Lightnin' Hopkins

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Object Details

commentator

Charters, Samuel Barclay 1929-2015

performer

Hopkins, Lightnin' 1912-1982

Notes

Program notes with biographical information by Sam Charters (4 p. : ill.) inserted in container.

Performer(s): Lightnin' Hopkins, guitar and voice.

Recorded at 2803 Hadley St., Houston, Texas, Jan. 16, 1959 by Samuel B. Charters.

Track information

101. Penitentiary blues. (2:45)

102. Bad luck and trouble. (3:40)

103. Come go home with me. (3:45)

104. Trouble stay way from my door. (4:00)

105. See that my grave is kept clean. (2:05)

201. Goin' back to Florida. (3:10)

202. Reminiscences of Blind Lemon. (2:10)

203. Fan it. (2:40)

204. Tell Me, Baby. (2:30)

205. She's mine. (4:10)

Publisher number

FS 3822 Folkways

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington, D.C. 20024. Call 202-633-7322 for appointment. Fax: 202-633-7019. Email: rinzlerarchives@si.edu

Culture

Americans

African American

Date

1959

Local number

Folkways.3822

FW-ASCH-LP-0111

FW03822

Restrictions & Rights

Restrictions on access

Type

Musical sound recordings

Physical description

1 phonograph record : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in

Place

United States

Texas

Houston (Tex.)

See more items in

Folkways Records Collection 1948-1986

Data Source

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

Topic

Blues (Music)

Guitar

Metadata Usage

CC0

Record ID

siris_arc_314450