Lightnin' Hopkins (album)
| Lightnin' Hopkins | ||||
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| Released | 1959 | |||
| Recorded | January 16, 1959 | |||
| Studio | 2803 Hadley St., Houston, Texas | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 30:55 | |||
| Label | Folkways FS3822 | |||
| Producer | Samuel Charters | |||
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Lightnin' Hopkins (re-released as The Roots of Lightnin' Hopkins) is an album by blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins, recorded in 1959 and released on the Folkways label. The album was first released around the time that the book The Country Blues came out and was an instant success. It gave Hopkin's career a new lease on life.