Houston Town Blues

~ Release by Lightnin’ Hopkins (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Katie Mae Blues
3:05
2Short Haired Woman
recording of:
New Short Haired Woman (in 1947)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Ellen (alias of Robert Shad)
2:26
3Let Me Play With Your Poodle
recording of:
Let Me Play With Your Poodle
lyricist and composer:
Tampa Red
2:38
4Come Back Baby
2:42
5Big Mama Jump
2:45
6Baby Please Don’t Go
cover recording of:
Baby, Please Don’t Go
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Full Keel Music, Leeds Music Corp., MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), MCA Music Ltd. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
version of:
Another Man Done Gone
2:51
7Untrue Blues
recorded in:
Houston, Texas, United States (from 1949 until 1950)
guitar:
Sam "Lightnin’" Hopkins (from 1949 until 1950)
vocals:
Sam "Lightnin’" Hopkins (from 1949 until 1950)
3:03
8Henry Penny Blues
recorded in:
Houston, Texas, United States (from 1949 until 1950)
guitar:
Sam "Lightnin’" Hopkins (from 1949 until 1950)
vocals:
Sam "Lightnin’" Hopkins (from 1949 until 1950)
2:08
9Contrary Mary
recorded in:
Houston, Texas, United States (in 1952)
bass:
Donald Cooks
guitar:
Lightnin’ Hopkins
vocals:
Lightnin’ Hopkins
recording of:
Contrary Mary
lyricist and composer:
Robert Ellen (alias of Robert Shad)
2:43
10I Wonder (Why)
2:32
11Let Me Fly Your Kite
4:03
12You’re Not Going to Worry My Life Anymore
2:56
13Lightnin’s Boogie
recording of:
Lightnin's Boogie
lyricist and composer:
Lightnin’ Hopkins
2:49
14Shotgun Blues
recorded in:
Houston, Texas, United States (in 1948-02)
guitar:
Joel Hopkins and Lightnin’ Hopkins
vocals:
Lightnin’ Hopkins
recording of:
Shotgun Blues
lyricist and composer:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948)
2:42
15Black Cat Bone
recorded in:
Houston, Texas, United States (from 1950 until 1951)
guitar:
Lightning Hopkins (from 1950 until 1951)
vocals:
Lightning Hopkins (from 1950 until 1951)
2:58
16Tim Moore’s Farm
2:42
17Coffee Blues
recording of:
Coffee Blues
lyricist and writer:
Robert Ellen (alias of Robert Shad)
2:45
18Give Me Central 209
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1951)
guitar:
Lightnin’ Hopkins (in 1951)
vocals:
Lightnin’ Hopkins (in 1951)
recording of:
Hello Central (Give Me Central)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Ellen (alias of Robert Shad)
3:00
19Papa Bones Boogie
recording of:
Buck Dance Boogie (Papa Bones Boogie)
writer:
Robert Ellen (alias of Robert Shad)
2:35
20Long Way From Texas
recording of:
Long Way From Texas
writer:
Robert Ellen (alias of Robert Shad)
3:05
21Sad News From Korea
2:59
22One Kind of Favor
3:02