Down South Summit Meetin'
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Richard Bock, Ed Michel | ||||
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Down South Summit Meetin' (also released as First Meetin' and Lightnin' Hopkins & The Blues Summit) is an album by the blues musicians Brownie McGhee, Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Joe Williams and Sonny Terry, recorded in 1960 and released on the World Pacific label.[1][2][3]
Reception
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| AllMusic |   [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [4] |
AllMusic reviewer Stewart Mason called it "a well-lubricated studio jam session".[4] The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings awarded the album 3 stars, noting: "The atmosphere is charged with the electricity of several wiley old blues musicians topping each other's tricks. their occasionally, and perhaps not always entirely playfully, barbed sides add a whiff of brimstone. Altogether the performance tells us things about the four men that their other records don't generally convey, and anyone with a special fondness for any of the artists really aught to hear it".[5]
Track listing
All compositions by Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins except where noted
- "Ain't Nothin' Like Whiskey" – 7:50
- "Penitentiary Blues" (Traditional) – 5:08
- "If You Steal My Chickens, You Can't Make Em Lay" (Big Joe Williams) – 5:37
- "First Meeting" (Hopkins, Brownie McGhee) – 7:10
- "How Long Have It Been Since You Been Home?" – 4:10
- "Wimmin from Coast to Coast" – 5:46
Personnel
Performance
- Brownie McGhee, Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Joe Williams – guitar, vocals
- Sonny Terry – harmonica, vocals
- Jimmy Bond – bass
Production
- Richard Bock, Ed Michel – producer
References
- ^ Jazzdisco: Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 1200 series accessed November 7, 2018
- ^ Both Sides Now: World Pacific Album Discography accessed November 7, 2018
- ^ Wirz' American Music: Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins discography accessed November 7, 2018
- ^ AllMusic. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
- ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.