''Walkin' This Road by Myself'' is an album by the blues musician

Lightnin' Hopkins Samuel John "Lightnin'" Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982) was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist from Centerville, Texas. In 2010, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine ranked him No. 71 on its li ...

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Reception

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'' wrote: "This album is notable for 'Happy Blues for John Glenn', inspired by media reports of the astronauts successful return to earth from his orbital flight in ''Friendship 7''. The song is not outstanding by Lightnin's standards but it reminds us of one of the reasons why he was an outstanding bluesman".

Track listing

All compositions by Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins except where noted # "Walkin' This Road by Myself" – 4:50 # "Black Gal" – 4:08 # "How Many More Years I Got to Let You Dog Me Around" – 2:59 # "Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes" – 2:53 # "Worried Life Blues" – 3:46 # "Happy Blues for John Glenn" – 5:21 # " Good Morning Little School Girl" (Traditional) – 3:06 # "The Devil Jumped the Black Man" – 4:11 # "Coffee Blues" – 3:39 # "Black Cadillac" – 3:38 *Recorded at ACA Studios (Gold Star Studios), Houston, TX on July 7, 1961 (tracks 2, 4, 7 & 9) and February 17, 1962 (tracks 1, 3, 8 & 10) and February 20, 1962 (tracks 5 & 6)

Personnel

Performance

– guitar, vocals * Billy Bizor – harmonica, vocals (tracks 1, 3, 8 & 10) *

Buster Pickens Edwin "Buster" Goodwin Pickens (June 3, 1916 – November 24, 1964) was an American pianist. Pickens is best known for his work accompanying Alger "Texas" Alexander and Lightnin' Hopkins. He also recorded a solo album in 1960. Life and care ...

– piano (tracks 5 & 6) *Donald Cooks –

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(tracks 5 & 6) *Spider Kilpatrick – drums (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 10)

Production

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Kenneth S. Goldstein Kenneth S. Goldstein (March 17, 1927 – November 11, 1995) was an American folklorist, educator and record producer and a "prime mover" in the American Folk Music Revival. Early life and education Goldstein was born in Brooklyn to Tillie Horowit ...

– producer

References

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