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Lightnin' Hopkins

on a blues roll
about 1 year ago

OK, once I dig into the archives, I can't post just one song so here is our man lightin' joined by Sonny Terry. Now outside of Blind Lemon Jefferson, Lightnin' Hopkins may be Texas's most distinctive and influential blues export. His easy, fluid fingerpicking and witty, extemporaneous storytelling are always a delight, and his performances on LAST NIGHT BLUES are no exception. The album is spar...

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Oh Monday! Why you do me like dis?
6 months ago

Ugh, Monday blues. Rather be in bed. Being mistreated by the cruel world.

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Blue Monday
about 1 year ago

with Lightnin' Hopkins doing his take on an old blues standard. Young Ivan Morrison and his Belfast buddies in Them must have heard this version before they recorded their successful cut back in 1964

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There's never a wrong time to post Lightnin' Hopkins
about 1 year ago

so here he is, performing "Don't You Call That Boogie"

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Not been any Lightnin' Hopkins on here
about 1 year ago

for almost a year, so it's time to sort that out with this acoustic blues gem from 1963

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