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Lightnin' Hopkins - It's a Sin to Be Rich (CD)

It's a Sin to Be Rich
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Album Details: It's a Sin to Be Rich

Release Date:05/18/1993
Label:Polygram Records
UPC:731451751424

Track List: It's a Sin to Be Rich

  1. Roberta
  2. Katie Mae
  3. Howlin' Wolf
  4. The Rehearsal (For It's A Sin To...
  5. It's A Sin To Be Rich, It's A Lo...
  6. Y'All Escuse Me
  1. Just Out Of Louisiana
  2. Get Out Your Pencil
  3. I Forgot To Pull My Shoes Off
  4. Turn Me On
  5. Candy Kitchen

Pro Reviews: It's a Sin to Be Rich

  • All Music Guide

    This recording brings to life "lost" sessions recorded spontaneously over a few hours in a L.A. studio in 1972. It's loose, shambolic, and thoroughly authentic. You can all but smell the stale smoke hovering in the air. Hopkins' guitar moans lazily as he banters with buddy John Lee Hooker, then spits out some surprisingly biting slide work. A historic document of the genre.

    - Roch Parisien, All Music Guide

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Biography

Lightnin' Hopkins

Sam Hopkins was a Texas country bluesman of the highest caliber whose career began in the 1920s and stretched all the way into the 1980s. Along the way, Hopkins watched the genre change remarkably, but he never appreciably altered his mournful Lone Star sound, which translated onto both acoustic and electric guitar. Hopkins' nimble dexterity made intricate boogie riffs ... Read more