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
Real Blues
Texas Blues
Hello Central: The Best of Lightnin’ Hopkins
Shake It Baby
Blues Hoot Live Recording at 'The Ash Grove'
Lightnin'!
The Swarthmore Concert
Live At The Bird Lounge
Smokes Like Lightning
Lightnin’ Strikes
Lightnin' in New York
1946-1960
Black Cat / Mistreated Blues
Blowing My Blues Away
Blues Festival
Broken Hearted Blues (Original 1950 - 1952 Blues Masterpieces)
Country Blues
Early Recordings Vol. 2
Eight Classic Albums
Four Classic Albums - Third Set
Give Me Central 209 / New York Boogie
Good Old Woman / Untrue
Hard To Love A Woman / Back To New Orleans
Highway Blues / Cemetery Blues
How Many More Years I Got
In Berkeley
Jazz & Blues Collection
Lightnin' And Co.
Lightnin' Strikes
Lonesome Home / Appetite Blues
Mercy / What Can It Be
My Mama Told Me / What's The Matter Now
Nothin But The Blues
One Kind Favor / Needed Time
Po' Lightnin'
Rising Sun Collection - Louisiana Red, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Lightnin' Hopkins
Sinner's Prayer
Strums The Blues
That's My Story The Blues Of Sam 'Lightnin'' Hopkins Volume One
The Complete Candid Otis Spann/Lightnin' Hopkins Sessions
The Complete Prestige / Bluesville Recordings
The Lost Texas Tapes Volume 3
Tim Moore's Farm / You Don't Know
Trouble In Mind