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.Jazzdisco: Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 1200 series accessed November 7, 2018Both Sides Now: World Pacific Album Discography accessed November 7, 2018Wirz' American Music: Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins discography accessed November 7, 2018
Reception
AllMusic reviewer Stewart Mason called it "a well-lubricated studio jam session". 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".
Track listing All compositions by Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins except where noted "Ain't Nothin' Like Whiskey" – 7:50 "Penitentiary Blues" (Traditional) – 5:08 "If You Steal My Chickens, You Can't Make Em Lay" (Big Joe Williams) – 5:37 "First Meeting" (Hopkins, Brownie McGhee) – 7:10 "How Long Have It Been Since You Been Home?" – 4:10 "Wimmin from Coast to Coast" – 5:46
Personnel Performance Brownie McGhee, Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Joe Williams – guitar, vocals Sonny Terry – harmonica, vocals Jimmy Bond – bass
Production Richard Bock, Ed Michel – producer
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