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Live! At the 1966 Berkeley Blues Festival

Clifton Chenier, Mance Lipscomb, Lightning Hopkins
Live! At the 1966 Berkeley Blues Festival
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In 1966, Arhoolie founder Chris Strachwitz staged the 2nd annual Berkeley Blues Festival. Among the featured acts were bluesmen Lightnin’ Hopkins and Mance Lipscomb, and zydeco musician Clifton Chenier. The performances of the three musicians were broadcast live on a local Berkeley radio station—and did not disappoint listeners. Chenier was making his first appearance before a West Coast audience, and according to a review, he had the crowd of several hundred dancing. The liner notes provide the back story about Strachwitz’s involvement in the creation of the Berkeley Blues Festival and its subsequent evolution into the San Francisco Blues Festival. Notes also include two music reviews about the 1966 blues festival.

Track Listing

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Stop Time Mance Lipscomb 1:58
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I Ain't Got Nobody Mance Lipscomb 1:32
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Downtown Blues Mance Lipscomb 3:23
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Shake, Shake, Mama Mance Lipscomb 2:56
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The Sinking of the Titanic (God Moves on the Water) Mance Lipscomb 3:28
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Take Your Arms from Around My Neck, Sugar Babe Mance Lipscomb 3:30
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When the Saints Go Marching In Mance Lipscomb 1:41
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108
Intro & Louisiana Shuffle Clifton Chenier 2:36
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109
French Zydeco Clifton Chenier 3:01
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Clifton's After Hours Clifton Chenier 3:45
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Scratch My Back Clifton Chenier 3:53
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112
Everybody Calls Me Crazy Clifton Chenier 3:17
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What'd I Say? Clifton Chenier 3:07
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Old Country Waltz Clifton Chenier 2:05
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115
Louisiana Rock Clifton Chenier 2:51
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Clifton's Boogie Woogie Clifton Chenier 2:15
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117
If You Don't Want Me Lightnin' Hopkins 3:49
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I Feel So Good Lightnin' Hopkins 3:13
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Last Night Lightnin' Hopkins 4:08
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Goin' to Louisiana (Mojo Hand) Lightnin' Hopkins 3:48
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Black Cadillac Lightnin' Hopkins 5:50
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Short Haired Woman Lightnin' Hopkins 5:45
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Lightning's Boogie Lightnin' Hopkins 2:39
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Album Info

Catalog Number

ARH00484

Year(s) Released

2000

Recording Date(s)

1966

Recording Location(s)

University of California, Berkeley

Label/Collection

Arhoolie Records

Genre(s)

African American Music; Blues
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