Lightnin' Hopkins - Live at Newport [Recorded 1965] (2002)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 198 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 95 MB | Covers - 3 MB
Genre: Blues, Texas Blues | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Vanguard Records/ZYX Music (VCD 79715-2)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 198 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 95 MB | Covers - 3 MB
Genre: Blues, Texas Blues | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Vanguard Records/ZYX Music (VCD 79715-2)
There's something affecting about Lightnin' Hopkins' off-the-cuff approach. Whether he's in the studio or before an audience, he gives the impression of a guitar player and singer who's just doing his own thing. When he breaks out a signature piece like "Mojo Hand," he isn't really trying to impress the listener as much as do what he does best: just play a little blues. Recorded in 1965, Live at Newport captures Hopkins in a loose mood communing with an appreciative audience. The mostly solo electric set apparently didn't cause any controversy (as Dylan's electric set with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band would in 1965). The nice thing about the album is that all the material seems to have come from the same set, giving the listener a taste of what seeing Hopkins at Newport might have been like…