Talkin' Some Sense

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Talkin' Some Sense
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Studio album by
Released1968
RecordedJanuary 17, 1968
StudioACA Recording Studios, Houston, TX
Genre Blues
Length38:52
Label Jewel Records
LP/LPS 5001
Lightnin' Hopkins chronology
Texas Blues Man
(1968)
Talkin' Some Sense
(1968)
Free Form Patterns
(1968)

Talkin' Some Sense, is an album by blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins recorded in Texas in 1968 and released on Stan Lewis' Jewel Records label. [1] [2]

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Track listing

All compositions by Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins

  1. "Long Way from Home" – 2:53
  2. "I'm Tired of Trouble" – 3:44
  3. "Vietnam War Pt. 1 & 2" – 4:18
  4. "Lightnin' Strikes One More Time" – 2:55
  5. "Walkin' Blues" – 3:19
  6. "Talkin' Some Sense" – 2:50
  7. "Lonesome Lightnin'" – 3:33
  8. "My Suggestion" – 5:02
  9. "Uncle Stan, the Hip Hit Record Man" – 2:45
  10. "You're Gonna Miss Me" – 4:01
  11. "The Purple Puppy" – 3:32

Personnel

Performance

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