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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 (Live) Mance Lipscomb 01:58
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I Ain't Got Nobody (Live) Mance Lipscomb 01:32
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Downtown Blues (Live) Mance Lipscomb 03:23
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Shake, Shake, Mama (Live) Mance Lipscomb 02:56
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The Sinking of the Titanic (God Moves on the Water) (Live) Mance Lipscomb 03:28
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Take Your Arms from around My Neck, Sugar Babe (Live) Mance Lipscomb 03:30
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When the Saints Go Marching In (Live) Mance Lipscomb 01:41
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Intro and Louisiana Shuffle (Live) Clifton Chenier 02:36
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French Zydeco (Live) Clifton Chenier 03:01
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Clifton’s after Hours (Live) Clifton Chenier 03:45
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Scratch My Back (Live) Clifton Chenier 03:53
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Everybody Calls Me Crazy (Live) Clifton Chenier 03:17
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What'd I Say? (Live) Clifton Chenier 03:07
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Old Country Waltz (Live) Clifton Chenier 02:05
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Louisiana Rock (Live) Clifton Chenier 02:51
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Clifton's Boogie Woogie (Live) Clifton Chenier 02:15
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If You Don't Want Me (Live) Lightning Hopkins 03:49
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I Feel So Good (Live) Lightning Hopkins 03:13
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Last Night (Live) Lightning Hopkins 04:08
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Goin' to Louisiana (Mojo Hand) (Live) Lightning Hopkins 03:48
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Black Cadillac (Live) Lightning Hopkins 05:50
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Short Haired Woman (Live) Lightning Hopkins 05:45
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Lightning's Boogie (Live) Lightning Hopkins 02:39
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Release Info

Catalog Number

ARH00484

Year(s) Released

2000

Label(s)/Collection(s)

Arhoolie Records

Artist(s)

Clifton Chenier, Mance Lipscomb, Lightnin' Hopkins

Genre(s)

African American Music, Blues

Instrument(s)

Accordion, Acoustic guitar, Drums, Electric guitar, Lead vocals

Language(s)

English
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