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Format: CD (3 disc)
Release Date: Oct 02, 2020
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Personnel: Lightnin' Hopkins (vocals, guitar); Duke Davis (bass); Danny Thomas (drums); Billy Bizor, Mansel Rubenstein.
Recorded at International Artist Studios, Houston, Texas, on February 1, 1968. Includes liner notes by Bill Dahl.
Lightnin' Hopkins originally recorded the ten tracks that make up Free Form Patterns on February 1, 1968, for the International Artists label. Also on that label's roster was the psychedelic group 13th Floor Elevators, which, by 1968, had basically disbanded. For this session, producer Lelan Rogers (Kenny's brother) teamed Hopkins up with Elevators drummer Danny Thomas and bassist Duke Davis. While not as revolutionary as John Lee Hooker's sessions with Canned Heat, Free Form Patterns steers clear of the late-'60s psychedelic trappings that screwed up such similar sessions as Electric Mud. No one tried to bend Hopkins to fit a foreign musical approach on Free Form Patterns; he made the music bend to him. ~ Al Campbell
Recorded at International Artist Studios, Houston, Texas, on February 1, 1968. Includes liner notes by Bill Dahl.
Lightnin' Hopkins originally recorded the ten tracks that make up Free Form Patterns on February 1, 1968, for the International Artists label. Also on that label's roster was the psychedelic group 13th Floor Elevators, which, by 1968, had basically disbanded. For this session, producer Lelan Rogers (Kenny's brother) teamed Hopkins up with Elevators drummer Danny Thomas and bassist Duke Davis. While not as revolutionary as John Lee Hooker's sessions with Canned Heat, Free Form Patterns steers clear of the late-'60s psychedelic trappings that screwed up such similar sessions as Electric Mud. No one tried to bend Hopkins to fit a foreign musical approach on Free Form Patterns; he made the music bend to him. ~ Al Campbell
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - Mr. Charlie
2 - Give Me Time to Think
3 - Fox Chase
4 - Mr. Dittas' Grocery Store
5 - Open Up Your Door
6 - Baby Child
7 - Cookings Done
8 - Got Her Letter This Morning
9 - Rain Falling
10 - Mini Skirt
11 - Black Ghost Blues
Disc 2:
1 - Chat #1: "I'd Like To Get In Tune Whit The Boys"
2 - Song : Give Me Time To Think
3 - Chat #2: Harmonica Players
4 - Song : Mini Skirt
5 - Chat #3: Lelan, "is Billy A Hippie?"
6 - Song : Got Her Letter This Morning
7 - Chat #4: Drinking Chat #1, "No, No, I Don't Fool With Nothin' But What I Fool With"
8 - Song : Mixed Up
9 - Chat #5: Band Direction / Billy
10 - Song 5: (Mr Dillon's) Grocery Store Blues
11 - Chat #6: "You Know Mr. Dillon?"
12 - Fox Chase False Starts / Band Direction
13 - Song: Fox Chase
14 - Chat #7: Drinking Chat #2, "I'm The Best Person In The World When I'm Drinking"
15 - Song : Lord Have Mercy
16 - Chat #8: Drinking Chat #3, "Don't Think It Ain't Got Somethin' In It"
Disc 3:
1 - Song: Rain Falling
2 - Chat #9: Argument over Song
3 - Song: Cooking's Done
4 - Chat #10: "Sweet Lil 'Woman, But You Ain't Got No Hair" And Chat
5 - Song : Mr. Charlie
6 - Song : Straw Hat
7 - Chat #11: "They Got A 100 Songs"
8 - Song : Green Onions
9 - Chat #12: Vietnam Song Snippet / Oh Oh Lyric
10 - Song/Chat #13: Poppa Was A Preacher Rehearsal / Chat
11 - Chat #13: "That Had The Feeling" Finishing Session
12 - Conversation #1: Trouble In Crockett TX
13 - Conversation #2: Whiskey On Prescription
14 - Conversation #3: Musicican's Hours: Tommy Hall / Stacy Sutherland
15 - Conversation #4: "Where'd You Pick Up The Name Lightninn'?"
16 - Conversation #5: "You Not Gonna Mess With Elmore (Nixon) Anymore?"
17 - Conversation #6: Centerville TX
18 - Conversation #7: Politics
1 - Mr. Charlie
2 - Give Me Time to Think
3 - Fox Chase
4 - Mr. Dittas' Grocery Store
5 - Open Up Your Door
6 - Baby Child
7 - Cookings Done
8 - Got Her Letter This Morning
9 - Rain Falling
10 - Mini Skirt
11 - Black Ghost Blues
Disc 2:
1 - Chat #1: "I'd Like To Get In Tune Whit The Boys"
2 - Song : Give Me Time To Think
3 - Chat #2: Harmonica Players
4 - Song : Mini Skirt
5 - Chat #3: Lelan, "is Billy A Hippie?"
6 - Song : Got Her Letter This Morning
7 - Chat #4: Drinking Chat #1, "No, No, I Don't Fool With Nothin' But What I Fool With"
8 - Song : Mixed Up
9 - Chat #5: Band Direction / Billy
10 - Song 5: (Mr Dillon's) Grocery Store Blues
11 - Chat #6: "You Know Mr. Dillon?"
12 - Fox Chase False Starts / Band Direction
13 - Song: Fox Chase
14 - Chat #7: Drinking Chat #2, "I'm The Best Person In The World When I'm Drinking"
15 - Song : Lord Have Mercy
16 - Chat #8: Drinking Chat #3, "Don't Think It Ain't Got Somethin' In It"
Disc 3:
1 - Song: Rain Falling
2 - Chat #9: Argument over Song
3 - Song: Cooking's Done
4 - Chat #10: "Sweet Lil 'Woman, But You Ain't Got No Hair" And Chat
5 - Song : Mr. Charlie
6 - Song : Straw Hat
7 - Chat #11: "They Got A 100 Songs"
8 - Song : Green Onions
9 - Chat #12: Vietnam Song Snippet / Oh Oh Lyric
10 - Song/Chat #13: Poppa Was A Preacher Rehearsal / Chat
11 - Chat #13: "That Had The Feeling" Finishing Session
12 - Conversation #1: Trouble In Crockett TX
13 - Conversation #2: Whiskey On Prescription
14 - Conversation #3: Musicican's Hours: Tommy Hall / Stacy Sutherland
15 - Conversation #4: "Where'd You Pick Up The Name Lightninn'?"
16 - Conversation #5: "You Not Gonna Mess With Elmore (Nixon) Anymore?"
17 - Conversation #6: Centerville TX
18 - Conversation #7: Politics