My Life in the Blues

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The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	[5]

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The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings wrote that the album "contains half a dozen unremarkable performances taped at what sounds like a noisy party, and eight far more interesting passages of reminiscence in which Lightnin' describes his family, learning to play guitar, meeting Texas Alexander, making records and other topics".^[5] AllMusic's Ritchie Unterberger reviewed Straight Blues, which collected the six songs from the project, calling them: "typical Hopkins' performances, incorporating both narrative folky tunes with spoken introductions, and livelier boogies".^[4]

All compositions by Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins

1. I Growed Up with the Blues – 5:06
2. "I Don't Want to Do Nothing to You" – 2:30
3. My Family – 4:25
4. "You Is One Black Rat" – 3:05
5. I Learn About the Blues – 6:20
6. "Got Nowhere to Lay My Head" – 6:25
7. I First Come into Houston – 3:25
8. "Just Boogyin'" – 2:15
9. I Meet Texas Alexander – 5:15
10. "Take Me Back" – 2:05
11. They Was Hard Times – 6:10
12. I Make My First Record and Get My Name – 6:35
13. My Thoughts on the Blues – 5:30
14. "I Was Down on Dowling Street" – 5:10