The Blues
Download links and information about The Blues by Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Big Joe Williams, Lightnin' Hopkins. This album was released in 2012 and it belongs to Blues, Rock, Country, Acoustic genres. It contains 14 tracks with total duration of 52:38 minutes.
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| Artist: | Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Big Joe Williams, Lightnin' Hopkins |
| Release date: | 2012 |
| Genre: | Blues, Rock, Country, Acoustic |
| Tracks: | 14 |
| Duration: | 52:38 |
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Tracks
[Edit]| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | Introduction to Big Car Blues | 3:57 |
| 2. | Po’ Boy | 2:43 |
| 3. | Trouble in Mind | 3:29 |
| 4. | Early Morning Blues | 5:17 |
| 5. | Right On That Shore | 2:48 |
| 6. | I’m a Stranger Here | 4:09 |
| 7. | Walk On | 3:11 |
| 8. | Blues for Gamblers | 6:52 |
| 9. | Down By the Riverside | 3:15 |
| 10. | Ball of Twine | 3:31 |
| 11. | Big Car Blues | 3:12 |
| 12. | Blues for the Lowlands | 4:45 |
| 13. | Stool Pigeon Blues | 3:14 |
| 14. | Coffee House Blues | 2:15 |
Details
[Edit]Lightnin' Hopkins had a hard and fast approach to dealing with the abundance of record labels he recorded for during his career. The irascible bluesman would show up at the session in question but would refuse to play a note until he was paid his fee up-front. Once paid and satisfied, he'd unpack his stock set of boogie blues riffs and pretty much improvise songs on the spot until he'd fulfilled his agreed-upon quota. Then he would leave. This system led to a bloated discography full of similarly constructed and executed throwaway tracks, but Hopkins had a gift for personalizing the blues that came to the fore in the best of these improvised songs, and some gems often showed up in the process. This set proves the point that any Lightnin' is better than no Lightnin'.