Walkin' This Road by Myself

Walkin' This Road by Myself is an album by the blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins, recorded in Texas and released on the Bluesville label.

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings wrote: "This album is notable for 'Happy Blues for John Glenn', inspired by media reports of the astronauts successful return to earth from his orbital flight in Friendship 7. The song is not outstanding by Lightnin's standards but it reminds us of one of the reasons why he was an outstanding bluesman".

Track listing

All compositions by Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins except where noted

"Walkin' This Road by Myself" – 4:50
"Black Gal" – 4:08
"How Many More Years I Got to Let You Dog Me Around" – 2:59
"Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes" – 2:53
"Worried Life Blues" – 3:46
"Happy Blues for John Glenn" – 5:21
"Good Morning Little School Girl" – 3:06
"The Devil Jumped the Black Man" – 4:11
"Coffee Blues" – 3:39
"Black Cadillac" – 3:38

Recorded at ACA Studios, Houston, TX on July 7, 1961 and February 17, 1962 and February 20, 1962

Personnel

Performance

Lightnin' Hopkins – guitar, vocals
Billy Bizor – harmonica, vocals
Buster Pickens – piano
Donald Cooks – bass
Spider Kilpatrick – drums

Production

Mack McCormick, Kenneth S. Goldstein – producer