- Lightnin' Hopkins( Sam John Hopkins )【 187 songs in total 】
- Samuel John 'Lightnin'' Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982) was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist, and occasional pianist, from Centerville, Texas. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 71 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.
Style
Hopkins's style was born from spending many hours playing informally without a backing band. His distinctive fingerstyle technique often included playing, in effect, bass, rhythm, lead, and percussion at the same time.[citation needed] He played both 'alternating' and 'monotonic' bass styles incorporating imaginative, often chromatic turnarounds and single-note lead lines. Tapping or slapping the body of his guitar added rhythmic accompaniment.
Much of Hopkins's music follows the standard 12-bar blues template, but his phrasing was free and loose. Many of his songs were in the talking blues style, but he was a powerful and confident singer.[citation needed] Lyrically, his songs expressed the problems of life in the segregated South, bad luck in love and other subjects common in the blues idiom. He dealt with these subjects with humor and good nature. Many of his songs are filled with double entendres, and he was known for his humorous introductions to songs.[citation needed]
Some of his songs were of warning and sour prediction, such as 'Fast Life Woman':
You may see a fast life woman sittin' round a whiskey joint,
Yes, you know, she'll be sittin' there smilin',
'Cause she knows some man gonna buy her half a pint,
Take it easy, fast life woman, 'cause you ain't gon' live always...
The musicologist Robert 'Mack' McCormick opined that Hopkins is 'the embodiment of the jazz-and-poetry spirit, representing its ancient form in the single creator whose words and music are one act'.
Selected discography
Lightnin' and the Blues (Herald), 1955
Lightnin' Hopkins Strums the Blues (Score), 1959
Lightnin' Hopkins (Folkways), 1959
Country Blues (Tradition Records), 1960
Last Night Blues (Bluesville Records), 1960
Lightnin' (Bluesville), 1960
Lightnin' in New York (Candid Records), 1960
Autobiography in Blues (Tradition), 1961
Blues in My Bottle (Bluesville), 1961
Walkin' This Road By Myself (Bluesville), 1962
Mojo Hand (Fire Records), 1962
Lightnin' and Co. (Bluesville), 1962
Lightnin' Strikes (Vee-Jay Records), 1962
Blues Hoot, with Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, and Big Joe Williams, recorded live at The Ash Grove, 1961 (Vee-Jay Records), 1963
Smokes Like Lightnin' (Bluesville), 1963
Goin' Away (Bluesville), 1963
Down Home Blues (Bluesville), 1964
Coffee House Blues, with Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee (VJ Records VJLP-1138 stereo), 1964
Hootin' the Blues (Bluesville), 1965
Lightnin' Strikes (Tradition), 1965
The Roots of Lightnin' Hopkins (Verve Folkways), 1965
Soul Blues (Bluesville), 1966
My Life in the Blues (Bluesville), 1967
Original Folk Blues (Kent Records), 1967
Lightnin'! (Arhoolie Records), 1967
Freeform Patterns (International Artists), 1968
California Mudslide (and Earthquake) (Vault Records slp129), 1969
Swarthmore Concert Live, 1964, 1991
Sittin' In with Lightnin' Hopkins (Mainstream Records), 1991
The Hopkins Bros., with his brothers Joel and John Henry (Arhoolie Records), 1991
The Complete Aladdin Recordings (EMI Blues Series), 1991
Lonesome Life (Home Cooking/Collectables), 1992
It's a Sin to Be Rich (Gitanes Jazz Productions), 1992
Mojo Hand: The Lightnin' Hopkins Anthology (Rhino Records), 1993
Texas Blues (Arhoolie Records), 1994
Po' Lightning, 1995
The Very Best of Lightnin' Hopkins (Rhino Records), 1999
Dirty House Blues (Not Now Music), 2012
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Abilene (Remastered)
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Ain't It Crazy (Live)
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Airplane Blues (Remastered)
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Airplane Blues (Remastered)
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Another Fool in Town (Remastered)
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6
Automobile Blues (Alternative Take) [Remastered]
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7
Automobile Blues (Remastered)
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8
Baby Child (Lead Vocal Billy Bizor) [2014 Remaster]
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9
Baby Child (Remastered)(Provided)
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10
Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes (Remastered)
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11
Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes
1999
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12
Baby Please Don't Go (Remastered)
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13
Baby Please Don't Go (Remastered)
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14
Baby Please Don't Go
1999
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15
Baby Please Don't Go
1962
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16
Baby, Don't Your Tear My Clothes
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17
Back to New Orleans (Remastered)
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18
Bad Luck and Trouble (Remastered)
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19
Bad Luck And Trouble
Sam Hopkins, Mack Mccormick
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20
Bald Headed Woman (Remastered)
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21
Bald headed Woman
Sam 'lightnin' Hopkins
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22
Ball of Twine (Live At the Ash Grove)
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23
Ball Of Twine
Lightnin' Hopkins
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24
Big Black Cadillac Blues (Live)
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25
Big Car Blues (Live)
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26
Big Car Blues
1999
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27
Big Mama Jump (Remastered)
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28
Black Cat (Remastered)
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29
Black Cat Bone (Remastered)
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30
Black Cat
Sam Hopkins, Mack Mccormick
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31
Black Gal (Remastered)
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32
Black Ghost Blues (2014 Remaster)
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33
Black Ghost Blues
Sam Lightnin' Hopkins
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34
Blues for My Cookie (Remastered)(Provided)
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35
