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{{Infobox album
| name       = Last of the Great Blues Singers
| type       = Album
| artist     = [[Lightnin' Hopkins]]
| cover      = Last of the Great Blues Singers.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1960
| recorded   = 1950–51
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Blues]]
| length     = 34:22
| label      = [[Mainstream Records|Time]]<br />{{small|T/70004}}
| producer   = [[Bob Shad]]
| chronology = [[Lightnin' Hopkins]]
| prev_title = [[Lightning Hopkins Sings the Blues]]
| prev_year  = 1961
| next_title = [[Lightnin' and the Blues]]
| next_year  = 1960
}}
'''''Last of the Great Blues Singers''''', also released as ''Vol. 1 Blues / Folk Series'', ''The Blues'' and ''Blues Train'', is a 12-inch LP album by blues musician [[Lightnin' Hopkins]] featuring tracks recorded between 1951 and 1953 that were originally released as 10-inch 78rpm records on [[Bob Shad]]'s [[Sittin' in With]] label.<ref>[http://www.bsnpubs.com/new/time.pdf Both Sides Now: Discography of the Time Label] accessed November 22, 2018</ref><ref>[https://www.wirz.de/music/hopkins.htm Wirz' American Music: Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins discography] accessed November 22, 2018</ref><ref>O'Brien, T. J. [https://lightninghopkins.wordpress.com/lightning-album-of-the-week/ Lightnin' Album of the Week: Week 6 – October 9, 2010] accessed November 22, 2018</ref> The album was one of the earlier collections of Lightnin' Hopkins material to be released. In 2004 a CD collection, ''[[Hello Central: The Best of Lightnin' Hopkins]]'', was released by [[Legacy Recordings]] containing all of the recordings Hopkins made for the Sittin' in With label.
==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="AllMusic" />
}}
[[AllMusic]] reviewer Bill Dahl stated: "Classic sides from Hopkins' 1950–1951 stint with Bobby Shad's Sittin' in With logo ... include two of his biggest hits, "Hello Central" and "Coffee Blues.".<ref name="AllMusic">{{AllMusic|first=Bill |last=Dahl |class=album |id=mw0000274828|title= Lightnin' Hopkins: ''Blues Train'' – Review |accessdate= November 22, 2018}}</ref>
==Track listing==
All compositions by Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins
# "Hello Central" – 2:55
# "Coffee Blues" – 2:40
# "Long Way from Texas" – 2:57
# "Mad As I Can Be" – 3:07
# "New Short-Haired Woman" – 2:55
# "Gotta Move" – 2:45
# "Everybody's Down On Me" – 2:57
# "Freight Train" – 2:49
# "Prayin' Ground Blues" – 2:55
# "Don't Think I'm Crazy" – 2:45
# "Dirty House Blues" – 2:55
# "Everything Happens to Me" – 2:42
==Personnel==
*[[Lightnin' Hopkins]] – guitar, vocals
*Donald Cooks – [[double bass|bass]] (tracks 5, 7, 8 & 11)
==References==
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