{"product_id":"last-night-blues-bluesville-series-lp","title":"Lightnin’ Hopkins ft Sonny Terry - Last Night Blues (Bluesville Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eLast Night Blues captures Lightnin' Hopkins and Sonny Terry midway between Texas blues and Piedmont laments, now pressed on 180-gram vinyl by QRP via Acoustic Sounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was the second of three records the duo recorded together for Bluesville in the early 1960s, and the one where the pairing worked best. Hopkins was already a blues legend, a Houston guitarist who could turn a chord into a confession, while Terry had built a career playing harmonica as a second voice, hooting behind Brownie McGhee on countless Piedmont tunes. On paper, it's a strange combination. On the disc, recorded in Rudy Van Gelder's studio, there are two musicians who listen rather than direct.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album is deliberately stripped down: guitar, harmonica, bass, nothing to hide. Rocky Mountain opens with Hopkins' guitar twirling before the vocals come in, Conversation Blues does exactly what its title promises, a call and response with no lag between them, and Last Night Blues slows to a nighttime march, Terry's harmonica wailing beneath Hopkins' half-spoken lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHard to Love a Woman is the most sensitive chord on either side, closer to confession than song, exactly what a good blues record should offer: no frills, no filler, just two men exchanging the truth. For anyone looking for that feeling on vinyl, this reissue brings you closer to the experience of being in the room.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vinylestore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67910328778829,"sku":"888072579071","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0796\/9131\/7325\/files\/CR00746Lightnin_Hopkins-LastNightBluesPackShotwobi.png?v=1794005669","url":"https:\/\/vinylestore.shop\/products\/last-night-blues-bluesville-series-lp","provider":"Vinylestore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}