Illustrated Joel Hopkins discography

Joel, Sam and John Henry Hopkins; source: Front cover of Arhoolie CD 330
photographer: Chris Strachwitz, a bit photoshop treated by Stefan Wirz Joel Hopkins
older halfbrother of Sam 'Lightnin'' Hopkins
b. January 3, 1904 in Centerville, Leon County, Texas
d. February 15, 1975 at University of Texas Medical Branch Hospital in Galveston, Galveston County, Texas
buried at Centerville Cemetery in Centerville, Leon County, Texas
discography
source: Front cover of / leaflet accompanying Heritage HLP 1001
photographer: Ed Badeaux

#	year of release	title / label / notes
1	1947	Gold Star 3131 LIGHTNING HOPKINS - Short Haired Woman (A) (2:45) @ youtube - Big Mama Jump (B) (2:36) Modern 20-529 SAM "LIGHTNING" HOPKINS - Short Haired Woman (A) - Big Mamma Jump (B) @ youtube rec. c. May, 1947 in Houston, TX; Sam Hopkins, voc, g; Joel Hopkins, g Gold Star 3131 = Modern 20-529 Lightnin' Hopkins discography
		- Short Haired Woman (alt tk) (LH4596) rec. c. May, 1947 in Houston, TX; Sam Hopkins, voc, g; Joel Hopkins, g Dart LP 8000 (US 1960) Verve V8453 (US 1962) Verve Bel Air 331.010 (Fr 1962?) D 123 (US 1967) Lightnin' Hopkins discography
2	1960	Lightnin' Hopkins: Lightning Strikes Again resp. Fast Life Woman resp. Blues et Gospel N^o 2 resp. Blues Underground Original Hits - A Collector's Item - Traveler's Blues (= "Trying To Find A Friend") [Gold Star unissued, Arhoolie 2010] # @ youtube - Penitentiary Blues (= "Grosebeck Blues" tk 4, similar to tk 3) [Gold Star unissued] @ youtube - Race Track Blues (instr) [Gold Star unissued, Westside WESD 228] @ youtube - Jackstropper Blues (= "The Jackstropper") [Gold Star 673, Harlem 2331] @ youtube - Fast Life Woman [Gold Star 665, Harlem 2331] @ youtube - Short Haired Woman (alt tk) * [Gold Star unissued] @ youtube - Unsuccessful Blues (= "Can't Be Successful") [Gold Star 656, Lightning 104, Dart 123] - Jailhouse Blues [Gold Star 662, Sittin' In 644] # - Tim Moore's Farm (= "Tom Moore Blues") [Gold Star 640, Modern 20-673] - Lightnin' Boogie (= "Lightnin's Blues" = "Mad Man's Boogie") [Gold Star 664, Harlem 2324] # with Frankie Lee Sims, pocket knife g * with Joel Hopkins, g Verve V8453 artwork by Burt Goldblatt D D-8000 cover design by Mike Daily MGM E/SE-3917 [unissued] = Dart LP 8000 (US 1960) "Lightning Strikes Again" notes by Frederick Warner = Verve V8453 (US 1962) "Fast Life Woman" = Verve Bel Air 331.010 (Fr 1962?) "Sam Lightnin' Hopkins Blues et Gospel N^o 2" = D D-8000 (US 1967) "Blues Underground" Lightnin' Hopkins discography Frankie Lee Sims discography
3	1960	Joel & Lightnin' Hopkins Joel Hopkins - Good Times Here, Better Down The Road [] - Match Box Blues # - Accused Me Of Forgin' Can't Even Write My Name - I Ain't Gonna Roll For The Big Hat Man No More - Thunder In Germany, Red Cross On My Own § Sam Lightnin' Hopkins - Long Way From Texas - Whiskey, Whiskey - Getting Out Of The Bushes Tap Dance - Suicide Blues - Look Out, Settegast, Here Me And My Partner Come Joel Hopkins rec. June 12 and # October 31, 1959 in Dickinson, TX by Mack McCormick Sam Hopkins rec. November 19, 1959 in Houston, TX by Mack McCormick [] additional track on Collector's Issue LP (from Candid CJM 8026) § actually Hopkins sings "Soldiers dyin' in Germany, Red Cross on my arm" photography by Ed Badeaux (Joel Hopkins), Andrew Hanson (Lightnin' Hopkins) Document DOCD 5619 track sequence: Sam 'Suitcase' Johnson - Sam's Comin' Home - Sam's Boogie Bobo Thomas - Catfish Blues (I Wish I Was A Catfish) Clifford Gibson (1951) - Sneaky Groundhog - Let Me Be Your Handy