Last Night Blues

by Lightnin' Hopkins & Sonny Terry

Last Night Blues cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: August 1961
  • Label: Bluesville
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.74/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Sonny Terry

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded for the Prestige/Bluesville label, 'Last Night Blues' paired Texas guitarist Lightnin' Hopkins with Piedmont harmonica player Sonny Terry. The session documented a rare, unadorned collaboration between two distinct regional blues styles, capturing their spontaneous acoustic interplay.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic

Tracklist

  1. Rocky Mountain
  2. Got To Move You Baby
  3. So Sorry To Leave You
  4. Take A Trip With Me
  5. Last Night Blues
  6. Lightnin's Stroke
  7. Hard To Love A Woman
  8. Conversation Blues

Credits

  • Lightnin' Hopkins - primary artist, guitar, vocals, written-by
  • Sonny Terry - primary artist, harmonica, vocals, written-by
  • Leonard Gaskin - bass
  • Belton Evans - drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder - engineer, recorded by, lacquer cut by
  • Mack McCormick - liner notes
  • The Sound Of America - producer

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