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Soul Blues is an album by the blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins, recorded in 1963 and released on the Bluesville label.[1][2][3]

Soul Blues
Studio album by Lightnin' Hopkins
Released	1965
Recorded	May 4 & 5, 1964
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Blues
Length	40:56
Label	Prestige PR 7377
Producer	Ozzie Cadena
Lightnin' Hopkins chronology
Down Home Blues (1964) Soul Blues (1965) Lightning Hopkins with His Brothers Joel and John Henry / with Barbara Dane (1966)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[6]

The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings wrote: "Soul Blues has a few distinctive pieces like 'I'm Going to Build Me a Heaven of My Own' – not out of atheistic contrariness but in order to give 'lovin' women a happy home'. 'I'm a Crawling Black Snake' which has little in common with Blind Lemon Jefferson's song, is framed by oddly impressionistic guitar".[5] AllMusic reviewer Roundup Newsletter stated: "A true poet of the blues, Lightnin' Hopkins was a master of tall, tongue-in-cheek tales, often made up on the spot in the recording studio".[4]

Track listing

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

1. "I'm Going to Build Me a Heaven of My Own" – 5:56
2. "My Babe" (Willie Dixon) – 3:20
3. "Too Many Drivers" – 3:30
4. "I'm a Crawling Black Snake" – 4:50
5. "Rocky Mountain Blues" – 3:50
6. "I Mean Goodbye" – 3:00
7. "The Howling Wolf" – 3:50
8. "Black Ghost Blues" – 3:30
9. "Darling, Do You Remember Me?" – 3:40
10. "Lonesome Graveyard" – 5:30

Personnel

Performance

• Lightnin' Hopkins – guitar, vocals
• Leonard Gaskin – bass (tracks 1–3, 5–8 & 10)
• Herbie Lovelle – drums (tracks 1–3, 5–8 & 10)

Production

• Ozzie Cadena – supervision
• Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

References

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