Perhaps the most recorded bluesman of all time, Sam “Lightnin’” Hopkins is said to have cut between 800 and 1,000 songs over the course of his career. The Texas singer and guitarist had a knack for improvising and a willingness to commit music to wax whenever there was money to be made. “Black Ghost...
Black ghost, black ghost
Please stay away from my door
Black ghost, black ghost
Will you please stay away from my door
Yeah, you know you worry po' Lightnin' so now
I just can't sleep no more
Yeah, you know I go to dreaming first night
Black ghost is all po' Lightnin' can see
I go to dreaming first night
Black ghost is all po' Lightnin' can see
You know that's why I begin to wonder
Why you keeps on worryin' me
Black ghost is a picture
And the black ghost is a shadow too
Whoa, black ghost is a picture
And the black ghost is a shadow too
You just can see him but you can't hear him talkin'
Ain't nothin' else that a black ghost can do
Black ghost blues
Black Ghost Blues was written by Lightnin’ Hopkins.
Black Ghost Blues was produced by Rudy van Gelder.