Lightnin' Hopkins : Blues Kingpins
Genre: Blues	Dates: 1946 - ???

Sam “Lightnin’” Hopkins, along with John Lee Hooker, to whose fans he is unequivocally recommended, was one of the most idiosyncratic of all bluesmen, ignoring standard bar structures, picking melodies and riffs out of the blues’ own version of outer space, and grabbing you by the throat whether playing acoustic or electric—providing you paid him cash in front. This is a neat and surprising survey of what he could do; if you dig it, look for Rhino Records’ two-disc box, which will take you the rest of the way.

Playlist:
1. Katie Mae Blues
2. Feel So Bad
3. Rocky Mountain Blues (I Can't Stay Here In Your Town)
4. Fast-Mail Rambler
5. Let Me Play With Your Poodle
6. Short Haired Woman
7. Woman Woman (Change Your Way)
8. Sugar Mama (Sugar On My Mind)
9. Lightnin's Boogie
10. Shotgun Blues
11. Tim Moore's Farm (Tom Moore Blues)
12. Bad Luck And Trouble
13. Jake Head Boogie
14. Lonesome Dog Blues
15. Last Affair
16. Another Fool In Town
17. Santa Fe
18. Black Cat