Description
Many have said that Lightnin’ Hopkins woke up The Dead when he played San Francisco in the 1960’s. So it is appropriate that his song ‘Wake Up The Dead’ is the centerpiece of this two and a half hour journey into the world of electrified Texas blues. Accompanying Lightnin’ on this journey is his long time harmonica player, Billy Bizor. While Lightnin’ had a prolific recording career—and a massive reputation as a result of some key stunning sessions—Bizor’s stature is relatively obscure due to a lack of solo recordings released during his lifetime.
Fortunately, “Wake Up The Dead” seeks to rectify that situation by including the complete June 17, 1968 session with Lightnin’ and Bizor, plus all of Bizors’ 1969 solo recordings. An added bonus is the remainder of of the April 11,1969 session that is represented on the Lightnin’ Hopkin’s “Shootin Fire” companion release (CICD-41169). The highlight of the session has to be the nine minutes of outtakes of the colossal Hopkins original, ‘Mojo Hand”. Never before have the complete tapes from these sessions been released. All tracks are taken from the original three and four track masters to accentuate the
magical chemistry between Lightnin’ and Bizor.
Disc One:
1 Wake Up The Dead
2 Vietnam War
3 Next Trip Dwn South
4 Lonesome Life
5 Pine Gum Boogie
6 I’m Tired Of Trouble
7 My Suggestion
8 You’re Gonna Miss Me
9 Walking Blues
10 How Dooz It
11 Feel Like Ballin’ The Jack (outtakes)
12 Lightnin’ Bolt
13 Mojo Hand (outtakes)
14 Mojo Hand (final version)
15 Shake That Thing (first version)
16 Moving On out (outtake)
17 Free Of Charge
18 Old Man
19 Screwdriver
20 Whiskey Head Woman
21 How Dooz It (alternate version)
22 Long Way From Home
Disc Two:
1 T Model Ford
2 Whiskey Head Woman
3 Take It Easy Little Girl
4 When I’m Dead
5 Screwdriver
6 You Knock Me Out
7 I’ll Never Do Right Again
8 I’ll Miss You So
9 Tell Me Where You Stayed Last Night
10 You Promised Me
11 Let’s Pitch One
12 Whiskey Head Woman (alternate version)
13 Screwdriver (alternate version)
14 A Hot Spirit
15 Billy Bizor Is Dead
16 Just A Little Bit More
GENRE: Vintage Blues
BARCODE: 845121091847
RELEASE DATE: 28/06/2024
