protest song “Tom Moore’s Farm” (titled “Tim Moore’s Song” to avoid possible legal issues with the real Tom Moore).

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released January 1, 1990

1990, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Originally released on Arhoolie Records.

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