Lightnin' Hopkins ‎– Lightnin' (The Blues Of Lightnin' Hopkins) (1960)

A1 	Automobile Blues 	
A2 	You Better Watch Yourself 	
A3 	Mean Old Frisco 	
A4 	Shinin' Moon 	
A5 	Come Back Baby 	
B1 	Thinkin' 'Bout An Old Friend 	
B2 	The Walkin' Blues 	
B3 	Back To New Orleans 	
B4 	Katie Mae 	
B5 	Down There Baby

Bass – Leonard Gaskin
Design – Don Schlitten
Drums – Belton Evans
Guitar, Vocals – Lightnin' Hopkins 

Recorded for Prestige's Bluesville subsidiary in 1960 and reissued on CD for Fantasy's Original Blues Classics (OBC) series in 1990, Lightnin' is among the rewarding acoustic dates Lightnin' Hopkins delivered in the early '60s. The session has an informal, relaxed quality, and this approach serves a 48-year-old Hopkins impressively well on both originals like "Thinkin' 'Bout an Old Friend" and the familiar "Katie Mae" and enjoyable interpretations of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee's "Back to New Orleans" and Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup's "Mean Old Frisco." Hopkins' only accompaniment consists of bassist Leonard Gaskin and drummer Belton Evans, both of whom play in an understated fashion and do their part to make this intimate setting successful. From the remorseful "Come Back Baby" to more lighthearted, fun numbers like "You Better Watch Yourself" and "Automobile Blues," Lightnin' is a lot like being in a small club with Hopkins as he shares his experiences, insights and humor with you. ---Alex Henderson, AllMusic Review

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