Artist: Fenton Robinson
Title Of Album: Mojo Hand: Anthology
Year Of Release: 1993
Label: Rhino
Genre: Blues
Notes:
The blues ... is a feeling that makes you feel very bad," says Lightnin' Hopkins at the opening of this recording. Truer words were never spoken, and these begin a spoken rhyme that opens this excellent anthology. Blues may make you feel bad, but blues music, this blues music in particular, will make you feel very good indeed. It's not an exhaustive collection, but then, an exhaustive collection of Hopkins's multidecade career would require a wheelbarrow to carry it around. Meanwhile, this two-disc set is a good place to begin, sampling from several periods in Hopkins's career. You can hear his influence on blues, soul, and rock on these CDs, from the early country-blues recordings to some later songs that are almost rock & roll in themselves. There's so much good stuff here, it's hard to know where to begin. Just get it. --Genevieve Williams
Tracklist:
1. Lightnin' Boogie
2. Black Cat Bone
3. My Little Kewpie Doll
4. Blues For My Cookie
5. Had A Girl Called Sal
6. They Wonder Who I Am
7. Wimmin From Coast To Coast
8. Fan It
9. War Is Starting Again
10. Rolling And Rolling
11. Death Bells
12. I'll Be Gone
13. I Asked The Bossman
14. Shaggy Dad
15. Black Ghost Blues
16. No Education
17. Antionette's Blues
18. Los Angeles Boogie
19. Let Them Little Things Be True
20. Mojo Hand (Part 1)
21. Mr. Charlie (Part 1)
22. Mr. Charlie (Part 2)
23. Fishing Clothes
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