Blues for My Cookie - Remastered 2001
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36
Blues For My Cookie
S.l. Hopkins
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37
Bottle It Up & Go
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38
California Showers
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39
Catfish Blues (Remastered)
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40
Catfish Blues (Remastered)
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41
Catfish Blues (Remastered)
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42
Catfish Blues (Remastered)
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43
Catfish Blues
Sam Lightnin' Hopkins
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44
Catfish Blues
Sam Lightnin' Hopkins
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45
Coffee Blues (Alternative Take) [Remastered]
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46
Coffee Blues (Remastered)
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47
Coffee Blues
Sam (lightnin') Hopkins
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48
Coffee House Blues (Live At the Ash Grove)
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49
Come Back Baby (Remastered)
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50
Come Back Baby (Remastered)
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51
Come Back Baby (Remastered)
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52
Come Back Baby
1962
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53
Come Back Baby
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54
Come Back Baby
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55
Contrary Mary (Remastered)
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56
Conversation Blues (Remastered)
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57
Conversation Blues
Sam Lightnin' Hopkins, Sonny Terry
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58
Darling, Do You Remember Me?
Sam Lightnin' Hopkins
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59
Death Bells (Remastered)
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60
Death Bells
Sam Lightnin' Hopkins
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61
Don't Think Cause You're Pretty (Remastered)
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62
Don't Think Cause You're Pretty - Remastered 2001
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63
Don't Think Cause You're Pretty
Hopkins
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64
Don't Treat That Man the Way You Treat Me
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65
Don't Wake Me
1962
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66
Everything (Live)
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67
Everything
Sam Lightnin' Hopkins
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68
Feel So Bad (Alternate)
Sam Hopkins
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69
Feel So Bad (Remastered)
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70
Fugitive Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins
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71
Goin' Back Home
Sam Hopkins
1999
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72
Goin' Back Home
Sam Hopkins
1962
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73
Goin' to Dallas to See My Pony Run (Remastered)
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74
Goin' to Dallas to See My Pony Run (Remastered)
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75
Goin' to Dallas to See My Pony Run (Remastered)
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76
Goin' To Dallas
Sam (lightnin') Hopkins
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77
Going Back Home
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78
Grievance Blues (Remastered)
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79
Grosebeck Blues (Remastered)
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80
Happy Blues for John Glenn (Remastered)
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81
Happy Blues For John Glenn
Lightnin' Hopkins
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82
Hard to Love a Woman (Live) - Remastered
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83
Hard to Love a Woman (Remastered)
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84
Hard To Love A Woman
Sam Lightnin' Hopkins
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85
Have You Ever Loved a Woman
1962
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86
Howling Wolf (Remastered)
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87
I Asked The Bossman
Sam Lightnin' Hopkins
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88
I Wonder Why (Remastered)
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89
I Wonder Why
Sam Hopkins
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90
I Work Down On the Chain Gang (Live)
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91
I Work Down On The Chain Gang
Sam Lightnin' Hopkins
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92
I'll Be Gone
Sam Hopkins
1962
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93
I'm Begging You (Remastered)
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94
I'm Coming Home
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95
Jailhouse Blues (Remastered)
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96
Jailhouse Blues (Remastered)
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97
Jailhouse Blues (Remastered)
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98
Jailhouse Blues (Remastered)
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99
Jailhouse Blues
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100
Jailhouse Blues
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101
Katie Mae (Live) - Remastered
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102
Katie Mae (Remastered)
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103
Katie Mae Blues (Remastered)
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104
Katie Mae
Sam Lightnin' Hopkins
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105
Last Affair (Remastered)
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106
Last Night Blues (Remastered)
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107
Last Night Blues
Sam Lightnin' Hopkins
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108
Last Night
1962
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109
Late Howlin' Wolf
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110
Let Me Play with Your Poodle (Remastered)
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111
Let Me Play With Your Poodle (Remastered)
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112
Let Me Play With Your Poodle
1999
