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28 de dic. de 2010 · Samuel John "Lightnin'" Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982) was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist, from Centerville, Texas. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 71 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. The musicologist Robert "Mack" McCormick opined that Hopkins is…
Lightnin’ Hopkins toured and recorded prolifically until the mid 50’s when the new Chicago electric blues began to make his acoustic style appear old fashioned. In 1959, a young blues enthusiast named Sam Charters managed to track him down, and together they recorded ‘The Roots of Lightning Hopkins’ in his apartment, using a guitar he had to borrow.
15 de mar. de 2021 · Lightnin’ Hopkins’ captures this essence and in his songs. He celebrates the simple joy of being alive amidst a windfall of floating half notes and harmonica howls. With his cognizance of pain and the smiling equanimity with which he sequestered the sombre hue of sullen blue in favour of life’s spectrum of exuberant tones, ...
Lightnin’ was famous worldwide and, arguably, the most historically significant musician from Houston. During the 1960s, Lightnin’s music brought together disparate cultures, once separated by color and circumstance, in a communal human experience. “Where Lightnin’ Strikes” will examine how Hopkins’ music is colorblind and unifying.
23 de feb. de 2018 · Jeff Massey is back to teach us how to play some Lightnin' Hopkins twelve-bar blues. The Texan bluesman's techniques work beautifully on both acoustic and el...
Lightnin Hopkins nació el 15 de marzo de 1912 en Centerville, Texas. Hopkins fue considerado como una de las figuras más representativas e influyentes del primitivo blues rural. Con ocho años de edad conoce a Blind Lemon Jefferson .
12 de jun. de 2023 · Lightnin' Hopkins was of the latter variety. With a career that stretched from the 1920s through the '70s, the Texas bluesman was a genre unto himself, a deft guitarist equally at home in a quiet solo performance or fronting an electrified boogie band.
