Samuel John "Lightnin'" Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982) was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist...
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Lightnin' Hopkins (re-released as The Roots of Lightnin' Hopkins) is an album by blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins, recorded in 1959 and released on the...
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Lightnin' (subtitled The Blues of Lightnin' Hopkins) is an album by the blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins, recorded in 1960 and released on the Bluesville...
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Lightnin'! is an album by the blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins recorded in California in 1969 and released on the Poppy label as a double LP. Poppy Records...
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Les Blank (redirect from The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins)
The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins (1968) and The Sun's Gonna Shine (1968) about Houston blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins. He never went back to...
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Mojo Hand (category Lightnin' Hopkins albums)
Mojo Hand is an album by the blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins, recorded in 1960 and released on the Fire label in 1962. AllMusic reviewer Tim Sheridan...
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English rugby league footballer Lightnin' Hopkins (Sam John Hopkins, 1912–1982), American blues guitarist Sam Hopkins (artist) (born 1979), Artist whose...
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Lightnin' and the Blues is a 12-inch LP album by blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins, collecting twelve tracks recorded in 1954 that were originally released...
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American poet Lightnin' Hopkins, blues guitarist and singer Linda Ann Hopkins (born 1976) known as Tera Patrick, pornographic actress Lisa Hopkins (born 1978)...
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Texas Blues Man (category Lightnin' Hopkins albums)
Texas Blues Man is an album by the blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins, recorded in Texas in late 1967 and released on the Arhoolie label. The Penguin Guide...
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Lightnin' Hopkins Strums the Blues is an album by blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins featuring tracks recorded between 1946 and 1948 which were originally...
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Early Recordings is an album by the blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins featuring tracks recorded at Gold Star Studios in Houston, Texas between 1946 and...
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Blues in My Bottle (category Lightnin' Hopkins albums)
Blues in My Bottle is an album by Lightnin' Hopkins, released in 1961 on Bluesville Records. The AllMusic review noted: "He was at his best when unaccompanied...
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Lightnin' Sam Hopkins is an album by blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins recorded in California in late 1961 and Texas in early 1962 and released on the...
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Po' Lightnin' is an album by blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins recorded in California in 1969 (with two tracks from 1961) and originally released on the...
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musicians Lightnin' Hopkins, Guy Clark, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Doc Watson. His repertoire consisted mostly of covers of songs written by Hopkins, Bob Dylan...
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Lightnin' Hopkins, and Lonesome Sundown. In 1969, he performed for the first time outside the United States, at a program in Montreal with Lightnin'...
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Billy Bizor (section With Lightnin' Hopkins)
singer and songwriter. He was musically associated with his cousin Lightnin' Hopkins, on some of whose 1960s albums Bizor played harmonica and sang backing...
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was also working with other musicians like Howlin' Wolf, Buddy Guy, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Muddy Waters. Mahal stayed with Columbia for his solo career...
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Belly Lefty Bates Lefty Dizz Leigh Blond Leon Redbone Lightnin' Hopkins Lightnin' Slim Lightnin' Wells Lil' Buck Sinegal Lil' Dave Thompson Lil' Ed Williams...
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Lightnin' in New York is an album by the blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins, recorded in 1960 and released on the Candid label the following year. AllMusic...
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The Great Electric Show and Dance (category Lightnin' Hopkins albums)
The Great Electric Show and Dance is an album by blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins recorded in Texas and released on Stan Lewis' Jewel Records label in...
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Live at Newport is a live album by the blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins, recorded at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965. Several tracks were released on...
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Country Blues (category Lightnin' Hopkins albums)
Country Blues is an album by the blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins, recorded in 1959 and released on the Tradition label. AllMusic reviewer Cub Koda stated:...
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Autobiography in Blues (category Lightnin' Hopkins albums)
Autobiography in Blues is an album by the blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins, recorded in 1959 and released on the Tradition label the following year. AllMusic...
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peers and musical heroes. Foremost of these heroes is Texas bluesman Lightnin' Hopkins, whose songs had been part of Van Zandt's repertoire from the very...
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Lightnin' Strikes (reissued as Nothin' But the Blues) is an album by blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins recorded in Los Angeles in 1965 and released on...
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influences at Antone's, including Buddy Guy, Hubert Sumlin, Jimmy Rogers, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Albert King. Vaughan toured with the Cobras during much of 1977...
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Goin' Away (category Lightnin' Hopkins albums)
Goin' Away is an album by the blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins, recorded in 1963 and released on the Bluesville label. The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings...
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and John Coltrane while applying the sound to the early blues of Lightnin' Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, Bukka White, and Robert Johnson. They recruited...
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