My Life in the Blues is an album by the blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins, recorded in late 1964 and released on the Prestige label the following year.[1][2][3] The album contains Hopkins' performances interspersed with an interview conducted by Samuel Charters.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings[5]

The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings wrote that the album "contains half a dozen unremarkable performances taped at what sounds like a noisy party, and eight far more interesting passages of reminiscence in which Lightnin' describes his family, learning to play guitar, meeting Texas Alexander, making records and other topics".[5] AllMusic's Ritchie Unterberger reviewed Straight Blues, which collected the six songs from the project, calling them: "typical Hopkins' performances, incorporating both narrative folky tunes with spoken introductions, and livelier boogies".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins

  1. I Growed Up with the Blues – 5:06
  2. "I Don't Want to Do Nothing to You" – 2:30
  3. My Family – 4:25
  4. "You Is One Black Rat" – 3:05
  5. I Learn About the Blues – 6:20
  6. "Got Nowhere to Lay My Head" – 6:25
  7. I First Come into Houston – 3:25
  8. "Just Boogyin'" – 2:15
  9. I Meet Texas Alexander – 5:15
  10. "Take Me Back" – 2:05
  11. They Was Hard Times – 6:10
  12. I Make My First Record and Get My Name – 6:35
  13. My Thoughts on the Blues – 5:30
  14. "I Was Down on Dowling Street" – 5:10

Personnel

Performance

Production

References

  1. ^ Jazzdisco: Prestige Records Catalog: 7300 series accessed November 12, 2018
  2. ^ Both Sides Now: Discography Preview for the Prestige label accessed November 12, 2018
  3. ^ Wirz' American Music: Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins discography accessed November 12, 2018
  4. ^ a b Unterberger, Ritchie. Lightnin' Hopkins: Straight Blues – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  5. ^ a b Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. London: Penguin. p. 281. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Life_in_the_Blues
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