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Barbara Lynn

Here Is Barbara Lynn

Light in the Attic

LITA119LP

LP Black $18
  • 24bit / 96kHz remastering from original 1/4” tapes
  • Liner notes by Jessica Hundley interviewing Barbara, plus rare archive photographs
  • 180gram LP housed in an expanded deluxe Stoughton gatefold “Tip-On” jacket

Description


To be a woman singing your own blues and soul songs in 1960s Texas was a rare thing. To do so while brandishing a left-handed Stratocaster and bashing out hard-edged licks was even rarer. Yet that’s just what Barbara Lynn did, inspired by Guitar Slim, Jimmy Reed, Elvis Presley and Brenda Lee. And it was a hit: her 1962 debut single, “You’ll Lose A Good Thing,” recorded with session musicians including Dr. John, gave her an R&B chart Number One and a Billboard chart Top 10 hit.

It was a path that Lynn chose at elementary school in 1940s Beaumont, Texas, when she told her mother she wanted to play guitar. “I decided that playing piano was a little bit too common, you know what I mean?” says Lynn in the new liner notes. “You’d always see a lady or a little girl sitting at...

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Preview Tracklist

  • 1 You’ll Lose A Good Thing
  • 2 Take Your Love And Run
  • 3 Maybe We Can Slip Away
  • 4 Sure Is Worth It
  • 5 Only You Know How To Love Me
  • 6 (Until Then) I’ll Suffer
  • 7 You’re Losing Me
  • 8 Sufferin’ City
  • 9 Multiplying Pain
  • 10 Why Can’t You Love Me
  • 11 Mix It Up Baby
  • 12 This Is The Thanks I Get