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Soul Blues

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I'm Going To Build Me A Heaven Of My Own
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My Babe
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Too Many Drivers
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I'm A Crawling Black Snake
Artist: Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins
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Rocky Mountain Blues
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I Mean Goodbye
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The Howling Wolf
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Black Ghost Blues
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Darling, Do You Remember Me?
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Lonesome Graveyard
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Total Tracks: 10   Total Length: 40:59

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A true poet of the blues, Lightnin’ Hopkins was a master of tall, tongue-in-cheek tales, often made up on the spot in the recording studio. The first song on this album, “I’m Going to Build Me a Heaven of My Own,” adescribes an encounter with a bearded man claiming to be Jesus Christ. Hopkins also puts his personal stamp on Willie Dixon’s “My Babe” and Smokey Hogg’s “Too Many Drivers,” among others. – Roundup Newsletter