This is another one of these small treasures you can find published from time to time Milton Hopkins was Lightnin’ Hopkins’ cousin and his musical career was always behind the wake of his cousin This did not enable him to shine at a very high level, despite he was an excellent performer of that kind of blues we could define as ‘Houston blues’ Milton Hopkins started his musical career in the middle of the 40’s and, in 1950 when he still was a very young guitar player, he and saxo player Grady Gaines joined a rhythm and blues group called The Tempo Toppers, backing Little Richard, sharing stage and doing different tours with Johnny Ace and Big Mama Thornton On the other hand, Jewel Brown is a wonderful lovely blues, rhythm and blues and gospel lady In 1955 she recorded a single for Duke Company and since then on she started a musical career playing around Houston blues circuits In 1957 Miss Brown was in Los Angeles where she joined organ player Earl Grant and soon came back to Dallas, working quite regularly in a club owned by lousy businessman Jack Ruby Also mention that, from 1961 to 1969, Jewel was main singer in Louis Armstrong band For recording this album, these two great veterans have joined forces together with some other good musicians, to delight us with twelve wonderful, remarkable charming songs, that will impress you, not only for their natural quality, but also with the feeling of their performing High quality music, deeply rooted in the original tradition of popular Afroamerican roots music of all time