With the album Lightnin’!, Lightnin’ Hopkins delivers a masterful showcase of raw and authentic electric blues. Released in 1969, this double record is filled with powerful tracks such as the essential “Mojo Hand” and an energetic cover of “Baby Please Don’t Go.” Hopkins’ warm voice and expressive guitar captivate from the first notes. This essential collection reveals the true essence of Texas blues, firmly establishing Lightnin’ Hopkins as one of the genre’s undisputed masters.
SIDE A
1. Hold Up Your Head
2. My Starter Won’t Start This Morning
3. What’d I Say
4. One Kind Favor I Ask of You
5. Baby Please Don’t Go
SIDE B
1. Trouble In Mind
2. Annie’s Blues
3. Baby
4. Little And Low
5. I Hear You Callin’
SIDE C
1. Mojo Hand – Part 1
2. Mojo Hand – Part 2
3. Have You Ever Had a Woman
4. Ain’t It Crazy
5. Black And Evil
SIDE D
1. Rock Me Baby
2. Hello Central
3. Back Door Friend
4. Little Girl, Little Girl
5. It’s Better Down the Road