Man Juke Boy Bonner - Rock With Me Baby - Well Baby Joel Hopkins (1959) - Good Times Here, Better Down The Road - Thunder In Germany - I Ain't Gonna Roll For The Big Hat Man No More - Accused Me Of Forgin' Can't Even Write My Name - Matchbox Blues Jewell Long (1960) - Frankie And Albert - My Pony Run Blues - Sealy Rag - Muddy Shoes Blues Clifford Gibson (1960) - It's Best To Know Who You're Talking To - I Don't Want No Woman - The Monkey Likes To Boogie - No Success Blues Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - Angel Child (tk 2) Document Private Issue tracks: Lightnin' Hopkins 1954 & 1959 - Goin' To Galveston # - Met The Blues At The Corner # - How Many Days Must I Wait (16) § - Beggin' Up And Down The Streets (21) * - Black Snake (22) * - If You Ever Been Mistreated (26) * - Children's Boogie (27) * [] - Dig Me In The Morning (29) & - Back To Arkansas (39) & - Corrine, Corrina (32) [Candid CJM 8026] - Have You Ever Seen A One-Eyed Woman Cry? (34) & - Hard Headed Children (35) {} [] - Tom Moore's Farm (36) [77 LA 12/3] - Blues For Queen Elizabeth (39) {} - Hello England (41) {} - The Dirty Dozens (43) [Raglan LP 51] - When The Saints Go Marching In (45) // - Long Way From Texas (47) [Heritage HLP 1001] - Look Out, Settegast, Here Me And My Partner Come (47) [Heritage HLP 1001] - Getting Out Of The Bushes Tap Dance (51) [Heritage HLP 1001] - Whiskey, Whiskey (58) [Heritage HLP 1001] - Suicide Blues (60) [Heritage HLP 1001] notes by Tony Standish Heritage HLP 1001 (UK 1960) notes by Tony Standish = Collector's Issue C-5530 (Austria 1990?) "Joel & Lightnin' Hopkins (1959)" Alan Balfour review (Blues & Rhythm 53 - July 1990) at www.blindman.com Joel Hopkins tracks available on Document DOCD-5619 "Rural Blues Vol. 2 1951-1962" (=) Document CD no # "Private Issue" (c.1998) (strictly limited edition of 100 copies, never sold, but given away at Document wrap party in Vienna) "Lightnin' Hopkins 1954 & 1959" with tracks from 77 LA 12/1, Heritage HLP 1001 and other places Heritage Records discography Collector's Issue discography Lightnin' Hopkins discography
4	1960	A Treasury Of Field Recordings Vol. 1 Traditional Music And Song 77 LA 12-2 track sequence: Harry Stephens - The Streets Of Laredo Jimmy Womack - Talking Blues Jimmy Womack - The Jealous Lover Harry Burton and Group - Yellow Gal Andrew Everett - KC Ain't Nothing But A Rag Ed Badeaux - The Waitress And The Sailor Lightnin' Hopkins - Corrine, Corrina # Mrs. Melton - The Ballad Of Davy Crockett IC Forest & Gozy Kilpatrick - Crying Won't Make Me Stay Dudley Alexander Washboard Band - Baby Please Don't Go Dennis Gainus - You Gonna Look Like A Monkey @ youtube Jim Wilkie - Bad Lee Brown Pete Rose - Sand Mountain Blues Linna Belle Hafti - Soldier Will You Marry Me Joel Hopkins - Good Times Here, Better Down The Road * @ youtube John Lomax Jr. - The Grey Goose @ youtube Andrew Everett - Hello Central, Give Me 209 John Q Anderson - The Miller Boy George Coleman [= Bongo Joe] - After Hours Improvisation @ youtube Joseph Johnson, R G Williams & Group - Shake It Mister Gater Grover Dickson and Group - Grizzly Bear Candid CJM 8026 track sequence: Harry Stephens - The Streets Of Laredo Jimmy Womack - Talking Blues Jimmy Womack - The Jealous Lover Harry Burton and Group - Yellow Gal Andrew Everett - KC Ain't Nothing But A Rag Ed Badeaux - The Waitress And The Sailor Lightnin' Hopkins - Corrine, Corrina # Mrs. Melton - The Ballad Of Davy Crockett John Q Anderson - The Miller Boy R.C. Forest & Gozy Kilpatrick - Crying Won't Make Me Stay Dudley Alexander