Lightnin' Hopkins
- Type: Singer/Songwriter
- Country: United States
- Born: March 15, 1912 in Centerville, Texas, United States
- Died: January 30, 1982 in Houston, Texas, United States
Biography
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 "the embodiment of the jazz-and-poetry spirit, representing its ancient form in the single creator whose words and music are one act".
Genres
Lightnin' Hopkins Discography
- Baby Please Don't Go / Death Bells (1949) - Single - rated 3.81/5
- Lightnin' Hopkins Strums the Blues (1958) - Compilation - rated 3.93/5
- Country Blues (1959) - Album - rated 3.58/5
- Lightnin' and the Blues (1959) - Compilation - rated 3.75/5
- Lightnin' Hopkins (1959) - Album - rated 3.6/5
- Autobiography in Blues (1960) - Album - rated 3.68/5
- Blues in My Bottle (1961) - Album - rated 3.68/5
- Lightnin' (1961) - Album - rated 3.78/5
- Last Night Blues (1961) - Album - rated 3.74/5
- Lightnin' in New York (1961) - Album - rated 3.83/5
- Mojo Hand (1962) - Album - rated 3.76/5
- Walkin' This Road by Myself (1962) - Album - rated 3.64/5
- Smokes Like Lightnin' (1963) - Album - rated 3/5
- Goin' Away (1963) - Album - rated 3.7/5
- Soul Blues (1965) - Album - rated 3.8/5
- Lightnin' Strikes (1966) - Album - rated 3.85/5
- Texas Blues Man (1968) - Album - rated 3.79/5
- Free Form Patterns (1968) - Album - rated 3.53/5
- The Gold Star Sessions, Vol. 1 (1990) - Compilation - rated 4.36/5
- Blues Masters: The Very Best of Lightnin' Hopkins (2000) - Compilation - rated 4.02/5