Thisis a seven-CD box set that repackages all 11 LPs that Lightnin Hopkinsrecorded for Bluesville and Prestige during the first half of the1960s: Last Night Blues, Lightnin, Blues in My Bottle, Walkin ThisRoad By Myself, Lightnin and Co., Smokes Like Lightning, Hootin theBlues, Goin Away, Down Home Blues, Soul Blues and My Life in the Blues.The very prolific Hopkins (who was never loyal to any one label) alsorecorded for Candid, Arhoolie, Fire and Vee Jay during the period! Thebulk of My Life in the Blues is actually a lengthy and rather historicinterview that Samuel Charters conducted with Hopkins. A special bonusof the set is 13 often exciting tracks from a previously unissuedconcert at the Swarthmore College Folk Festival.

The music throughoutthe box covers quite a variety of moods and subject matter (with Hopkinsbeing unaccompanied on 34 of the tracks) and definitively sums up theveteran bluesmans later period.
Review: Sam LightninHopkins was and still is one of the most under appreciated bluesmen ofall time. This box set contains a treasure trove of songs recorded byLightnin including the legendary Swarthmore Concert that is worth theprice of the box set alone. Fans of real blues guitar playing will notbe disappointed with anything in this collection delivered withLightnins trademark guitar licks and vocal stylings. Highlyrecommended. ~ Amazon Customer
Track Listing:
CD1
01 - Rocky Mountain - 5:01
02 - Got To Move Your Baby - 4:05
03 - So Sorry To Leave You - 4:23
04 - Take A Trip With Me - 5:07
05 - Last Night Blues - 5:19
06 - Lightnins Stroke - 4:58
07 - Hard To Love A Woman - 4:04
08 - Conversation Blues - 3:54
09 - Automobile Blues - 4:34
10 - You Better Watch Yourself - 5:01
11 - Mean Old Frisco - 3:43
12 - Shinin Moon - 4:09
13 - Come Back Baby - 3:30
14 - Thinkin Bout An Old Friend - 5:08
15 - The Walkin Blues - 3:26
16 - Back To New Orleans - 3:22
17 - Katie Mae - 4:05
18 - Down There Baby - 4:07
CD2
01 - Black Gal - 4:12
02 - Baby Dont You Tear My Clothes - 3:48
03 - Good Morning Little School Girl - 3:10
04 - Coffee Blues - 3:42
05 - Buddy Browns Blues (98 Degree Blues) - 4:07
06 - Wine Spodee-O-Dee - 3:05
07 - Sail on, Little Girl, Sail on - 4:20
08 - DC-7 - 4:33
09 - Death Bells - 3:54
10 - Goin To Dallas To See My Pony Run - 3:51
11 - Jailhouse Blues - 3:20
12 - Blues In The Bottle - 3:17
13 - Beans, Beans, Beans - 2:28
14 - Catfish Blues - 4:19
15 - My Grandpa Is Old Too! - 3:04
16 - T Model Blues - 2:52
17 - Jackstropper Blues - 3:28
18 - You Cook All Right - 4:20
19 - You Never Miss Your Water - 2:42
20 - Lets Do The Suzie Q - 3:44
21 - Smokes Like Lightning - 5:14
CD3
01 - How Many More Years I Got To Let You Dog Me Around - 3:02
02 - Black Cadillac - 3:41
03 - Walkin This Road By Myself - 4:54
04 - The Devil Jumped The Black Man - 4:14
05 - My Baby Dont Stand No Cheating - 2:09
06 - You Is One Black Rat - 2:31
07 - The Fox Chase - 3:20
08 - Mojo Hand - 3:23
09 - Mama Blues - 5:18
10 - My Black Name - 4:01
11 - Ida Mae - 5:30
12 - Prison Farm Blues - 4:35
13 - Worried Life Blues - 2:58
14 - Happy Blues For John Glenn - 5:24
15 - Sinners Prayer - 3:48
16 - Angel Child - 3:36
17 - I Got A Leak In This Old Building - 5:23
18 - Pneumonia Blues - 3:32
19 - Have You Ever Been Mistreated - 4:04
CD4
01 - Blues Is A Feeling - 8:03
02 - Me And Ray Charles - 3:37
03 - In The Evening - 3:22
04 - Aint It Crazy - 2:27
05 - Last Night I Lost The Best Friend I Ever Had - 4:37
06 - Everything - 3:00
07 - I Work Down On The Chain Gang - 5:13
08 - Meet Me In The Bottom - 2:31
09 - Business Youre Doin - 3:21
10 - Wake Up Old Lady - 4:27
11 - Stranger Here - 5:53
12 - Dont Embarrass Me, Baby - 3:24
13 - Little Sisters Boogie - 3:34
14 - Goin Away - 5:49
15 - You Better Stop Her - 4:42
16 - Im Wit It - 4:03
17 - Lets Go Sit On The Lawn - 4:16
18 - I Woke Up This Morning - 5:53
CD5
01 - Baby, Please Dont Go [#] - 4:25
02 - My Black Cadillac [#] - 5:49
03 - Its Crazy [#] - 4:34
04 - Mojo Hand [#] - 3:40
05 - My Babe [#] - 3:41
06 - Short Haired Woman [#] - 5:04
07 - Mean Old Frisco [#] - 2:29
08 - Trouble In Mind [#] - 3:24
09 - The Twister [#] - 3:45
10 - Green Onion [#] - 3:02
11 - Sun Goin Down [#] - 3:39
12 - Come Go Home With Me [#] - 3:40
13 - Im A Stranger [#] - 4:22
14 - I Got Tired - 4:40
15 - I Like To Boogie - 3:54
16 - I Asked The Bossman - 6:47
17 - Im Taking A Devil Of A Chance - 3:57
18 - Just A Wristwatch On My Arm - 3:35
CD6
01 - I Was Standing On 75 Highway - 5:11
02 - Get It Straight - 1:31
03 - Im Going To Build Me A Heaven Of My Own - 5:59
04 - My Babe - 3:24
05 - Too Many Drivers - 3:32
06 - Im A Crawling Black Snake - 4:52
07 - Rocky Mountain Blues - 3:54
08 - I Mean Goodbye - 3:03
09 - The Howling Wolf - 3:56
10 - Black Ghost Blues - 3:33
11 - Darling, Do You Remember Me - 3:41
12 - Lonesome Graveyard - 5:32
13 - I Dont Want To Do Nothing To You - 2:35
14 - You Is One Black Rat - 3:12
15 - Got Nowhere To Lay My Head - 6:29
16 - Just Boogyin - 2:25
17 - Take Me Back - 2:12
18 - I Was Down On Dowling Street - 5:11
CD7
01 - I Growed Up With The Blues - 5:07
02 - My Family - 4:29
03 - I Learn About The Blues - 6:21
04 - I First Come Into Houston - 3:23
05 - I Meet Texas Alexander - 5:17
06 - They Was Hard Times - 6:10
07 - I Do My First Record And Get My Name - 5:24
08 - My Thoughts On The Blues - 5:24
Personnel:
Lightnin Hopkins - Primary Artist, Guitar, Vocals
Billy Bizor - Harmonica
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Harmonica
Leonard Gaskin - Bass
Samuel Charters - Track Performer
Donald Cooks - Bass
Belton Evans - Drums
Herb Lovelle - Drums
Buster Pickens - Piano
Spider Kilpatrick - Drums
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