Washboard Band - Baby Please Don't Go Dennis Gainus - You Gonna Look Like A Monkey Jim Wilkie - Bad Lee Brown Pete Rose - Sand Mountain Blues Linna Belle Hafti - Soldier Will You Marry Me Joel Hopkins - Good Times Here, Better Down The Road * John Lomax Jr. - The Grey Goose Andrew Everett - Hello Central, Give Me 209 ~~Edwin Pickens - Blues In The Bottom~~ [actually not included, following George Coleman title instead !] George Coleman [= Bongo Joe] - After Hours Improvisation (p instr) Joseph Johnson, R G Williams & Group - Shake It Mister Gater Grover Dickson and Group - Grizzly Bear collected by members of the Houston Folklore Group (Harold Belikoff, Ed Badeaux, Pete Seeger, Chester Bower, John Lomax, Jr., Mack McCormick) and compiled by Mack McCormick # rec. July 13, 1959 in Houston, TX by Mack McCormick; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g * rec. June 12, 1959 in Dickinson, TX by Mack McCormick; Joel Hopkins, voc, g \|\| rec. August 17, 1960 in Houston, TX by Chris Strachwitz, Mack McCormick & Paul Oliver 17 pp. notes by Mack McCormick 77 LA 12-2 (UK 1960) notes by Mack McCormick (=) Candid CJM 8026 (US 1962) "Treasury of Field Recording" [Cadence subsidiary label] [= CJM 8025 / CJS 9025 ??? 9025 is Otis Spann: Walking The Blues; 9026 is Charles Mingus: Reincarnation Of A Lovebird !!!] 77 Records discography Lightnin' Hopkins discography Buster Pickens discography
		- Pretty Mama Let Me Be - Sittin' Here Wonderin' What My Baby Done - Buck Dance Tune rec. June 12, 1959 in Dickinson, TX by Mack McCormick; Joel Hopkins voc, g unissued
		- 'Lectric Chair Blues - Ain't Got No Momma Now (Black Snake Moan) - Match Box Blue - Stick Dance Blues - Good Morning Blues - 'Lectric Chair Blues - Match Box Blue - Ain't Got No Momma Now - Monologue on Blind Lemon # - Autobiographical Monologue # rec. October 31, 1959 in Dickinson, TX by Mack McCormick; Joel Hopkins voc, g, # speech unissued
5	1966	Lightnin' Hopkins LP track sequence: (with his brothers Joel and John Henry) - I'm Gonna See About My Brother John Henry # - Black Hannah # $ - I Walked From Dallas § - Hot Blooded Woman Blues # $ - Going Back To Baden-Baden # [] (with Barbara Dane) - Sometimes She Loves Me - You Got Another Man - I'm Going Back, Baby - Mother Earth - Jesus Won't You Come By Here [] Side A rec. February 16, 1964 in Waxahachie, TX; Sam Hopkins, g, # voc; John Henry Hopkins, g, $ voc; Joel Hopkins, g, § voc except [] rec. March 17, 1965 in Houston, TX; Sam Hopkins, voc, g; Joel Hopkins, g Side B rec. June 18, 1964 at the Cabale (later The Questing Beast) in Berkeley, Ca.; except [] rec. November 26, 1961 in Berkeley, Ca. CD track sequence: - See About My Brother John Henry # - Hot Blooded Woman # $ - Black Hannah # $ - I Want To Go Fishing - Doin' Little Heiffer - Hey Baby Hey - Saddle Up My Grey Mare - Tell Me, Tell Me - Little Girl - I Got A Brother In Waxahachie - Match Box Blues § [] - Home With Mama § [] - Come Down To My House - Grosebeck Blues - The Dice Game - I Walked From Dallas § - Two Brothers Playing (Going Back To Baden-Baden) # [] rec. February 16, 1964 in Waxahachie, TX; Sam Hopkins, g, # voc; John Henry Hopkins, g, $ voc; Joel Hopkins, g, § voc except [] rec. March 17, 1965 in Houston, TX; Sam Hopkins, voc, g; Joel Hopkins, g notes by Chris A. Strachwitz Arhoolie 1022 (US 1966) notes by Chris A. Strachwitz = Fontana 688 807 ZL (NL 1966) (=) Arhoolie CD 340 (US 1991) Arhoolie Records discography Lightnin' Hopkins discography Barbara Dane discography
