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
The Texas Bluesman
Wig Wearing Woman
Lightnin' Hopkins
Lightnin’ Hopkins
Lovin' Arms / Ride In Your New Automobile
Rock Me Mama
That's My Story the Blues of Sam 'Lightnin'' Hopkins Volume One
That's My Story The Blues Of Sam 'Lightnin'' Hopkins Volume One
The Best Of Lightnin' Hopkins
The Great Electric Show and Dance
The Great Electric Show And Dance
Easy On Your Heels / No Education
Lightnin'! Volume 1
Play With Your Poodle
Please Settle In Viet Nam / Once A Gambler
You're Too Fast / I'm Comin' Home
Early Recordings Vol. 2
Early Recordings Vol. 2
Lightnin' Strikes
Dirty Blues
Double Blues
Found My Baby Crying / Uncle Stan, The Hip Hit Record Man
In Berkeley
In Berkeley
Talkin’ Some Sense
Blues Bash
The Blues Giant
Low Down Dirty Blues
Low Down Dirty Blues
The Legacy of the Blues, Vol. 12
The Legacy Of The Blues Vol. 12
Strikes Again!
Strikes Again!
Lightnin’!
Strums The Blues / In The Beginning
At His Natural Best
How Many More Years I Got
Lightnin' Strikes Back
Forever
Forever
Po' Lightnin'
Po' Lightnin'
Live At The Bird Lounge
The Lightnin' Hopkins Collection - 20 Blues Greats
Down South Summit Meeting
Shake It Baby
1946-1960
1946-1960
Double Blues
From the Vaults of Everest Records, Part 2: Prison Blues
From the Vaults of Everest Records, Part 4: Nothin’ but the Blues
From The Vaults Of Everest Records, Part 4 - Nothin' But The Blues
The Herald Recordings Vol. 1 - 1954
Blues in My Bottle / Walkin' This Road by Myself
Drinkin' In The Blues
How Many More Years I Got
Lightnin' Hopkins & Friends – The Lost Texas Tapes: Volume 5
Lightnin’ Strikes Back
The Gold Star Sessions - Vol. 1
The Gold Star Sessions, Volume 1
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