''Goin' Away'' is an album by the blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins, recorded in 1963 and released on the

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Reception

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'' wrote: "The high points of this session are the title track, suffused with rural quiet, and 'Business You're Doin' ', an old rag song similar to 'Take Me Back' which Lightnin' plays as if he's been listening to

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... Gaskin and Lovelle show up some of the rhythm sections Lightnin' used in later years: though their touch is light, they are propulsive rather than responsive and never allow the music to drag".

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reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine stated: "For the 1963 album ''Goin' Away'', Lightnin' Hopkins was backed by a spare rhythm section who managed to follow his ramshackle, instinctual sense of rhythm quite dexterously, giving Hopkins' skeletal guitar playing some muscle. Still, the spotlight remains Hopkins, who is in fine form here. There are no real classics here, but everything is solid".

Track listing

All compositions by Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins # "Wake Up Old Lady" – 4:24 # "Don't Embarrass Me, Baby" – 3:20 # "Stranger Here" – 5:49 # "Little Sister's Boogie" – 3:30 # "Goin' Away" – 5:45 # "You Better Stop Her" – 4:39 # "Business You're Doin'" – 3:18 # "I'm Wit' It" – 3:58

Personnel

Performance

* Lightnin' Hopkins – guitar, vocals *

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* Herbie Lovelle – drums

Production

* Ozzie Cadena –

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References

{{Authority control Lightnin' Hopkins albums 1963 albums Albums produced by Ozzie Cadena Bluesville Records albums Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio