Texas Blues Man

by Lightnin' Hopkins

Texas Blues Man cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: June 1968
  • Label: Arhoolie
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 37:14
  • Community rating: 3.79/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Produced by Chris Strachwitz for Arhoolie Records, this set captures the iconic Texas bluesman in an unusually unvarnished, purely electric setting. 'Texas Blues Man' finds Hopkins backed only by a sparse rhythm section, allowing his hypnotic, erratic guitar timing and extemporaneous storytelling to dominate. The sessions underscore his enduring authenticity amidst a late-60s landscape that was rapidly commercializing the blues.

Genres

Descriptors: conscious, minimalistic

Tracklist

  1. Tom Moore Blues (4:55)
  2. Watch My Fingers (2:43)
  3. Little Antoinette (3:35)
  4. Love Like A Hydrant (3:50)
  5. Cut Me Out, Baby (3:26)
  6. Take A Walk (2:40)
  7. Slavery (5:23)
  8. I Would If I Could (3:14)
  9. Bud Russell Blues (4:25)
  10. At Home Blues (3:03)

Credits

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