Person
Lightnin’ Hopkins
Albums
393
Members
0
Active
1912–1982
Origin
United States
Biography
Sam Hopkins was a Texas country bluesman of the highest caliber whose career began in the 1920s and stretched all the way into the 1980s. Along the way, Hopkins watched the genre change remarkably, but he never appreciably altered his mournful Lone Star sound, which translated onto both acoustic and electric guitar. Hopkins' nimble dexterity made intricate boogie riffs seem easy, and his fascinating penchant for improvising lyrics to fit whatever situation might arise made him a beloved blues troubadour.
Discography
Shining Moon / Ida May
Mercy / What Can It Be
Short Haired Woman / Big Mamma Jump
Tim Moore's Farm / You Don't Know
Walking Blues / Lightning Blues
Jail House Blues / "T" Model Blues
Treat Me Kind / Somebody Got To Go
Give Me Central 209 / New York Boogie
Gotta Move Boogie / Prayin' Ground Blues
Coffee Blues / New Short Hair Woman
My Mama Told Me / What's The Matter Now
Black Cat / Mistreated Blues
Highway Blues / Cemetery Blues
Merry Christmas / Happy New Year
No Good Woman / I've Been A Bad Man
The War Is Over
Contrary Mary / I'm Begging You
Don't Think Cause You're Pretty / Lightnin's Boogie
Down To The River / Gone Again
I'm Achin' / Let's Move
I'm Wild About You Baby / Bad Things On My Mind
Life I Used To Live / Lightnin's Special
Movin' On Out Boogie / Sick Feelin' Blues
Nobody Cares For Me / Mad Man's Boogie
Nothin But The Blues
Blues For My Cookie / Had A Gal Called Sal
Don't Need No Job / My Baby's Gone
Evil Hearted Woman / They Wonder Who I Am
Good Old Woman / Untrue
My California / So Long
Unsuccessful Blues
Finally Met My Baby / That's Alright Baby
Hopkins' Sky Hop / Lonesome In Your Home
I Love You Baby / Grandma's Boogie
Shine On Moon / Sittin Down Thinkin
Wonder What Is Wrong With Me / Bad Boogie
Boogie Woogie Dance
Remember Me / Please Don't Go Baby
Walkin' The Streets / Mussy Haired Women
Lightnin’ Hopkins Strums the Blues
Lightnin's Stomp / Hear Me Talkin'
My Little Kewpie Doll / Lightnin' Don't Feel Well
Strums The Blues
Country Blues
Country Blues
Fugitive Blues
Hello Central / Mad As I Can Be
Lightnin' Hopkins
The Rooster Crowed in England
The Rooster Crowed In England
Autobiography in Blues
Down South Summit Meeting
Got To Move Your Baby
Lightnin'
Lightnin' and the Blues
Lightnin' And The Blues
Lightnin' in New York
Sail On
Blues in My Bottle
Blues In My Bottle
Credits
Lightnin’ Strikes
Real Blues
Bad for You Baby
Texas Blues
Hello Central: The Best of Lightnin’ Hopkins
Shake It Baby
Blues Hoot Live Recording at 'The Ash Grove'
California Mudslide (And Earthquake)
Lightnin'!
Nothin’ but the Blues
Sittin' In With Lightnin' Hopkins
The Swarthmore Concert
Charly Blues Masterworks, Volume 8: Morning Blues
Lonesome Life
The Texas Bluesman
From the Vaults of Everest Records, Part 2: Prison Blues
Live At The Bird Lounge
Live at The Old Quarter, Houston, Texas
Hootin’ and Hollerin’
Talkin’ Some Sense
First Pull Up, Then Pull Down
Blue Lightnin’
Down Home Blues
Smokes Like Lightning
Sonny Is King
Lightnin' Sam Hopkins
Lightnin’ Strikes
Mojo Hand
Walkin' This Road By Myself
Last Night Blues
Sings the Blues
Autobiography in Blues
Lightnin'
Lightnin' in New York
Lightnin' Hopkins
1946-1960
Absolutely The Best
Acoustic Years 1959-1960
A Legend in His Own Time
American Festival Folk Blues
And The Blues
At His Natural Best
Automobile Blues / Mojo Hand
Back Door Friend / Fishing Clothes
Best Blues Masters Vol.1
Black Cat / Mistreated Blues
Blowing My Blues Away
Blues Festival
Blues For My Baby
Blues For My Cookie / Had A Gal Called Sal
Blues In My Bottle
Blues Roots
Boogie Woogie Dance
Broken Hearted Blues (Original 1950 - 1952 Blues Masterpieces)
Brownie & Sonny
Come On Baby
Country Blues
Danny O'Keefe
Dirt Road Blues
Don't Need No Job / My Baby's Gone