Lightnin' Hopkins - Jake Head Boogie

Source: CD
Size: 186,7 MB
Time: 78:02
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1999
Styles: Texas Blues
Art: Full

01. Jake Head Boogie (2:52)
02. Lonesome Dog Blues (2:42)
03. House Upon The Hill (2:33)
04. Santa Fe (2:49)
05. Ticket Agent (2:38)
06. War News Blues (2:47)
07. Another Fool In Town (2:54)
08. Candy Kitchen (2:41)
09. Tell Me Pretty Mama (3:12)
10. Give Me Back That Wig (2:16)
11. Everyday I Have The Blues (1:12)
12. Everyday I Have The Blues (2:20)
13. Needed Time (2:52)
14. One Kind Favour (2:50)
15. Drifting Blues (2:19)
16. Someday Baby (Worried Life) (2:31)
17. Last Affair (0:57)
18. Last Affair (2:57)
19. Bad Luck And Trouble (Breakdown) (0:51)
20. Bad Luck And Trouble (2:36)
21. Beggin' You To Stay (Don't Keep My Baby Long) (2:36)
22. Black Cat (2:35)
23. Mistreater Blues (2:40)
24. Jake Head Boogie (3:07)
25. Lonesome Dog Blues (3:13)
26. Ticket Agent (2:40)
27. Candy Kitchen (2:42)
28. Give Me Back That Wig (2:15)
29. Needed Time (2:54)
30. Don't Keep My Baby Long (2:17)
31. Mistreater Blues (2:01)

In the late 1940s and early '50s, Hopkins recorded for Houston record producer Bill Quinn, the results appearing on several labels (including Quinn's own Gold Star company). In 1951, Quinn sold unreleased Hopkins masters to Modern, which issued some of them on its RPM subsidiary. This 31-track disc has all 14 of the Hopkins sides that came out on RPM, plus a bunch of other tracks from the same batch of Modern-by-way-of-Quinn masters; most were not available on CD outside of Japan before this release, and were indeed usually hard to find anywhere. The sounds are what you'd expect from Hopkins if you've heard more widely circulated stuff from this period: Texas blues caught between the rural and electric era, done country style and performed solo, but usually played on a harshly amplified electric guitar that adds to the power. The title track especially has some of Hopkins' most effective guitar, getting into some really crunching and raunchy chords in the breaks. "Bad Luck and Trouble," "Beggin' You to Stay," "Mistreater Blues," "War News Blues," "Lonesome Dog Blues," "Everyday I Have the Blues" -- it's not always the most optimistic fare, although it's delivered with casual good cheer. Collectors should note that some of these sound different from the actual Modern singles, which added a lot of reverb echo; Ace decided whenever possible to use the original acetates, which had only the natural echo of the room in which Hopkins recorded. ~Richie Unterberger

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