Lightnin' Hopkins - Shootin' Fire (2015)

Lightnin' Hopkins recorded over a dozen songs for the Clarity Music Company at the "ACA" Recording Studio in Houston in April of 1969. These songs ranged from new originals, such as "Born In The Bottom", "December 7, 1941", "A Rainy Day In Houston", and "Stinking Foot", to oldies such as "Feel Like Ballin' The Jack", "Shake That Thing" and "Shinin' Moon". Since the 1970's some of these songs have been released on haphazard compilations with the bass and drums mixed too high, the guitar leads mixed too low, and excessive "reverb" in an attempt to make Lightnin' sound more contemporary. Now for the first time ever the original four track masters have been re-mixed without any of the extraneous studio misjudgments that marred previous releases. As an added bonus, previously unreleased recordings such as "Movin On Out When The Saints March In", "Old House Torn Down", "Mistrust My Baby And She Mistrust Me", and "Baby Please Don't Do Me Wrong" are included on this compendium of Lightnin' Hopkins gems. A large selection of never before seen photos, contracts, and documents rounds out this collection of rarities. The net result is 77 minutes of Lightnin' Hopkins in his prime "shootin' fire".

TRACKLIST

01. Born In The Bottom
02. Rainy Day In Houston
03. A Man Like Me Is Hard To Find
04. Got A Letter This Morning
05. Moving On Out
06. Shinin' Moon
07. Feel Like Ballin' The Jack
08. Stinking Foot
09. December 7, 1941
10. My Baby Ain't Got No Shoes
11. My Baby Was Crying For Bread
12. My Little Darling
13. Go Ahead - Battle Hymn Of The Republic
14. Shake That Thing
15. Mistrust My Baby And She Mistrust Me
16. Moving On Out When The Saints March In
17. Old House Torn Down
18. Baby Please Don't Do Me Wrong
19. Good As Old Time Religion
20. I'm Shootin' Fire