Illustrated Joel Hopkins discography
- ️Stefan Wirz
of release
LIGHTNING HOPKINS
- Short Haired Woman (A) (2:45) @ youtube
- Big Mama Jump (B) (2:36)Modern 20-529
SAM "LIGHTNING" HOPKINS
- Short Haired Woman (A)
- Big Mamma Jump (B) @ youtube
rec. c. May, 1947 in Houston, TX; Sam Hopkins, voc, g; Joel Hopkins, g
Lightnin' Hopkins discography
rec. c. May, 1947 in Houston, TX; Sam Hopkins, voc, g; Joel Hopkins, g
Dart LP 8000 (US 1960)
Verve V8453 (US 1962)
Verve Bel Air 331.010 (Fr 1962?)
D 123 (US 1967)
Lightnin' Hopkins discography
Original Hits - A Collector's Item - Traveler's Blues (= "Trying To Find A Friend") [Gold Star unissued, Arhoolie 2010] # @ youtube
- Penitentiary Blues (= "Grosebeck Blues" tk 4, similar to tk 3) [Gold Star unissued] @ youtube
- Race Track Blues (instr) [Gold Star unissued, Westside WESD 228] @ youtube
- Jackstropper Blues (= "The Jackstropper") [Gold Star 673, Harlem 2331] @ youtube
- Fast Life Woman [Gold Star 665, Harlem 2331] @ youtube
-
Short Haired Woman (alt tk) * [Gold Star unissued] @ youtube- Unsuccessful Blues (= "Can't Be Successful") [Gold Star 656, Lightning 104, Dart 123]
- Jailhouse Blues [Gold Star 662, Sittin' In 644] #
- Tim Moore's Farm (= "Tom Moore Blues") [Gold Star 640, Modern 20-673]
- Lightnin' Boogie (= "Lightnin's Blues" = "Mad Man's Boogie") [Gold Star 664, Harlem 2324]# with Frankie Lee Sims, pocket knife g
* with Joel Hopkins, g
Verve V8453 artwork by Burt Goldblatt
D D-8000 cover design by Mike Daily
MGM E/SE-3917 [unissued]
= Dart LP 8000 (US 1960) "Lightning Strikes Again"
notes by Frederick Warner
= Verve V8453 (US 1962) "Fast Life Woman"
= Verve Bel Air 331.010 (Fr 1962?) "Sam Lightnin' Hopkins Blues et Gospel No 2"
= D D-8000 (US 1967) "Blues Underground"
Lightnin' Hopkins discography
Frankie Lee Sims discography
- Good Times Here, Better Down The Road []
- Match Box Blues #
- Accused Me Of Forgin' Can't Even Write My Name
- I Ain't Gonna Roll For The Big Hat Man No More
- Thunder In Germany, Red Cross On My Own §Sam Lightnin' Hopkins
- Long Way From Texas
- Whiskey, Whiskey
- Getting Out Of The Bushes Tap Dance
- Suicide Blues
- Look Out, Settegast, Here Me And My Partner Come
Joel Hopkins rec. June 12 and # October 31, 1959 in Dickinson, TX by Mack McCormick
Sam Hopkins rec. November 19, 1959 in Houston, TX by Mack McCormick
[] additional track on Collector's Issue LP (from Candid CJM 8026)
§ actually Hopkins sings "Soldiers dyin' in Germany, Red Cross on my arm"
photography by Ed Badeaux (Joel Hopkins), Andrew Hanson (Lightnin' Hopkins)
Document DOCD 5619 track sequence:
Sam 'Suitcase' Johnson
- Sam's Comin' Home
- Sam's Boogie
Bobo Thomas
- Catfish Blues (I Wish I Was A Catfish)
Clifford Gibson (1951)
- Sneaky Groundhog
- Let Me Be Your Handy Man
Juke Boy Bonner
- Rock With Me Baby
- Well Baby
Joel Hopkins (1959)
- Good Times Here, Better Down The Road
- Thunder In Germany
- I Ain't Gonna Roll For The Big Hat Man No More
- Accused Me Of Forgin' Can't Even Write My Name
- Matchbox Blues
Jewell Long (1960)
- Frankie And Albert
- My Pony Run Blues
- Sealy Rag
- Muddy Shoes Blues
Clifford Gibson (1960)
- It's Best To Know Who You're Talking To
- I Don't Want No Woman
- The Monkey Likes To Boogie
- No Success Blues
Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- Angel Child (tk 2)
Document Private Issue tracks:
