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Blues

United States of America

Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins

Top Songs By Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins

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Black Cat BluesSam "Lightnin'" Hopkins

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Katie MaeLightnin' Hopkins

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Mojo HandSam "Lightnin'" Hopkins & Billy Bizor

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Down to the RiverSam "Lightnin'" Hopkins

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More albums from Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins

Listen to L.A. Blues by Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins

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About Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins

Hometown

Centerville, TX, United States of America

Born

March 15, 1912

Genre

Blues

Some artists are influential because so many followers try to imitate them; others are influential precisely because they cannot be imitated. 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. He was a free-associating poet who made up entire songs on the spot, and a leathery-voiced singer whose vocals simultaneously communicated a lifetime of misery and an endless reserve of self-confidence.