Lightnin’ Hopkins

March 15: The Legend Lightnin Hopkins was born in 1912

Sam John Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982), better known as Lightnin’ Hopkins, was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist, fromHouston, Texas. Rolling Stone magazine…

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Documentary: The Blues Accordin’ to Lightnin’ Hopkins

"He was like an ancient oracle in his uncanny ability to improvise rhyming blues songs about a person or situation…

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