		- Mama Don't Treat Your Daughter Mean § - I Love That Woman $ - Two Little Chicks $ - Mary # - Saddle Horse [rejected] # $ - Hey Mr. Buzzard § - Mama Don't Treat Your Daughter Mean § - Good Times Here, Better Down The Road § rec. February 16, 1964 in Waxahachie, TX; Sam Hopkins, g, # voc; John Henry Hopkins, g, $ voc; Joel Hopkins, g, § voc unissued
		- Good Time Here # - Hey Mr. Buzzard § - Joel's Blues (Bad Blues) § - Aunt Lisa Blues § - untitled Blues § rec. March 17, 1965 in Houston, TX; Sam Hopkins, g, # voc; Joel Hopkins, g, § voc unissued
6	1967	LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS - Short Haired Woman (alt tk) (LH4596) (2:40) # [Gold Star unissued, Dart LP 8000, et al.] @ youtube - Unsuccessful Blues (= "Can't Be Successful") (LH1258) (3:00) [Gold Star 656] # with Joel Hopkins, 2nd g D 123 (US 1967) [Harold "Pappy" Daily's label]
7	1971	Lightning Hopkins: Early Recordings Vol. 2 - Short Haired Woman [Gold Star 3131] # - Old Woman Blues - Untrue Blues - T-Model Blues [Gold Star 662] - Jail House Blues [Gold Star 662] - Trying To Find A Friend (Traveler's Blues) [Gold Star unissued] - Can't Be Successful - Tom Moore Blues - Fast Life Woman - Grosebeck Blues - Take 2 - Grosebeck Blues - Take 3 - Rollin' Woman Blues - Ain't It A Shame - Somebody's Got To Go - Automobile Blues - All I Got Is Gone # with Joel Hopkins, 2nd g notes by Chris Strachwitz Arhoolie 2010 (US 1971) Arhoolie Records discography
8	1989	Lightnin' Hopkins (1946-1960) - That Mean Old Twister - Short Haired Woman [Gold Star 3131] # - Can't Get That Woman Off My Mind - You Are Not Going To Worry My Life Anymore - You're Gonna Miss Me - Sugar On My Mind - Nightmare Blues - Someday Baby - Come Back Baby - The Moon Is Rising - Howling Wolf Blues - Have To Let You Go - (Mama's) Baby Child - Whiskey Headed Woman - Shining Moon - I Wonder Why - Papa Bones Boogie - I've Been A Bad Man - Corinna, Corrina - Tom Moore's Farm - The Slop with Thunder Smith, # Joel Hopkins, Donald Cooks, Melvin "Jack" Jackson RST Blues Documents BD 2066 (Austria 1989) RST discography
9	1989	Lightnin' Hopkins (1948-1961) - Mercy [Gold Star 616] # - Lightning Blues [Gold Star 634] # - No Mail Blues [Gold Star 637] # - Treat Me Kind [Gold Star 641] - Jackstropper Blues [Gold Star 667] - Groseback Blues (tk 4) [Dart LP 8000] - Racetrack Blues [Dart LP 8000] - Another Fool In Town [RPM 378] - New York Boogie [SIW 621] - Bald Headed Woman [SIW 647] - New Worried Life Blues [SIW 649] - Down To The River [SIW 661] - Contrary Mary (Crazy Mary) [Jax 321] - I'm Begging You [Jax 321] - Crazy About My Baby [Mercury 70081] - What's The Matter Now [Mercury 70191] - Cemetary Blues [Decca 48312] - Lightnin' Jump [TNT 8002] - Walkin' The Streets [Chart 636] - Mussy Haired Woman [Chart 636] - One Kind Favor [Folkways FS 822] - Hello (Austria) [previously unissued] # Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Joel Hopkins, 2nd g [according to back cover notes] Document DLP 577 (Austria 1989) Document Records discography
10	1990	Lightnin' Hopkins 1947-1969 Best of Blues BoB 20 track sequence: - Lonesome Home - Zolo Go - Henny Penny Blues - Jazz Blues - Beggin' You To Stay - Don't Keep My Baby Long - Jake Head - Tell Me Pretty Baby - Give Me Back That Wig - Santa Fe Blues - Late In The Evening - The Dirty Dozens - Baby - I Hear You Calling - Rock Me Baby - Back Door Friend - Trouble In Mind - What'd I Say Best of Blues CD 3 track sequence: - Short Haired Woman - Can't Get That Woman Off My Mind - Lightning Blues - Whiskey Headed Woman (Liquor Drinkin' Woman) - Lonesome Home (Ain't It Lonesome) - Zolo Go (Organ Blues) - Henny Penny Blues - Jazz Blues - Beggin' You To Stay (Someday Baby) - Don't Keep My Baby Long - Jake Head Boogie - Tell Me (Pretty Baby) - Give Me Back That Wig (Wig Wearing Woman) - Santa Fe Blues - New York Boogie - Late In The Evening - Walkin' The Streets - Mussy Haired Woman - The Dirty Dozens - Baby! - I Hear You Calling - Rock Me Baby - Back Door Friend - Trouble In Mind - What'd I Say Wolf/B.o.B. Best of Blues BoB 20 (Austria 1990) (=) Wolf/B.o.B. Best of Blues CD 3 (Austria 2004)