Lightnin' Hopkins 1954 & 1959
- Goin' To Galveston #
- Met The Blues At The Corner #
- How Many Days Must I Wait (16) §
- Beggin' Up And Down The Streets (21) *
- Black Snake (22) *
- If You Ever Been Mistreated (26) *
- Children's Boogie (27) * []
- Dig Me In The Morning (29) &
- Back To Arkansas (39) &
- Corrine, Corrina (32) [Candid CJM 8026]
- Have You Ever Seen A One-Eyed Woman Cry? (34) &
- Hard Headed Children (35) {} []
- Tom Moore's Farm (36) [77 LA 12/3]
- Blues For Queen Elizabeth (39) {}
- Hello England (41) {}
- The Dirty Dozens (43) [Raglan LP 51]
- When The Saints Go Marching In (45) //
- Long Way From Texas (47) [Heritage HLP 1001]
- Look Out, Settegast, Here Me And My Partner Come (47) [Heritage HLP 1001]
- Getting Out Of The Bushes Tap Dance (51) [Heritage HLP 1001]
- Whiskey, Whiskey (58) [Heritage HLP 1001]
- Suicide Blues (60) [Heritage HLP 1001]
notes by Tony Standish
Heritage HLP 1001 (UK 1960)
notes by Tony Standish
= Collector's Issue C-5530 (Austria 1990?) "Joel & Lightnin' Hopkins (1959)"
Alan Balfour review (Blues & Rhythm 53 - July 1990) at www.blindman.com
Joel Hopkins tracks available on Document DOCD-5619 "Rural Blues Vol. 2 1951-1962"
(=) Document CD no # "Private Issue" (c.1998) (strictly limited edition of 100 copies, never sold, but given away at Document wrap party in Vienna) "Lightnin' Hopkins 1954 & 1959" with tracks from 77 LA 12/1, Heritage HLP 1001 and other places
Heritage Records discography
Collector's Issue discography
Lightnin' Hopkins discography
Traditional Music And Song 77 LA 12-2 track sequence:
Harry Stephens - The Streets Of Laredo
Jimmy Womack - Talking Blues
Jimmy Womack - The Jealous Lover
Harry Burton and Group - Yellow Gal
Andrew Everett - KC Ain't Nothing But A Rag
Ed Badeaux - The Waitress And The Sailor
Lightnin' Hopkins - Corrine, Corrina #
Mrs. Melton - The Ballad Of Davy Crockett
IC Forest & Gozy Kilpatrick - Crying Won't Make Me Stay
Dudley Alexander Washboard Band - Baby Please Don't Go
Dennis Gainus - You Gonna Look Like A Monkey @ youtube
Jim Wilkie - Bad Lee Brown
Pete Rose - Sand Mountain Blues
Linna Belle Hafti - Soldier Will You Marry Me
Joel Hopkins - Good Times Here, Better Down The Road * @ youtube
John Lomax Jr. - The Grey Goose @ youtube
Andrew Everett - Hello Central, Give Me 209
John Q Anderson - The Miller Boy
George Coleman [= Bongo Joe] - After Hours Improvisation @ youtube
Joseph Johnson, R G Williams & Group - Shake It Mister Gater
Grover Dickson and Group - Grizzly Bear
Candid CJM 8026 track sequence:
Dennis Gainus - You Gonna Look Like A Monkey
Harry Stephens - The Streets Of Laredo
Jimmy Womack - Talking Blues
Jimmy Womack - The Jealous Lover
Harry Burton and Group - Yellow Gal
Andrew Everett - KC Ain't Nothing But A Rag
Ed Badeaux - The Waitress And The Sailor
Lightnin' Hopkins - Corrine, Corrina #
Mrs. Melton - The Ballad Of Davy Crockett
John Q Anderson - The Miller Boy
R.C. Forest & Gozy Kilpatrick - Crying Won't Make Me Stay
Dudley Alexander Washboard Band - Baby Please Don't Go
Jim Wilkie - Bad Lee Brown
Pete Rose - Sand Mountain Blues
Linna Belle Hafti - Soldier Will You Marry Me
Joel Hopkins - Good Times Here, Better Down The Road *
John Lomax Jr. - The Grey Goose
Andrew Everett - Hello Central, Give Me 209
Edwin Pickens - Blues In The Bottom [actually not included, following George Coleman title instead !]
