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'' awarded the album 3 stars, noting: "The atmosphere is charged with the electricity of several wiley old blues musicians topping each other's tricks. their occasionally, and perhaps not always entirely playfully, barbed sides add a whiff of brimstone. Altogether the performance tells us things about the four men that their other records don't generally convey, and anyone with a special fondness for any of the artists really aught to hear it".

Track listing

All compositions by Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins except where noted # "Ain't Nothin' Like Whiskey" – 7:50 # "Penitentiary Blues" (Traditional) – 5:08 # "If You Steal My Chickens, You Can't Make Em Lay" (Big Joe Williams) – 5:37 # "First Meeting" (Hopkins, Brownie McGhee) – 7:10 # "How Long Have It Been Since You Been Home?" – 4:10 # "Wimmin from Coast to Coast" – 5:46

Personnel

Performance

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– harmonica, vocals *

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Production

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, Ed Michel – producer

References

{{Authority control Brownie McGhee albums Lightnin' Hopkins albums Big Joe Williams albums Sonny Terry albums 1961 albums World Pacific Records albums Albums produced by Richard Bock (producer)