11	1991	Lightning Hopkins: The Gold Star Sessions Vol. 1 - Short Haired Woman [Gold Star 3131] # - Baby Please Don't Go - Going Home Blues (Going Back and Talk To Mama) - Automobile Blues - Big Mama Jump [Gold Star 3131] # - Loretta Blues - Seems Funny Baby - Thunder And Lightning Blues (Coolin' Board Blues) - Grosebeck Blues - Tim Moore's Farm - Lightning Boogie - Traveler's Blues - Goodbye Blues - Unkind Blues - Fast Life Woman - Zolo Go - You Don't Know - Treat Me Kind - Somebody Got to Go - Death Bells - Mad With You - Airplane Blues - Racetrack Blues - Unsuccessful Blues # with Joel Hopkins, g Arhoolie CD 330 (US 1991)
12	2003	Lightnin' Hopkins: All The Classics 1946-1951 disc 1: - Katie Mae Blues - Feel So Bad (Alternate) - That Mean Old Twister - Rocky Mountain Blues - Short Haired Woman # [Gold Star 3131] - Big Mama Jump # [Gold Star 3131] - Down Baby - Let Me Play With Your Poodle - Fast Mail Rambler - Thinkin' And Worryin' - Short Haired Woman - Big Mama Jump - Can't Get That Woman Off My Mind - Woman Woman - Picture On The Wall - Worried Life Blues - Miss Me Blues - Sugar Mama - Nightmare Blues - Someday Baby - Come Back Baby - Lightnin's Boogie - Baby, You're Not Going To Make A Fool Out Of Me - Daddy Will Be Home One Day - Moonrise Blues - Howling Wolf Blues # with Joel Hopkins, g 5 CD box notes by Neil Slaven JSP JSPCD 7705 (UK 2003)
13	2008	Lightning Hopkins: The Complete Gold Star Sessions disc 1: - Short Haired Woman [Gold Star 3131] # - Short Haired Woman (alt tk) # - Big Mama Jump [Gold Star 3131] # - Whiskey Blues - Loretta Blues - Ida May - Shining Moon - Mercy - What Can It Be - Lonesome Home - Appetite Blues - Walking Blues - Lightnin's Blues - No Mail Blues - Ain't It a Shame - Tim Moore's Farm - You Don't Know - Treat Me Kind - Somebody Got to Go - Baby Please Don't Go - Death Bells - Mad With You - Airplane Blues - Unsuccessful Blues - Rollin' Woman Blues - Jailhouse Blues - T-Model Blues disc 1: - Lightning Boogie - Unkind Blues - Traveler's Blues (Trying To Find A Friend) - Fast Life Woman - European Blues - Automobile Blues - Zolo Go (Zydeco) - Hammond Boogie (Organ Boogie) - Automobile Blues - Old Woman Blues - Untrue Blues - Henny Penny Blues - Jazz Blues - Jackstropper Blues - Grievance Blues - Grosebeck Blues (tk 2) - Grosebeck Blues (tk 3) - Grosebeck Blues (tk 4) - Racetrack Blues - Goodbye Blues - Bluebird Blues - Seems Funny Baby - Coolin' Board Blues - Going Back and Talk to Mama - All I Got Is Gone # with Joel Hopkins, g P-Vine PCD 2531/32 (Jp 2008)
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 293
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 227-233
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p.
- Alan Govenar: Lightnin' Hopkins - His Life and Blues.- Chicago (Chicago Review Press) 2010, pp. 241 ff.
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
thanks to Milosch Fürst jun., Joe Specht and Daniel Kölzer for additional info

Joel Hopkins (left) with Lightnin' and his car, Dickinson, Texas, 1966
source: Blues Unlimited #74 July 1970)
photographer: Georges Adins