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 Gold Star Sessions, Volume 2
The Lost Texas Tapes, Volume 1
The Lost Texas Tapes Volume 2
The Lost Texas Tapes Volume 3
The Lost Texas Tapes Volume 4
The Lost Texas Tapes: Volume 5
The Texas Bluesman
Blues Train
Guitar Lightnin'
Lightnin's Love
Mama & Papa Hopkins
Mojo Hand (Blues Collection)
The Complete Aladdin Recordings
The Complete Aladdin Recordings
The Complete Gold Star Sessions
The Complete Prestige/Bluesville Recordings
The Gold Star Sessions - Vol. 2
The Lost Texas Tapes, Vol. 1
Trouble in Mind
Blues Is My Business - Live 1971: Previously Unreleased
Charly Blues Masterworks, Volume 8: Morning Blues
From the Vaults of Everest Records, Part 3: Mama and Papa Hopkins
From The Vaults Of Everest Records, Part 3 - Mama And Papa Hopkins
It's a Sin to Be Rich
Lonesome Life
Long Way From Texas
Nothin' But The Blues
The Complete Candid Recordings: Otis Spann/Lightnin’ Hopkins Sessions
The Herald Recordings Vol. 2 - 1954
Trouble In Mind
It's A Sin To Be Rich
Just Sittin Down Thinkin
Lightnin'!
Mojo Hand: The Anthology
Mojo Hand: The Anthology
Nothin’ but the Blues
Sittin' In With Lightnin' Hopkins
The Swarthmore Concert
You're Gonna Miss Me - Live 1971: Previously Unreleased, Volume 2
Cadillac Man
Cadillac Man
Houston Bound
Mojo Hand
Right On That Shore
Texas Blues
Blues Hoot Live Recording at 'The Ash Grove'
California Mudslide (And Earthquake)
Jazz & Blues Collection 19: Lightnin’ Hopkins
Po' Lightnin'
Rare Performances 1960-1979
Rediscovered Blues
Sings the Blues
The Rising Sun Collection
Chicken Minnie
Good Rockin' Tonight
Houston Gold
Houston Gold
Morning Blues
Shake It Baby
Sometimes I Believe She Loves Me
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