Lightnin' Hopkins - "LIVE" at the Bird Lounge (Guest Star GS-1459)
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Jan 1, 2021 Sold Date
Dec 25, 2020 Start Date
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Description

Lightnin' Hopkins - "LIVE" at the Bird Lounge (Guest Star GS-1459). Shipped with USPS Media Mail.

Tracklist

A1 I Heard My Children Crying A2 Leave Jike Mary Alone A3 You Treat Po' Lightnin' Wrong B1 I'm Gonna Meet My Baby Somewhere B2 Don't Treat That Man, Way You Treat Me B3 There's Good Rockin' Tonight

Companies, etc.

  • Manufactured By – Synthetic Plastics Company
  • Mastered At – Longwear Plating
  • Recorded At – The Bird Lounge, Houston

Notes

Original Guest Star Pressing. Live at Bird Lounge, 2305 S. Shepard, Houston TX.

Front cover: GS-1459
Rear Cover: 1459
Labels: GS 1459

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side A): GS-1459-A LW
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B): GS-1459-B LW

Back in Houston, visiting the folks while on break from college, Townes went down to the Bird Lounge to witness his hero, Lightnin' Hopkins, live, in the flesh. Van Zandt sat mesmerized as he watched Hopkins's long, black, snakelike fingers chase each other up and down the neck of his old Gibson guitar while he sang about the real people and events that directly shaped his life. There were plenty of cruel boss men, corrupt cops, and no-good lyin' women, always giving "Po' Lightnin'" more than his fair share of trouble. But in the retelling of the daily injustices he witnessed and experienced as a black man in his hometown of Houston, Hopkins would unintentionally become something of a spokesman for the civil rights movement.


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