096297034026

The Hopkins Brothers: Joel, Lightning & John Henry

The Hopkins Brothers

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Format: CD

Cat No: ARHCD340

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Release Date:  01 March 2000

Label:  Arhoolie

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  096297034026

Genres:  Blues  

  • Description

    In 1964, Chris Strachwitz recorded a reunion of the three Hopkins brothers (John Henry, Joel, and Samuel “Lightin’” Hopkins) in Waxahachie, Texas. Joel and “Lightin’” had lost track of their older brother John Henry over the years before reuniting with him in a one room shack on the day of this recording. The brothers improvise each track as they sing songs and tell stories of family and women. The result is an album full of authentic, unaltered Texas country Blues. The liner notes tells of the reunion and subsequent recordings.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. See About My Brother John Henry
      • 2. Hot Blooded Woman
      • 3. Black Hannah
      • 4. I Want To Go Fishing
      • 5. Doin' Little Heiffer
      • 6. Hey, Baby Hey
      • 7. Saddle Up My Grey Mare
      • 8. Tell Me, Tell Me
      • 9. Little Girl
      • 10. I Got A Brother In Waxahachie
      • 11. Matchbox Blues
      • 12. Home With Mama
      • 13. Come Down To My House
      • 14. Grosebeck Blues
      • 15. The Dice Game
      • 16. I Walked From Dallas
      • 17. Two Brothers Playing (Going Back To Baden-Baden)