Last Night Blues
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{{Infobox album
| name = Last Night Blues
| type = Album
| artist = Lightnin' Hopkins with Sonny Terry
| cover = Last Night Blues.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1961
| recorded = October 26, 1960
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
| genre = Blues
| length = 36:24
| label = Bluesville
{{small|BVLP 1029}}
| producer = The Sound of America
| chronology = Lightnin' Hopkins
| prev_title = Down South Summit Meetin'
| prev_year = 1960
| next_title = Lightnin'
| next_year = 1961
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Sonny Terry
| type = studio album
| prev_title = Sonny's Story
| prev_year = 1961
| title = Last Night Blues
| year = 1961
| next_title = Sonny Is King
| next_year = 1963
}}
}}
Last Night Blues is an album by the blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins, with Sonny Terry, recorded in 1960 and released on the Bluesville label the following year.[https://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-bluesville-1000-series/#bvlp-1029 Jazzdisco: Prestige Records Catalog: Bluesville 1000 series] accessed November 6, 2018[https://www.bsnpubs.com/fantasy/bluesville/bluesville.html Both Sides Now: Prestige/Bluesville Album Discography] accessed November 6, 2018[https://www.wirz.de/music/hopkins.htm Wirz' American Music: Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins discography] accessed November 6, 2018
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings
}}
AllMusic stated: "Lightnin' Hopkins may be Texas's most distinctive and influential blues export. His easy, fluid fingerpicking and witty, extemporaneous storytelling are always a delight, and his performances on Last Night Blues are no exception. The album is spare and acoustic, with Hopkins's voice and guitar accompanied by minimal percussion and Sonny Terry's harmonica ... this dynamite disc represents what the blues should be: stripped-down, soulful, and full of truth".{{AllMusic|first=All |last=Music |class=album |id=mw0000089123 |title= Lightnin' Hopkins: Last Night Blues – Review |accessdate= November 6, 2018}} The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings awarded the album 3 stars, noting: "Sonny Terry's contributions to Last Night Blues is entirely and discreetly responsive".{{cite book|last = Russell|first = Tony|author2= Smith, Chris|title = The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings|year = 2006|publisher = Penguin|location = London|isbn = 978-0-140-51384-4|pages = 279}}
Track listing
All compositions by Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins except where noted
- "Rocky Mountain" – 4:57
- "Got to Move Your Baby" – 4:01
- "So Sorry to Leave You" – 4:21
- "Take a Trip With Me" – 5:04
- "Last Night Blues" – 5:16
- "Lightnin's Stroke" – 4:55
- "Hard to Love a Woman" – 4:00
- "Conversation Blues" (Lightnin' Hopkins, Sonny Terry) – 3:50
Personnel
=Performance=
- Lightnin' Hopkins – guitar, vocals
- Sonny Terry – harmonica, vocals
- Leonard Gaskin – bass
- Belton Evans – drums
=Production=
- The Sound of America – producer
- Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Charts
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|+ Chart performance for Last Night Blues ! scope="col"| Chart (2024) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| scope="row"| Croatian International Albums (HDU){{cite web |url=https://www.top-lista.hr/www/lista-prodaje-strano-39-tjedan-2024/|title=Lista prodaje 39. tjedan 2024.|date=September 16, 2024|publisher=HDU |language=hr|access-date=October 2, 2024|archive-date=October 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241002095302/https://www.top-lista.hr/www/lista-prodaje-strano-39-tjedan-2024/|url-status=live}}
| 17 |
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References
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Category:Lightnin' Hopkins albums