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113
Let Me Play With Your Poodle
1962
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114
Lonesome Graveyard
Sam Lightnin' Hopkins
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115
Lonesome Home (Remastered)
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116
Lonesome in Your Home (Remastered)
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117
Lonesome In Your Home - Remastered 2001
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118
Long Time (Remastered Version)
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119
Long Time
Sam Hopkins, Mack Mccormick
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120
Mama and Papa Hopkins (Remastered Version)
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121
Mama Blues
Sam Lightnin' Hopkins
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122
Mean Old Frisco (Remastered)
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123
Mean Old Frisco (Remastered)
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124
Miss Loretta (Remastered)
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125
Miss Loretta
Sam Lightnin Hopkins
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126
Mister Charlie
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127
Mistreated Blues (Remastered)(Provided)
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128
Mistreated Blues
Sam Lightnin Hopkins
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129
Moanin' Blues (Remastered)
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130
Mojo Hand (Live At 1965 Newport Folk Festival)
1962
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131
Mojo Hand - Live
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132
Mojo Hand
Sam Hopkins, Morris Levy, Clarence L Lewis
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133
Morning Blues (Remastered)
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134
Morning Blues
Sam Lightnin' Hopkins
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135
Mr. Charlie (2014 Remaster)
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136
My Black Name
Sam Lightnin' Hopkins
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137
Once A Gambler
Sam Hopkins, Mack Mccormick
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138
Picture On the Wall (Remastered)
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139
Picture On The Wall
Sam Lightnin Hopkins
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140
Pneumonia Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins
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141
Prison Blues Come Down On Me (Remastered Version)
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142
Prison Blues Come Down On Me
Sam Hopkins, Mack Mccormick, Luke Miles
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143
Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On (Remastered)
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144
Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On
Sam Lightnin' Hopkins
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145
Santa (Remastered)
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146
Santa Fe Blues (Remastered)
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147
Santa Fe Blues
Sam Hopkins, Mack Mccormick
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148
Santa Fe
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149
See See Rider (Remastered)
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150
See See Rider (Remastered)
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151
See See Rider (Remastered)
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152
See See Rider
1999
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153
See See Rider
1962
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154
Shaggy Dad
1999
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155
Shaggy Dad
1962
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156
Shaggy Dog
1962
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157
Short Haired Woman (Remastered Version)
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158
Short Haired Woman (Remastered)
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159
Short Haired Woman - Live
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160
Short Haired Woman
Sam Lightnin Hopkins, Mack Mccormick
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161
Shotgun (Remastered)
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162
Shotgun Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson
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163
So Long Baby
Sam Hopkins, Mack Mccormick
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164
Some Day Baby (Remastered)
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165
Some Day Baby (Remastered)
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166
Someday Baby (Remastered)
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167
Someday Baby
1962
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168
Stool Pigeon Blues (Live At the Ash Grove)
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169
Stool Pigeon Blues
1999
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170
The Foot Race Is On (Remastered Version)
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171
The Foot Race Is On
Sam Hopkins, Mack Mccormick
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172
The Hearse Is Backed Up To The Door
Hopkins
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173
The Howling Wolf
Sam Hopkins
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174
Tim Moore's Farm (Remastered)
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175
Tim Moore's Farm
Sam Hopkins, Mack Mccormick
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176
Too Many Drivers
Sam Lightnin' Hopkins
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177
Trouble in Mind (Live) - Remastered
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178
Trouble in Mind - Live
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179
Trouble in Mind
1999
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180
Trouble In Mind
Richard Jones
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181
Wonder Why
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182
You Better Watch Yourself (Remastered)
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183
You Better Watch Yourself
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184
You Better Watch Yourself
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185
You Is One Black Rat (Remastered)
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186
You Is One Black Rat
Sam Lightnin' Hopkins
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187
Your Own Fault, Baby, to Treat Me the Way You Do