Mojo Hand

Mojo Hand
Mojo Hand
Studio album by Lightnin' Hopkins
Released	1962
Recorded	November 1960
Studio	New York City
Genre	Blues
Length	32:49
Label	Fire; FLP 104
Producer	Bobby Robinson
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Mojo Hand is an album by the blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins, recorded in 1960 and released on the Fire label in 1962.^[1]^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	^[4]

AllMusic reviewer Tim Sheridan stated: "This album, recorded for Fire Records, is especially interesting because it casts Hopkins in a more R&B-flavored environment. This obvious effort to get a hit makes for some excellent blues; moody and powerful performances play throughout. There's even a charming novelty Christmas blues".^[3] The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings wrote that "Lightnin' is focussed and businesslike and delivers a strong and varied sequence of songs; the bassist and drummer unobtrusive but very much there".^[4]

Track listing

All compositions credited to Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins, M. Robinson and C. Lewis

"Mojo Hand" – 2:55
"Coffee for Mama" – 3:25
"Awful Dreams" – 4:50
"Black Mare Trot" – 3:55
"Have You Ever Loved a Woman" – 2:38
"Glory Be" – 4:25
"Sometimes She Will" – 2:30
"Shine On, Moon!" – 4:17
"Santa" – 3:44

Personnel

Performance

Lightnin' Hopkins – guitar, vocals, piano
Unknown musician – bass
Delmar Donnell – drums

Production

Bobby Robinson – producer

References

^ Both Sides Now: Bobby Robinson's Labels - Album Discographies accessed November 8, 2018
^ O'Brien, T. J. Lightnin' Album of the Week: Week 11 – November 13, 2010 accessed November 8, 2018
^ ^a ^b Sheridan, Tim. Lightnin' Hopkins: Mojo Hand – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. London: Penguin. p. 279. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.

[1] Both Sides Now: Bobby Robinson's Labels - Album Discographies accessed November 8, 2018

[2] O'Brien, T. J. Lightnin' Album of the Week: Week 11 – November 13, 2010 accessed November 8, 2018

[AllMusic-3] Sheridan, Tim. Lightnin' Hopkins: Mojo Hand – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 8, 2018.

[Penguin_Guide-4] Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. London: Penguin. p. 279. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.

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v t e Lightnin' Hopkins
Albums	Lightnin' Hopkins (1959) Country Blues (1959) Autobiography in Blues (1960) Down South Summit Meetin' (1960) Last Night Blues (1961) Lightnin' (1961) Lightnin' in New York (1961) Blues in My Bottle (1961) Mojo Hand (1962) Lightnin' Sam Hopkins (1962) Walkin' This Road by Myself (1962) Lightnin' and Co. (1962) Lightnin' Strikes (1962) Blues Hoot (1963) Smokes Like Lightning (1963) Goin' Away (1963) Hootin' the Blues (1964) Down Home Blues (1964) Soul Blues (1965) My Life in the Blues (1965) The King of the Blues (1965) Lightning Hopkins with His Brothers Joel and John Henry / with Barbara Dane (1966) Lightnin' Strikes (1966) Blue Lightnin' (1967) Something Blue (1967) Texas Blues Man (1968) Free Form Patterns (1968) Talkin' Some Sense (1968) The Great Electric Show and Dance (1969) California Mudslide (and Earthquake) (1969) Lightnin'! (1969) Lightning Hopkins in Berkeley (1972) The Swarthmore Concert (1993) Live at Newport (2002) In the Key of Lightnin' (2002)
Compilations	Lightnin' Hopkins Strums the Blues (1958) Last of the Great Blues Singers (1960) Lightnin' and the Blues (1960) Lightning Hopkins Sings the Blues (1961) Early Recordings (1965) Early Recordings Vol. 2 (1971) Po' Lightnin' (1983)
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