Lightnin' Hopkins

Anyone who finds the mammoth Hopkins box too overwhelming is advised to turn to this single-disc compression of two May 1964 recordings, Down Home Blues and Soul Blues. Assisted at times by a metronomic drummer and bassist, Hopkins is the antithesis of rusty relics fawned over by folkies of the time. He sings of autobiographical concerns in a steady, low-key manner, and his guitar is continuously lucent and alert. See also Otis Spann/Lightnin' Hopkins-- © Frank John Hadley 1993--From Grove Press Guide to Blues on CD