George Coleman [= Bongo Joe] - After Hours Improvisation (p instr)
Joseph Johnson, R G Williams & Group - Shake It Mister Gater
Grover Dickson and Group - Grizzly Bear
collected by members of the Houston Folklore Group (Harold Belikoff, Ed Badeaux, Pete Seeger, Chester Bower, John Lomax, Jr., Mack McCormick) and compiled by Mack McCormick
# rec. July 13, 1959 in Houston, TX by Mack McCormick; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g
* rec. June 12, 1959 in Dickinson, TX by Mack McCormick; Joel Hopkins, voc, g
|| rec. August 17, 1960 in Houston, TX by Chris Strachwitz, Mack McCormick & Paul Oliver
17 pp. notes by Mack McCormick
77 LA 12-2 (UK 1960)
notes by Mack McCormick
(=) Candid CJM 8026 (US 1962) "Treasury of Field Recording" [Cadence subsidiary label]
[= CJM 8025 / CJS 9025 ???
9025 is Otis Spann: Walking The Blues; 9026 is Charles Mingus: Reincarnation Of A Lovebird !!!]
77 Records discography
Lightnin' Hopkins discography
Buster Pickens discography
- Sittin' Here Wonderin' What My Baby Done
- Buck Dance Tune
rec. June 12, 1959 in Dickinson, TX by Mack McCormick; Joel Hopkins voc, g
unissued
- Ain't Got No Momma Now (Black Snake Moan)
- Match Box Blue
- Stick Dance Blues
- Good Morning Blues
- 'Lectric Chair Blues
- Match Box Blue
- Ain't Got No Momma Now
- Monologue on Blind Lemon #
- Autobiographical Monologue #
rec. October 31, 1959 in Dickinson, TX by Mack McCormick; Joel Hopkins voc, g, # speech
unissued
(with his brothers Joel and John Henry)
- I'm Gonna See About My Brother John Henry #
- Black Hannah # $
- I Walked From Dallas §
- Hot Blooded Woman Blues # $
- Going Back To Baden-Baden # [](with Barbara Dane)
- Sometimes She Loves Me
- You Got Another Man
- I'm Going Back, Baby
- Mother Earth
- Jesus Won't You Come By Here []
Side A rec. February 16, 1964 in Waxahachie, TX; Sam Hopkins, g, # voc; John Henry Hopkins, g, $ voc; Joel Hopkins, g,
§ vocexcept [] rec. March 17, 1965 in Houston, TX; Sam Hopkins, voc, g; Joel Hopkins, g
Side B rec. June 18, 1964 at the Cabale (later The Questing Beast) in Berkeley, Ca.;
except [] rec. November 26, 1961 in Berkeley, Ca.
