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
Play With Your Poodle
Please Settle In Viet Nam / Once A Gambler
Po' Lightnin'
Portraits In Blues Vol. 1
Remember Me / Please Don't Go Baby
Right On That Shore
Rising Sun Collection - Louisiana Red, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Lightnin' Hopkins
Rock Me Mama
Sail On
Santa
Shake 'Em On Down
Shine On Moon / Sittin Down Thinkin
Shootin' Fire - April 11, 1969
Short Haired Woman
Sings The Blues
Sinner's Prayer
Sinner's Prayer
Something Blue
Soul Blues
Sounder (Original Soundtrack Recording)
Strikes Again!
Strums The Blues
Strums The Blues / In The Beginning
Take It Easy
That's My Story The Blues Of Sam 'Lightnin'' Hopkins Volume One
The 2nd Annual Berkeley Blues Festival Concert & Dance
The Best of Lightnin' Hopkins
The Best Of Lightnin' Hopkins
The Best Of Lightnin' Hopkins
The Complete Aladdin Recordings
The Complete Candid Otis Spann/Lightnin' Hopkins Sessions
The Complete Gold Star Sessions
The Complete Prestige / Bluesville Recordings
The Gold Star Sessions - Vol. 1
The Gold Star Sessions - Vol. 2
The Great Electric Show And Dance
The Great Electric Show And Dance
The Herald Recordings Vol. 1 - 1954
The Hopkins Brothers (Joel, Lightning & John Henry)
The King Of The Blues
The Legacy Of The Blues Vol. 12
The Lost Texas Tapes Volume 3
The Rising Sun Collection
The Rooster Crowed In England
The Texas Bluesman
The Tradition Masters
The Very Best Of Lightnin' Hopkins
The Very Best Of Lightnin' Hopkins
Thinkin' And Worryin' - The Aladdin Singles 1947-1952
Tim Moore's Farm / You Don't Know
Transatlantic - The Vintage Years - Volume 4
Trouble In Mind
Unsuccessful Blues
Vol. 3 Blues - Folk Series
Wake Up Old Lady
Walking Blues / Lightning Blues
You Cook All Right / T Model Blues