The Texas Bluesman

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The Texas Bluesman
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Length
10 tracks, 37:17
Release Date
1968
Sam "Lightning" Hopkins (!912-1982) was raised in east Texas and performed mainly in the Houston area during most of his career. He was known to play in neighborhood taverns for a little cash. He recorded some sides in Houston in the 1940s and 50s 1946-1951, and was finally tracked down by Sam Charters and Chris Strachwitz in 1959. It was the former who convinced Hopkins to go to New York City to produce a studio recording, and from there he toured some in the United States and Europe. His playing style in recording studios and on tour did not have the flavor of the tavern… read more
Sam "Lightning" Hopkins (!912-1982) was raised in east Texas and performed mainly in the Houston area during most of his career. He was kno… read more
Sam "Lightning" Hopkins (!912-1982) was raised in east Texas and performed mainly in the Houston area during most of his career. He was known to play in neighborhood taverns fo… read more

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Track number Play Loved Track name Artist name Buy Options Duration Listeners
1 Play track Tom Moore Blues
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 4:56 1,712 listeners
2 Play track Watch My fingers
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 2:45 1,659 listeners
3 Little Antoinette
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 3:35 470 listeners
4 Love Is Like A Hydrant
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 3:51 179 listeners
5 Cut Me Out Baby
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 3:27 1,022 listeners
6 Take a Walk
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 2:35 873 listeners
7 Slavery
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 5:28 154 listeners
8 Play track I Would If I Could
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 3:11 1,394 listeners
9 Play track Bud Russell Blues
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 4:25 1,339 listeners
10 At Home Blues
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 3:04 1,425 listeners

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Samuel John "Lightnin'" Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982) was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist, from Centerville, Texas. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 71 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. The musicologist Robert "Mack" McCormick opined that Hopkins is "the embodiment of the jazz-and-poetry spirit, representing its ancient form in the single creator whose words and music are one act". Hopkins was born in Centerville, Texas, and as a child was immersed in the sou… read more
Samuel John "Lightnin'" Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982) was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist, from Centerville, Texa… read more
Samuel John "Lightnin'" Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982) was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist, from Centerville, Texas. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 71… read more

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