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Thread #64558   Message #1056248
Posted By: clueless don
18-Nov-03 - 11:31 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Mighty Crazy (Lightnin' Hopkins)
Subject: looking for a Lightning Hopkins song
I was just reading yet another thread where someone requested a pop song, and various mudcatters did the "Why are you asking on a folk and blues forum?" thing. So I thought I would ask about a blues song.

I have been looking for quite a long time for a particular Lightning Hopkins song (or is it "Lightnin' Hopkins"?) I heard it, I believe, in the late sixties or early seventies. The problem is, I have been looking for it for so long, I've forgotten the title! I seem to remember that there was a line in it something like "What's that you're drinking?" "that's wine!" I also had the impression that it was on an album called "Lightning Hopkins in New York". I do not know whether this is the same album as, or a different album from, "Lightnin' in New York".

Problem is, I have never found "Lighning Hopkins in New York" in any music store I have ever looked in since I decided to try to track down the song.

I would not expect anyone to be able to identify the song from the little snippet I gave above (it may not even be accurate!), but I thought I would ask: Does anyone own a copy of "Lightning Hopkins in New York", and if so would you be willing to give the playlist for the album here?

A GOOGLE search on "Lightning Hopkins in New York" yielded no useful information.