Lightnin' Hopkins - Blues in My Bottle

Lightnin' Hopkins - Blues in My Bottle VBR

Year 1961


Tracks
1. Buddy Brown's Blues (98 Degree Blues) 4:04
2. Wine Spodee-O-Dee 3:00
3. Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On 4:16
4. DC-7 4:29
5. Death Bells 3:51
6. Goin' To Dallas To See My Pony Run 3:48
7. Jailhouse Blues 3:16
8. Blues In The Bottle 3:13
9. Beans, Beans, Beans 2:24
10. Catfish Blues 4:13
11. My Grandpa Is Too Old! 3:00

The late great Lightnin' Hopkins was one of the most natural of bluesmen, a poet who would often make up lyrics as he recorded. He was at his best when unaccompanied, as on this 1961 Prestige date. Though he usually played electric guitar, the Texas blues titan performed on this release with an acoustic, and the result is most rewarding. Tunes include "Goin' to Dallas to See My Pony Run" and "Buddy Brown's Blues."