''Soul Blues'' is an album by the blues musician
Lightnin' Hopkins, recorded in 1963 and released on the
Bluesville
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label.
Wirz' American Music: Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins discography
accessed November 8, 2018
Reception
'' The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings'' wrote: "''Soul Blues'' has a few distinctive pieces like 'I'm Going to Build Me a Heaven of My Own' – not out of atheistic contrariness but in order to give 'lovin' women a happy home'. 'I'm a Crawling Black Snake' which has little in common with Blind Lemon Jefferson
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's song, is framed by oddly impressionistic guitar".
Track listing
All compositions by Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins except where noted
# "I'm Going to Build Me a Heaven of My Own" – 5:56
# " My Babe" (Willie Dixon
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) – 3:20
# "Too Many Drivers
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" – 3:30
# "I'm a Crawling Black Snake" – 4:50
# "Rocky Mountain Blues" – 3:50
# "I Mean Goodbye" – 3:00
# "The Howling Wolf" – 3:50
# "Black Ghost Blues" – 3:30
# "Darling, Do You Remember Me?" – 3:40
# "Lonesome Graveyard" – 5:30
Personnel
Performance
* Lightnin' Hopkins – guitar, vocals
* Leonard Gaskin – bass
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(tracks 1–3, 5–8 & 10)
* Herbie Lovelle – drums (tracks 1–3, 5–8 & 10)
Production
* Ozzie Cadena – supervision
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* Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
References
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Lightnin' Hopkins albums
1965 albums
Prestige Records albums
Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio
Albums produced by Ozzie Cadena