Texas Blues Man

Texas Blues Man is an album by the blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins, recorded in Texas in late 1967 and released on the Arhoolie label.[1][2]

Texas Blues Man
Studio album by
Lightnin' Hopkins
Released1968
RecordedDecember 18, 1967
StudioHouston, TX
GenreBlues
Length37:56
LabelArhoolie
F 1034
ProducerChris Strachwitz
Lightnin' Hopkins chronology
Something Blue
(1967)		 Texas Blues Man
(1968)		 Talkin' Some Sense
(1968)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings[4]

The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings wrote that the album contains "powerful performances with a resonant electric guitar filling the studio," but that "it was no more than an average Hopkins album."[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins

  1. "Tom Moore Blues" – 5:01
  2. "Watch My Fingers" – 2:48
  3. "Little Antoinette" – 3:38
  4. "Love Like a Hydrant" – 3:58
  5. "Cut Me Out Baby" – 3:27
  6. "Take a Walk" – 2:37
  7. "Slavery" – 5:29
  8. "I Would If I Could" – 3:19
  9. "Bud Russell Blues" – 4:32
  10. "At Home Blues" – 3:07

Personnel

Performance

Production

References
  1. Wirz' American Music: Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins discography accessed November 12, 2018
  2. Down-Home Music: The Story of Arhoolie Records accessed November 12, 2018
  3. Lightnin' Hopkins: Texas Blues – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  4. Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. London: Penguin. p. 281. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
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