Down South Summit Meetin'

Down South Summit Meetin' (also released as First Meetin' and Lightnin' Hopkins & The Blues Summit) is an album by the blues musicians Brownie McGhee, Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Joe Williams and Sonny Terry, recorded in 1960 and released on the World Pacific label.[1][2][3]

Down South Summit Meetin'
Studio album by
Brownie McGhee, Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Joe Williams and Sonny Terry
Released1960
RecordedJuly 6, 1960
StudioWorld Pacific Studio, Los Angeles, CA
GenreBlues
Length36:24
LabelWorld Pacific
WP-1296
ProducerRichard Bock, Ed Michel
Lightnin' Hopkins chronology
Autobiography in Blues
(1960)		 Down South Summit Meetin'
(1960)		 Last Night Blues
(1960)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings[4]

AllMusic reviewer Stewart Mason called it "a well-lubricated studio jam session".[4] The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings awarded the album 3 stars, noting: "The atmosphere is charged with the electricity of several wiley old blues musicians topping each other's tricks. their occasionally, and perhaps not always entirely playfully, barbed sides add a whiff of brimstone. Altogether the performance tells us things about the four men that their other records don't generally convey, and anyone with a special fondness for any of the artists really aught to hear it".[5]

Track listing

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

  1. "Ain't Nothin' Like Whiskey" – 7:50
  2. "Penitentiary Blues" (Traditional) – 5:08
  3. "If You Steal My Chickens, You Can't Make Em Lay" (Big Joe Williams) – 5:37
  4. "First Meeting" (Hopkins, Brownie McGhee) – 7:10
  5. "How Long Have It Been Since You Been Home?" – 4:10
  6. "Wimmin from Coast to Coast" – 5:46

Personnel

Performance

Production

References
  1. Jazzdisco: Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 1200 series accessed November 7, 2018
  2. Both Sides Now: World Pacific Album Discography accessed November 7, 2018
  3. Wirz' American Music: Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins discography accessed November 7, 2018
  4. Mason, Stewart. Lightnin' Hopkins: Lightnin' Hopkins & The Blues Summit – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  5. Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. London: Penguin. pp. 278–9. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
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