Biography : Lightnin' Hopkins originally recorded the ten tracks that make up Free Form Patterns on February 1, 1968, for the International Artists label. Also on that label's roster was the psychedelic group 13th Floor Elevators, which, by 1968, had basically disbanded. For this session, producer Lelan Rogers (Kenny's brother) teamed Hopkins up with Elevators drummer Danny Thomas and bassist Duke Davis. While not as revolutionary as John Lee Hooker's sessions with Canned Heat, Free Form Patterns steers clear of the late-'60s psychedelic trappings that screwed up such similar sessions as Electric Mud. No one tried to bend Hopkins to fit a foreign musical approach on Free Form Patterns; he made the music bend to him. Review by Al Campbell
Tracklist
01.Mr. Charlie 6:59
02.Give Me Time To Think 3:47
03.Fox Chase 2:51
04.Mr. Ditta's Grocery Store 5:28
05.Open Up Your Door 3:54
06.Baby Child 3:34
07.Cooking's Done 3:47
08.Got Her Letter This Morning 4:56
09.Rain Falling 4:33
10.Mini Skirt 3:09
Line-up
Lightnin' Hopkins - Guitar, Harmonica
Danny Thomas (13th Floor Elevators) - Drums
Duke Davis - Bass
flac cue log scans
RispondiElimina
RispondiElimina"Hopkins' style was born from spending many hours playing informally without a backing band. His distinctive fingerstyle playing often included playing, in effect, bass, rhythm, lead, percussion, and vocals, all at the same time. 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' music follows the standard 12-bar blues template but his phrasing was very free and loose. Many of his songs were in the talking blues style, but he was a powerful and confident singer. Lyrically his songs chronicled the problems of life in the segregated south, bad luck in love and other usual subjects of the blues idiom. He did however deal 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."
Yeah, nice upload friend!
More Hopkins on my blog (if you need)
http://persevalk.blogspot.com/search/label/Lightnin%20Hopkins
Al Brustic (my name);-)
Ho visitato il tuo blog e mi è piaciuto molto, vorrei collegare a collaborare con il mio blog www.atituderocknroll.blogspot.com.br.
RispondiEliminaabbraccio e successo
si prega di Ho cambiato il nome del mio blog www.atituderocknroll.blogspot.com.br a www.atituderocknroll.com.br, si potrebbe commerciare in vostro elenco di blog Preferiti
RispondiEliminagrazie