Lightnin' Sam Hopkins stands alone. The master of spontaneous musical combustion, Hopkins magnificent guitar idiosyncrasies and deeply expressive vocals qualify him as on the most arresting and irresistible practitioners in all of the blues.

These 30 tracks, comprising the original Lightnin' & the Blues LP and additional songs he cut for Herald Records in April 1954, qualify as the ultimate showcase for Hopkins' prodigious blues power. Lightnin' didn't just sing the blues, he embodied them; his mesmerizing electric guitar doesn t just walk and talk it howls, growls and testifies, coiling up and striking out with stinging precision.

Track Listing:
Side 1
Nothin' But The Blues
Lightin’s Special
Don't Think Cause You're Pretty
Lightnin's Boogie
Life I Used To Live
My Little Kewpie Doll
Sick Feelin' Blues
Let’s Move
Evil Hearted Woman

Side 2
Blues For My Cookie
Had A Gal Called Sal
Sittin' Down Thinkin'
Don’t Need No Job
My Baby's Gone
Early Mornin’ Boogie
Lonesome In Your Home
Hopkins’ Sky Hop
Hear My Talkin’