CD track sequence:
- See About My Brother John Henry #
- Hot Blooded Woman # $
- Black Hannah # $
- I Want To Go Fishing
- Doin' Little Heiffer
- Hey Baby Hey
- Saddle Up My Grey Mare
- Tell Me, Tell Me
- Little Girl
- I Got A Brother In Waxahachie
- Match Box Blues § []
- Home With Mama § []
- Come Down To My House
- Grosebeck Blues
- The Dice Game
- I Walked From Dallas §
- Two Brothers Playing (Going Back To Baden-Baden) # []
rec. February 16, 1964 in Waxahachie, TX; Sam Hopkins, g, # voc; John Henry Hopkins, g, $ voc; Joel Hopkins, g,
§ voc
except [] rec. March 17, 1965 in Houston, TX; Sam Hopkins, voc, g; Joel Hopkins, g
notes by Chris A. Strachwitz
Arhoolie 1022 (US 1966)
notes by Chris A. Strachwitz
= Fontana 688 807 ZL (NL 1966)
(=) Arhoolie CD 340 (US 1991)
Arhoolie Records discography
Lightnin' Hopkins discography
Barbara Dane discography
- I Love That Woman $
- Two Little Chicks $
- Mary #
- Saddle Horse [rejected] # $
- Hey Mr. Buzzard §
- Mama Don't Treat Your Daughter Mean §
- Good Times Here, Better Down The Road §
rec. February 16, 1964 in Waxahachie, TX; Sam Hopkins, g, # voc; John Henry Hopkins, g, $ voc; Joel Hopkins, g,
§ vocunissued
- Hey Mr. Buzzard §
- Joel's Blues (Bad Blues) §
- Aunt Lisa Blues §
- untitled Blues §
rec. March 17, 1965 in Houston, TX; Sam Hopkins, g, # voc; Joel Hopkins, g,
§ vocunissued
- Unsuccessful Blues (= "Can't Be Successful") (LH1258) (3:00) [Gold Star 656]
# with Joel Hopkins, 2nd g
- Old Woman Blues
- Untrue Blues
- T-Model Blues [Gold Star 662]
- Jail House Blues [Gold Star 662]
- Trying To Find A Friend (Traveler's Blues) [Gold Star unissued]
- Can't Be Successful
- Tom Moore Blues
- Fast Life Woman
- Grosebeck Blues - Take 2
- Grosebeck Blues - Take 3
- Rollin' Woman Blues
- Ain't It A Shame
- Somebody's Got To Go
- Automobile Blues
- All I Got Is Gone
# with Joel Hopkins, 2nd g
notes by Chris Strachwitz
Arhoolie 2010 (US 1971)
Arhoolie Records discography
- Short Haired Woman [Gold Star 3131] #
- Can't Get That Woman Off My Mind
- You Are Not Going To Worry My Life Anymore
- You're Gonna Miss Me
- Sugar On My Mind
- Nightmare Blues
- Someday Baby
- Come Back Baby
- The Moon Is Rising
- Howling Wolf Blues
- Have To Let You Go
- (Mama's) Baby Child
- Whiskey Headed Woman
- Shining Moon
- I Wonder Why
- Papa Bones Boogie
- I've Been A Bad Man
- Corinna, Corrina
- Tom Moore's Farm
- The Slop
with
Thunder Smith, # Joel Hopkins, Donald Cooks, Melvin "Jack" Jackson
RST Blues Documents BD 2066 (Austria 1989)
RST discography
- Lightning Blues [Gold Star 634] #
- No Mail Blues [Gold Star 637] #
- Treat Me Kind [Gold Star 641]
- Jackstropper Blues [Gold Star 667]
- Groseback Blues (tk 4) [Dart LP 8000]
- Racetrack Blues [Dart LP 8000]
- Another Fool In Town [RPM 378]
- New York Boogie [SIW 621]
- Bald Headed Woman [SIW 647]
- New Worried Life Blues [SIW 649]
- Down To The River [SIW 661]
- Contrary Mary (Crazy Mary) [Jax 321]
- I'm Begging You [Jax 321]
- Crazy About My Baby [Mercury 70081]
- What's The Matter Now [Mercury 70191]
- Cemetary Blues [Decca 48312]
- Lightnin' Jump [TNT 8002]
- Walkin' The Streets [Chart 636]
- Mussy Haired Woman [Chart 636]
- One Kind Favor [Folkways FS 822]
- Hello (Austria) [previously unissued]
# Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Joel Hopkins, 2nd g
[according to back cover notes]
Document DLP 577 (Austria 1989)
Document Records discography
- Lonesome Home
- Zolo Go
- Henny Penny Blues
- Jazz Blues
- Beggin' You To Stay
- Don't Keep My Baby Long
- Jake Head
- Tell Me Pretty Baby
- Give Me Back That Wig
- Santa Fe Blues
- Late In The Evening
- The Dirty Dozens
- Baby
- I Hear You Calling
- Rock Me Baby
- Back Door Friend
- Trouble In Mind
- What'd I Say
- Short Haired Woman
- Can't Get That Woman Off My Mind
- Lightning Blues
- Whiskey Headed Woman (Liquor Drinkin' Woman)
- Lonesome Home (Ain't It Lonesome)
- Zolo Go (Organ Blues)
- Henny Penny Blues
- Jazz Blues
- Beggin' You To Stay (Someday Baby)
- Don't Keep My Baby Long
- Jake Head Boogie
- Tell Me (Pretty Baby)
- Give Me Back That Wig (Wig Wearing Woman)
- Santa Fe Blues
- New York Boogie
- Late In The Evening
- Walkin' The Streets
- Mussy Haired Woman
- The Dirty Dozens
- Baby!
