Goin' Away

• Artist: Lightnin' Hopkins
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• Release Date: 1963
• Total Time: 34:43
• Genre: Blues

Review

For the 1963 album Goin' Away, Lightnin' Hopkins was backed by a spare rhythm section -- bassist Leonard Gaskin and drummer Herb Lovelle -- who managed to follow his ramshackle, instinctual sense of rhythm quite dexterously, giving Hopkins' skeletal guitar playing some muscle. Still, the spotlight remains Hopkins, who is in fine form here. There are no real classics here, but everything is solid, particularly "Stranger Here" and "You Better Stop Her," making it worth investigation by serious fans of Hopkins' classic material. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Wake up Old Lady	Sam Hopkins, Lightnin' Hopkins	Lightnin' Hopkins	(4:27)
Don't Embarrass Me, Baby	Lightnin' Hopkins, Sam Hopkins	Lightnin' Hopkins	(3:23)
Stranger Here	Lightnin' Hopkins, Sam Hopkins	Lightnin' Hopkins	(5:51)
Little Sister's Boogie	Lightnin' Hopkins, Sam Hopkins	Lightnin' Hopkins	(3:34)
Goin' Away	Sam Hopkins, Lightnin' Hopkins	Lightnin' Hopkins	(5:48)
You Better Stop Her	Sam Hopkins, Lightnin' Hopkins	Lightnin' Hopkins	(4:43)
Business You're Doin'	Sam Hopkins, Lightnin' Hopkins	Lightnin' Hopkins	(3:23)
I'm Wit' It	Lightnin' Hopkins, Sam Hopkins	Lightnin' Hopkins	(3:59)

Credits

Dan Morgenstern (Liner Notes), Don Schlitten (Design), Lightnin' Hopkins (Guitar), Don Schlitten (Photography), Kevin Berg (Project Coordinator), Alan Yoshida (Mastering), Lightnin' Hopkins (Vocals), Ozzie Cadena (Supervisor), Leonard Gaskin (?), Joe Harley (Creative Director), Herb Lovelle (Drums), Herb Lovelle (?), Leonard Gaskin (Bass), Rudy Van Gelder (Engineer), Akira Taguchi (Producer), Peter Grant (Design)