Lightning Hopkins Sings the Blues
# Lightning Hopkins Sings the Blues

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Lightning Hopkins Sings the Blues, also released as Original Folk Blues, is a 12-inch LP album by blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins collecting tracks recorded between 1947 and 1951 that were originally released as 10-inch 78rpm records on the RPM label. The album was released on the Mainstream Records low budget, Crown subsidiary and was an early 12-inch LP collections of Lightnin' Hopkins material recorded at Gold Star Studios to be released. In 1999 a double CD collection of Jake Head Boogie was released containing all of the Hopkins recordings released by the RPM label along with several previously unreleased recordings.

## Track listing

All compositions by Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins

* "Just Sittin' Down Thinkin'" – 2:33
* "Jake Head Boogie" – 2:53
* "Lonesome Dog Blues" – 2:38
* "Tell Me Pretty Mama" – 3:03
* "Last Affair" – 2:55
* "Don't Keep My Baby Long" – 2:15
* "Santa Fe Blues" – 2:23
* "Give Me Back That Wig" – 1:56
* "Someday" – 2:38
* "Ain't It Lonesome" – 2:36

## Personnel

* Lightnin' Hopkins – guitar, vocals