- I Hear You Calling
- Rock Me Baby
- Back Door Friend
- Trouble In Mind
- What'd I Say
Wolf/B.o.B. Best of Blues BoB 20 (Austria 1990)
(=) Wolf/B.o.B. Best of Blues CD 3 (Austria 2004)
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Going Home Blues (Going Back and Talk To Mama)
- Automobile Blues
- Big Mama Jump [Gold Star 3131] #
- Loretta Blues
- Seems Funny Baby
- Thunder And Lightning Blues (Coolin' Board Blues)
- Grosebeck Blues
- Tim Moore's Farm
- Lightning Boogie
- Traveler's Blues
- Goodbye Blues
- Unkind Blues
- Fast Life Woman
- Zolo Go
- You Don't Know
- Treat Me Kind
- Somebody Got to Go
- Death Bells
- Mad With You
- Airplane Blues
- Racetrack Blues
- Unsuccessful Blues
# with Joel Hopkins, g
Arhoolie CD 330 (US 1991)
- Katie Mae Blues
- Feel So Bad (Alternate)
- That Mean Old Twister
- Rocky Mountain Blues
- Short Haired Woman # [Gold Star 3131]
- Big Mama Jump # [Gold Star 3131]
- Down Baby
- Let Me Play With Your Poodle
- Fast Mail Rambler
- Thinkin' And Worryin'
- Short Haired Woman
- Big Mama Jump
- Can't Get That Woman Off My Mind
- Woman Woman
- Picture On The Wall
- Worried Life Blues
- Miss Me Blues
- Sugar Mama
- Nightmare Blues
- Someday Baby
- Come Back Baby
- Lightnin's Boogie
- Baby, You're Not Going To Make A Fool Out Of Me
- Daddy Will Be Home One Day
- Moonrise Blues
- Howling Wolf Blues
# with Joel Hopkins, g
5 CD box
notes by Neil Slaven
JSP JSPCD 7705 (UK 2003)
- Short Haired Woman [Gold Star 3131] #
- Short Haired Woman (alt tk) #
- Big Mama Jump [Gold Star 3131] #
- Whiskey Blues
- Loretta Blues
- Ida May
- Shining Moon
- Mercy
- What Can It Be
- Lonesome Home
- Appetite Blues
- Walking Blues
- Lightnin's Blues
- No Mail Blues
- Ain't It a Shame
- Tim Moore's Farm
- You Don't Know
- Treat Me Kind
- Somebody Got to Go
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Death Bells
- Mad With You
- Airplane Blues
- Unsuccessful Blues
- Rollin' Woman Blues
- Jailhouse Blues
- T-Model Bluesdisc 1:
- Lightning Boogie
- Unkind Blues
- Traveler's Blues (Trying To Find A Friend)
- Fast Life Woman
- European Blues
- Automobile Blues
- Zolo Go (Zydeco)
- Hammond Boogie (Organ Boogie)
- Automobile Blues
- Old Woman Blues
- Untrue Blues
- Henny Penny Blues
- Jazz Blues
- Jackstropper Blues
- Grievance Blues
- Grosebeck Blues (tk 2)
- Grosebeck Blues (tk 3)
- Grosebeck Blues (tk 4)
- Racetrack Blues
- Goodbye Blues
- Bluebird Blues
- Seems Funny Baby
- Coolin' Board Blues
- Going Back and Talk to Mama
- All I Got Is Gone
# with Joel Hopkins, g
P-Vine PCD 2531/32 (Jp 2008)