title: Soul Blues (album)
text: # Soul Blues (album)
  
  Soul Blues is an album by the blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins, recorded in 1963 and released on the Bluesville label.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | |
  | The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
  
  The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings wrote: "Soul Blues has a few distinctive pieces like 'I'm Going to Build Me a Heaven of My Own' – not out of atheistic contrariness but in order to give 'lovin' women a happy home'. 'I'm a Crawling Black Snake' which has little in common with Blind Lemon Jefferson's song, is framed by oddly impressionistic guitar". AllMusic reviewer Roundup Newsletter stated: "A true poet of the blues, Lightnin' Hopkins was a master of tall, tongue-in-cheek tales, often made up on the spot in the recording studio".
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All compositions by Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins except where noted
  
  * "I'm Going to Build Me a Heaven of My Own" – 5:56
  * "My Babe" (Willie Dixon) – 3:20
  * "Too Many Drivers" – 3:30
  * "I'm a Crawling Black Snake" – 4:50
  * "Rocky Mountain Blues" – 3:50
  * "I Mean Goodbye" – 3:00
  * "The Howling Wolf" – 3:50
  * "Black Ghost Blues" – 3:30
  * "Darling, Do You Remember Me?" – 3:40
  * "Lonesome Graveyard" – 5:30
  
  ## Personnel
  
  ### Performance
  
  * Lightnin' Hopkins – guitar, vocals
  * Leonard Gaskin – bass (tracks 1–3, 5–8 & 10)
  * Herbie Lovelle – drums (tracks 1–3, 5–8 & 10)
  
  ### Production
  
  * Ozzie Cadena – supervision
  * Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  